Cathy, If you don't know the street in Oakland try narrowing down the neighborhood. I knew my mom lived with her parents in san Francisco near UC hospital, I looked at the enum. maps ancestry.com has and narrowed down my search that way. Once I found the district I luckily only had to look through seven pages. Kat

Thanks Kat, I remembered after I emailed my question, that I have some photos that I hope, have the address written on the back.  (Thanks Mom!)  It will only involve going through a zillion albums and boxes.  *G*  Your suggestion is very helpful and I will be using it if I can't find their address any other way. Can anyone explain why I can't find any of my family whose addresses I do know in the Polk's directory?  I looked up both my maternal grandfather and my paternal grandmother..zilch on both..same with aunts and uncles.  And, yes, I am sure they lived in those places in 1940. Cathy ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, April 6, 2012 7:13 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Question about 194o Census Cathy, If you don't know the street in Oakland try narrowing down the neighborhood.  I knew my mom lived with her parents in san Francisco near UC hospital, I looked at the enum. maps ancestry.com has and narrowed down my search that way.  Once I found the district I luckily only had to look through seven pages. Kat ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL.  Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message