In city directories "r" unsually indicates that the person "resides" with the householder, ususally a family member or perhaps a boarder.    If it meant rear, the "r" would probably be listed directly after the house number and refer to a building in the rear of a lot, not the back door of the street-facing house.. "Jno" may stand for Jonathan.   Paul Keroack --- On Mon, 1/18/10, profcolf@aol.com <profcolf@aol.com> wrote: From: profcolf@aol.com <profcolf@aol.com> Subject: [IRISH-AMER] City directories To: Irish-American-L@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 12:21 PM In researching my family tree, I came across some notations in the Jersey  City and Bloomfield, NJ city directories (1900-1910) which I cannot  understand.  One notation was the letter "r" which is an abbreviation for  "rear"; does that suggest that my relatives' residence had to be entered through  the rear door, as if they were boarders living upstairs? The other notation was "Jno".  It usually appeared after the ditto  mark, indicating the same last name as the person listed above, but I don't know  what the "Jno" stands for . . . Any help would be appreciated. Joe ====Irish American Mailing List===== Add/check your surname to the Irish-American mailing list Surname Registry at: http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/IrishAmerican/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRISH-AMERICAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message