On 27 Oct 2004 at 4:16, Robert Jerin wrote: > Hi Sandy, Thanks for that info re E 11th... where can I find the > information re E 11th? If you mean, where did I find the info I posted, simple....I used the Sanborn Insurance Maps which are invaluable for tracking down old streets, seeing what neighborhoods looked like, where stores were, etc. If you have a Cleveland Public Library card, go to their website http://catalog.clevnet.org/ and click on RESEARCH DATABASES, then click on Alphabetical List, select "S" and then look for Sanborn (about the second entry down, I believe). Once you get into the search screen for Sanborn, you can enter a street name and it will bring up every map it has for that mentions that name. This results in maps for various cities in Ohio (Cleveland, Cincinatti, Columbus, Lorain, etc.) so you may want to limit your searches by using something like this: "eleventh and Cleveland" or even further, "eleventh and Cleveland not hundred" which will eliminate all those unwanted 111th St. enteries. Don't use the quotes -- they were just used here to highlight the entry to use in your search. The maps show every single building, how many floors they had, any outbuildings (sheds, garages, etc.), each address, and lots more. They range from around the 1880's up through about 1953, so knowing the old pre-1906 street names is handy, too. Using the maps is a bit of a challenge, the first time around because of the clunky viewer they use. The first image you see is usually just a portion of the entire page, so scroll down to near the bottom of the screen and pick "ZOOM TO 12 percent" and "SIZE 1024x768". That will display the whole page. Now when you click on any portion of the map, it will automatically zoom in on that section. The clunkiness is that each further click results in more zooming in, where sometimes you'd really like to just be moving further east or west. If the map no longer displays the area you are interested in looking at, go back to the zoom setting and put it back at 12 percent and start over. Have fun. Sandy