Check census records - the street name and quite often the address is in the left side bar of the census sheet. Jane ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Gendreau" <gendreau2@earthlink.net> To: <IOWA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2005 3:12 PM Subject: [IOWA] Finding an ancestor's address or property location >I have inherited numerous photos (interior and exterior) of the home where >my grandmother and sisters were raised by her mother and four of her aunts. >I recall visiting one of the aunts, Nina Falk, at the home, which is >located in Essex, IA, in the early 1970s. The house was quite grand, and I >believe that the adjacent farm was also their property. > > I would like to find out the address of the home, and possibly visit Essex > to see it someday, but I'm not sure how to go about locating it. My > grandmother and her aunt are now deceased, and the house is no longer in > the family. I thought it might be as simple as looking in a local phone > directory from the 1970s. I could also search property tax records, but > I'm unsure of the year the property changed hands, or how long it was in > the family. > > I would like to find out where in Iowa (or elsewhere) I might be able to > find a local directory, or where else I should begin my search. > > Thank you, > > Kathy > > > ==== IOWA Mailing List ==== > The IOWA Lists now have their own website with unsub > instructions, list rules and other useful information. > Visit & Bookmark http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~richard/ialist > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >