Becky, Is there a URL that tells what the Elgin Area Historical Museum contains.. I will definitely have to check it out. FYI to everyone: Gail Borden Library Elgin city directories on microfilm: 1875-76 1878-79 1880-81 1881-82 1884-85 1885 1887-88 1889-90 1890-91 1892 1894-95 1897-98 1900 1903 1905-06 1907-08 1909-10 I don't have the exact years past this but have looked up 1930s and 1940s Also some Kane County City directories. Janet Pearson