In a message dated 3/27/2005 8:48:21 PM Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes: > I also looked for and never found the transition map...or whatever you want > > to call it... of the renumbering of Portland streets that took place about > +/-1934. > > I was told that the new maps were in a copy of of the Portland City > directory....I thought the 1934 issue but I never found it. Is there any > way that they could be copied and made available for researchers? It > certainly would be a boon. > > Carole Carole -- A few years ago, I photocopied the book that from the Portland Public Library. Sam Butler is working on inputting that into a database, something I never got around to. And it is a book, not a map. I'm not sure what his status on the project is, but he still has the copies. Because I do the Multnomah County GenWeb page, I get requests every now and then for the converted address, and I forward them to Sam who is always kind enough to look them up for me. The ordinance changing the numbers was signed in 1931, and the 1932 city directory lists some of the changes, but not all (they were in the middle of the renumbering). By the next directory, the changes had all been made, and were not listed. But, using the reverse directory you can usually find the new number. But, like I said, it's being worked on. I'm not sure what the final outcome will be, how it will be available. Julie