Where did you find these city directories? Patricia IN. -----Original Message----- From: irish-american-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irish-american-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of michael purcell Sent: Monday, January 18, 2010 12:37 PM To: irish-american@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRISH-AMER] City directories In Ireland Jno is usually John .... On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 5:21 PM, <profcolf@aol.com> wrote: > 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 > ====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