Thanks for the information Cliff.....do you have any idea when City directories started to be published? Before 1890? Pat Wilson Scott Looking for: Wilkinson, Wilson, Shipman ----- Original Message ----- From: Cliff Lamere <clifflamere@global2000.net> To: <NYRENSSE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2000 6:31 PM Subject: [NYRENSSE] City Directories as a Research Tool > I have just posted "City Directories as a Research Tool" on my website. City directories are much more useful than most people think, especially when church and municipal records cannot be found. They sometimes give date of marriage and who a woman married. They sometimes give date of death, and they may even tell the city to which a person moved. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~clifflamere/AID-City-Dir.htm > > Cliff > > > > > ==== NYRENSSE Mailing List ==== > Some Rensselaer Births, Marriages & Deaths: http://www.angelfire.com/fl/Sumter/Troy.html > Rensselaer County Genweb page: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/ > GenConnect Board: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/NY/Rensselaer > Listowner: Pat Connors mailto:nymets11@pacbell.net > >