Probably just two competing companies producing similar products. The Social Register must have been more discriminating, because it is way thinner than the Blue Book. --- Kate Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm wondering.....What was the difference between the Buffalo > Blue Book > and the Buffalo Social Register? > > I clearly didn't make the social cut or I probably would know > the answer > to this question! :-) > > What years were these books published and where can we find > them > (on-the-shelf, filmed,and/or online)? > > Kate Johnson > Denver, Colorado > > > Cynthia wrote: > > Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 > > From: Cynthia Van Ness <[email protected]> > > Subject: [NYERIE] Polk directories in 1916 > > To: NYERIE <[email protected]> > > > > > > This might be useful for someone. In 1916, the R. L. Polk > > company, best known for issuing city directories, put out a > > directory of all the directories they published. You can > look & > > see if back in 1916 they published one for your ancestral > > hometown(s). > > > > > http://books.google.com/books?id=uIMSAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA6&dq=R.L.+Polk+directory&lr=&as_brr=1 > > > > > > > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* > > Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com > > http://www.BuffaloResearch.com > > > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-* Cynthia Van Ness, MLS, bettybarcode AT yahoo DOT com http://www.BuffaloResearch.com "Everyone claims to want a city, but no one here wants city living. City living by its definition is crowded. It is tolerant of other people. It is dependent on a sophisticated population that makes a hundred compromises daily so that they can benefit from the collective energy that a city generates." --Robert N. Davis, Jr. (1955-2007)