The post office did make some changes couple decades back..... especially house numbers. If you can find old street listings for the town you are searching, you may be able to find whom you seek. The time frame I am referring to in my posting of "Massachusetts Thne, Rhode Island now"........is mainly at the time of 1746/7. Cynthia administrator for: [email protected] Need lookup? [email protected] Mass Bay Colony archives: http://archiver.rootsweb.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2002 3:38 PM Subject: Re: [RIBRISTO] [ Mass. then and now Rhode Is]..... > did addresses change as well? I find relatives in the 300 block of > such-n-such street then, 10 years later, I find them on the same street but > with a 4-number address, same city. Did the numbering of the houses change > at some point? >