> Multnomah County Library is online at > > www.multnomah.lib.or.us/lib/ > > You can contact them online. > > Lorraine > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <SuzerB222@cs.com> > To: <ORMULTNO-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 2:37 PM > Subject: [ORMULTNO-L] City Directories > > > > Could someone tell me if there is a Portland City Directory covering > the > > years from about 1904-1915? If so, could you give me the name of > the > > repository? Is it possible to request copies? > > > > I am particularly interested in the years closest to 1909 in the > Sellwood > > area. The family I am researching lived at 621 (SE) Tenino Street. > I > > understand that presently there is no house with that number but > there is a > > house numbered 623 on that block. Could the houses have been > renumbered? > > Has house 621 been torn down? Perhaps the city directories could > shed some > > light on this. > > > > The family that I am looking for may have used a variety of surnames > here in > > the USA. In Sweden the head of the family was known as Frans August > > Petterson/Engström or maybe Gustafson. In this country we know > that Frans > > went by Frank but we do not know which surname he used. The city > directories > > could really be a big help in providing this information. > > > > Any suggestions will be appreciated, > > Susanne Brown > > >