Hi, In the more current Directories - early 1900's - the information was taken for the directory the year before it was published. This would keep them as current as possible. Cheers, Stella At 08:59 AM 22/03/2012, you wrote: >Would anyone know approximately, how far in advance the various Historical >Directories were prepared in advance? I'm trying to narrow down a death >date. > >The possible markers I have are: the birth of his last child in 1848, the >1851-2 Census listing his wife as widowed and where his name appears in >Roswell's Toronto City and County of York Directory, 1850-1851. > >I think I might be safe with 1850-1852, but if the Directory is prepared >more then two years in advance, I'd be wrong. > >Natalie > >*********** >Ten People All Genealogists Should Follow On Twitter: >http://www.geneabloggers.com/ten-people-genealogists-follow-twitter/ > >Search Ontario Genealogy & Resources at http://olivetreegenealogy.com/can/ont/ >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >ONTARIO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >quotes in the subject and the body of the message