I'm trying to locate a family of SCHWITZGEBELs who lived at 2 W. 37th St., Kansas City, at the time of the 1910 census. According to Mapquest, this would be near the intersection of Main St. and 37th. Since it's *west* 37th, I would imagine it's just to the west of Main Street, but I don't know whether it's to the north of 37th, or south. If someone on the list has access to a 1910 index, would you take a look for me and see who's listed? I *think* the family I'm looking for would be John and Elizabeth SCHWITZGEBEL, but that's part of the problem I'm trying to resolve. Barring an index entry, I'd very much appreciate if someone with access to a ward map could tell me what ward, precinct, and/or enumeration district the address would be in. Thanks, Mike

Mike, The streets in Kansas City are numbered 1st Street (and sometimes another block called Terrace) thru 399th Street south from the Missouri River. For example, 51 Street, then 51st Terrace, then 52nd Street, then 52nd Terrace. Therefore 37th Street is roughly 37 blocks south of the river. Main Street and other named streets run south from the river, generally parallel to the state line between Missouri & Kansas. Houses are numbered east and west of Main Street. In general the 1st block west of main, the houses are numbered 1 W. up to xx W. The second block may be numbered 200 up to 299, etc. Blocks east of Main are mirror images -- 2 East 37th would be across the street, then 200 East 37th starts on the next block east. Houses near main are constantly getting their neighbor's mail at the wrong house. Even numbers are on the north side of the numbered streets and the west side of the named streets. For example, your relatives house is most likely on the corner of 37th & Main Street. This is at the edge of the mid-town as we generally call downtown from the river to about 31st Street. Back in 1910, the city limits ran to about 47th street, so this was in the 'burbs. Nice neighborhood back then. Good Hunting, Jay ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Schwitzgebel" <forums@schwitzgebel.org> To: <KansasCity-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 10:23 AM Subject: [KansasCity] 1910 Wards/EDs > I'm trying to locate a family of SCHWITZGEBELs who lived at 2 W. 37th St., > Kansas City, at the time of the 1910 census. According to Mapquest, this > would be near the intersection of Main St. and 37th. Since it's *west* > 37th, I would imagine it's just to the west of Main Street, but I don't know > whether it's to the north of 37th, or south. > > If someone on the list has access to a 1910 index, would you take a look for > me and see who's listed? I *think* the family I'm looking for would be John > and Elizabeth SCHWITZGEBEL, but that's part of the problem I'm trying to > resolve. > > Barring an index entry, I'd very much appreciate if someone with access to a > ward map could tell me what ward, precinct, and/or enumeration district the > address would be in. > > Thanks, > Mike > > > ==== KansasCity Mailing List ==== > USGENWEB SEARCH ARCHIVES > http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/ussearch.htm > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >