Hi, Beth, 1928-1929 Polk Criss-Cross Directory   I got this from the Look At Cook link on www.chicagoancestors.org   Maybe someone has already referenced the list for this criss-cross directory...?   Patti ________________________________ From: Beth Walsh <bw.walsh5@sbcglobal.net> To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 10:31:07 PM Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Address Assistance Hi Cheryl, If I can jump in on this: I did not find any directories for these years, but there are "Haines Criss Cross Directories" available for other years. With these one can do a reverse look-up.  There was one directory (not Haines, but similar) for 1928 listed in the card catalog for Chgo History Museum. Unfortunately, the earliest edition for Chicago (city) that I could find was at Skokie Public Library - they have 1974-1986. The other libraries that have these directories for earlier years are: Chgo History Museum   1978 +Eisenhower Public Library 1985 +Chgo Public and Des Plaines Public Libraries  1986 +Newberry Library 1995 + most libraries will have at least the current year of these directories, and many of them also keep a few years prior. These directories are available for suburban locations also. Check your library card catalog and enter the title as "Haines Criss Cross Directory". Hope that at least if this doesn't help your specific request that it may help someone. Beth --- On Mon, 7/13/09, Cheryl <genealogygroups@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Cheryl <genealogygroups@yahoo.com> Subject: Re: [IL-COOK-CHICAGO] Address Assistance To: il-cook-chicago@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, July 13, 2009, 9:57 PM Hi Carla and Karen, Welcome to this list! I'm very sorry, though, that I can't help you on this; there are no "reverse" directories, that I know of for those years. City directories stopped in the late 1920's and were replaced by phone books. Only those who had private lines were listed, I believe; Party lines, weren't. (List, please correct me if my understanding is incorrect). If you are looking for specific surnames, you can ask for a surname look-up here; maybe a list member will volunteer for you. Otherwise, the Arlington Heights Memorial Library has phone books and will do paid look-ups.  Good Luck! Cher What we need help with is who was living at the following addresses . > > 514 West Chicago Avenue, Chicago, Illinois ,  1948 or a year or two before or after, and > > 1817 North Sawyer, Chicago, Illinois 60647 , 1966 or a year > or two  before or after.       ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IL-COOK-CHICAGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi Beth, I had never heard of the Haines Directories, and so never knew they were reverse. Thanks so much! Cher > I did not find any directories for these years, but there > are "Haines Criss Cross Directories" available for other > years. With these one can do a reverse look-up. >  There was one directory (not Haines, but similar) for > 1928 listed in the card catalog for Chgo History > Museum. Unfortunately, the earliest edition for Chicago > (city) that I could find was at Skokie Public Library - they > have 1974-1986. The other libraries that have these > directories for earlier years are: > Chgo History Museum   1978 +Eisenhower Public Library 1985 > +Chgo Public and Des Plaines Public Libraries  1986 > +Newberry Library 1995 + > most libraries will have at least the current year of these > directories, and many of them also keep a few years prior. > These directories are available for suburban locations > also. Check your library card catalog and enter the title as > "Haines Criss Cross Directory". > > Hope that at least if this doesn't help your specific > request that it may help someone. > Beth