Margaret: > ... Westminster House I thought I at least knew the names of all those places on the old east side but this is the first time I have heard this name. good on ya! -->> And I thought I had replied to Sharon, but when I just read your reply, I realized I hadn't! Yes, Sharon - I'm VERY interested in your photos - and knowledge about Westminster House. I can send you that photo I've got from my maternal grandmother's photo album of she and others there as well to add to your collection. I loved finding info in those Buffalo City Directories. Wish I'd looked for it on those Sanborn maps, but didn't have an address then. Don? This also fits into what you were talking about re: adding depth to our family history. In this case, learning more of Westminster House may add to my understanding of the daily lives of my gr-grandparents and their four children. In turn, I'll be talking again with my 81 yr old mother about anything her mother (my grandmother Nora (WITT) Hastings might have said about it to her. And of course, I have those "silent photos" in my grandmother's vintage black-page album. Oral history. Local history. Timelines. To me, these are great components to "the things we do" to hunt down, learn, organize and ultimately preserve - the stories of those who came before us. Deb (who also has come to see that it's important that we get down on paper or audio - our OWN life stories - lest those after us wonder as they see a photo here or there - or our "certificates" - just who the heck "we" were!) :)