Good morning all - I have a question about 19th c. NY city directories: does anyone know how the information was collected? I have one elusive ancestor in particular who is listed in some but there are gaps, and I wonder what the information-gathering process was. Thanks for any help you can offer - Michael

Check every possible spelling of the last name.  Names were often misspelled.  Your ancestor may not be listed if he was living with someone else--relative, friend--who was the head of household.  They were very diligent in trying to list every head of household tho they had problems during the Civil War when many are missing for a variety of reasons.   Virginia From: Michael Hamill via <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> To: "ny-irish@rootsweb.com" <ny-irish@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2016 11:38 AM Subject: [NY-IRISH] City Directories Good morning all - I have a question about 19th c. NY city directories: does anyone know how the information was collected? I have one elusive ancestor in particular who is listed in some but there are gaps, and I wonder what the information-gathering process was. Thanks for any help you can offer - Michael ====NY-Irish Mailing List==== Don't forget to check out the NY-Irish mailing list website.  Also, check/add your NY-Irish surnames on the Surname Registry:  http://www.connorsgenealogy.com/NYIrishList/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NY-IRISH-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message