Thank you Brian, As always one learns a lot, when you join in. To tell the truth, I didn't even know that people had to subscribe to be included in Street Directories. I presume that goes for Thom's Directory, too. Regards Inga. ----- Original Message ----- From: "IrishRecordFinder" <irishrecordfinder@yahoo.com> To: <irl-dublin@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] 1888 Co. Dublin Street/Area Finder, plus a question I must say it's news to me as only the subscribers name is listed in a street directory or almanack. That subscriber may or may not be the head of a household but even if he or she is, you won't see any mention of family members or even a lodger/tenant unless that lodger/tenant is also a subscriber or a gentleman in which case that entry will follow separately below the other. Needless to say, you can see any subscriber who is living or in business on a street but it is rare that anyone living above that address in rooms or tenements is ever named. Often subscribers names are published for many years after their death as a business will use the familar name rather than change,or the fact of a death has not been communicated to the publishers, so all you can get is an idea as to when someone died or moved, as the case may be. Basically, all you can deduce from a street directory, beyond the obvious, is clues and supposition, not proper insight as you cannot even say with confidence at that point, that someone listed in say 1867 was actually still alive that year. Brian ----- Original Message ---- From: Valerie Garton <vbgarton@optusnet.com.au> To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 15 April, 2007 12:49:52 AM Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] 1888 Co. Dublin Street/Area Finder, plus a question You need to look at the street section of the directory to see who else is living with him, if anyone, and who else is living around him, what their occupations are and what size a property they are in. Also follow through all the Dublin Directories to see when he was first listed and when he disappears. These Dublin Directories can give a huge amount of family information but must be used fully and year by year to gain a proper insight in to the family. Regards Valerie B Garton [ Mrs ]in sunny Sydney A/Dip LAH & Dip FHS. Researcher in Genealogy -----Original Message----- From: irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:irl-dublin-bounces@rootsweb.com]On Behalf Of 1sandor1 Sent: Saturday, 14 April 2007 11:37 PM To: irl-dublin@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [IRL-DUBLIN] 1888 Co. Dublin Street/Area Finder, plus a question I found this website, which lists streets, note registration districts, parishes, and wards, all on an easily downloadable .pdf file: http://users.skynet.be/ken.lennan/len008.htm Now, here's my question: my ancestor, Bartholemew Murphy, is listed in the 1850 City Directory of Dublin as a grocer on 65 Thomas St. Was it common for a business owner to also live at his place of business? I ask because if Bartholemew lived at that same address, which is in the parish of St. Catherine's, it narrows down where I might go for church or cemetery records. -Pat. Wary ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to IRL-DUBLIN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/762 - Release Date: 15/04/2007 4:22 p.m.