A little clarification on Chicago City Directories-vs- Chicago Telephone Books.   The City Directories began in 1839, usually listing the head of the household, occupation,  a home address, and sometimes a business address.  Directories were also split into two sections, the General Directory and the Business Directory.  Later City Directories seem to include anyone working in a household.  They City Directories were more or less annual publications through 1917.  Two issues were published after that; one in 1923 and one in 1928.  There is also Polk's Reverse Directory 1928-29, which is searchable by address:  http://www.chsmedia.org/househistory/polk/start.pdf   Chicago Telephone Books were/are separate publications that began sometime in the 1880s.  Unfortunately, the two are often confused or thought to be one and the same.   Ruth --- 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