"Boards as in "Boarding house" . . . subject was probably renting a room, rather than an entire dwelling. That's my best guess, anyway! Regards, Cori ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carol Amrein" <carolaa@fidnet.com> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 12:53 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] Address in 1890 City directory > In looking up possible address for ggrandfather in th 1890 St.Louis directory I found the following-"boards 804 N. Broadway". Could someone tell me what "boards" meant? > > Carol > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > A complete Genealogy just can't be...there's always more. >