Jan, When I looked at this map before I received your email I didn't realize there were street names. When I tried the URL you sent I found them. I located Grand Street on a 1872 map but couldn't find the others. I'll try locating it on this map. Thanks, Jerry ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Jacot" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, April 23, 2004 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [NJESSEX] Newark in 1896 > Hello Jerry, here is one approach that I have utilized with success. First, > use Mapquest (Yahoo) and plug in each of those addresses and draw up maps. > (if the Street numbers do not exist then just draw maps for the Street in > question. Once you have identified if the Street exists and the City > approximate placement point,then armed with that information next go to this > 1895 Newark map at this URL. > > http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/map_item.pl?data=/home/www/data/gmd/gmd381/g38 > 14/g3814n/pm005220.sid&style=citymap&itemLink=D?gmd:2:./temp/~ammem_LDfR::&t > itle=Newark,%20N.J.,%20Harrison-Kearney%201895.%20By%20T.%20J.%20S.%20Landis > . > > You can merrily zoom in and around and find streets and also see what type > of building(s) existed there in 1895. It can be little bit tedious in > hunting and searching, but can be very rewarding! > > Good luck, Jan in CA > > > -- > ... life is a gift, use it well every day... > > > ---------- > >From: "Gerald Tobin" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Subject: [NJESSEX] Newark in 1896 > >Date: Fri, Apr 23, 2004, 5:42 PM > > > > > Would anyone know how I can check on where these addresses were located in > > Newark in 1896 and what they are named and numbered now? > > > > 9 Wood St. -- Midwife's or medical attendant's address > > 13 Grand St. -- Place of birth > > and > > 120 Clifton Av -- Home address > > > > > > Jerry Tobin > > > > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > > Contact the List administrator: > > <[email protected]> > > > > ============================== > > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NJESSEX Mailing List ==== > Contact the List administrator: > <[email protected]> > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >