kirby heard wrote: > > my question: is there any way to know/places to look? nothing from his > inventory leads us to any sort of profession... what were common > professions in 1833? > > how early did such a thing as a city directory exist [assuming it had more > to do with telephones than anything]? will records be found as to taxation > or anything else like that for the time period? Have you tried tax lists? They existed early. Barbara