This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/kFB.2ACE/4153 Message Board Post: Hey, I just found out that the Making of America archive has put the 1859 Directory online. This rocks! You can search the full text and view scanned pages. It's wonderful. Here's the URL -- watch out though, because it's long. You'll probably have to cut and paste the several parts and put them directly into a web browser "Goto" field. http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?sid=51f4252add3be84f140af84d9946f781&idno=AJA3147.0001.001&view=toc&c=moa This very vaguely serves as a 1870 census index substitute. Very vaguely. You can also read/search the histories posted in this book from the Kent Co. GenWeb site at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~mikent/directory1870/ Anyway, have fun. ~jen