Jean, Sounds like a trip to the Carnegie Library, where I've heard are the City directories would answer your question. You have years below, so just go to those years. Though others would be able to testify where these are, for I haven't been there myself as yet. Sounds like you have enough info to me to find it, no problem! What about it Al, care to say where they might be or are?! Cathy Raber > [Original Message] > From: Al Lenkner <alenkner@stargate.net> > To: <PA-PITTSBURGH-L@rootsweb.com> > Date: 10/20/01 11:53:26 PM > Subject: Re: [PITTSBURGH] Bates Street > > Jean, > > There hasn't been anything that could be called a house at 2nd and Bates > for the last 50 years and I doubt if there was much in the way of housing > before that. Both 2nd Ave and Bates St have been around for a long > time. The B & O crosses Bates on a trestle at the very bottom of > Bates. Bates doesn't continue on the other side of 2nd Ave. That was J&L > property as long as I can recall and was probably industrial property of > some sort for at least 100 years. > > The remark about Bates St being in the 23rd Ward threw me off......... for > a moment. I check the 1911 Historical Society's reprint to see if there > was another Bates St at one time whose name had been changed. No such > animal. The old 23rd Ward is now the 15th Ward and encompasses Greenfield > and Hazelwood. Bates is considered part of Oakland, the 4th and formerly > the 14th Ward. > > If there are any pictures, you would find them in the photo archives of the > Historical Society or the Carnegie Library but the chances are very slim. > > Al > > > > At 09:46 PM 10/20/2001, you wrote: > >My great-grandmother, LIZZIE LENDAK, married GEORGE YATSCO, > >somewhere in Pittsburgh. What I have is a death certificate > >of Mr. Yatsco, on which it states that he resided on Bates > >St. He died January 24, 1891. On May 8, 1893, she married > >JOHN GUJAS, my g'g'father, at St. Nicholas Greek Catholic > >Church in Duquesne, PA. They both stated they lived on > >Bates St. They lived in Pittsburgh until between 1904 and > >1906, when they moved to York Run, PA. Is there any way to > >find out which house they lived in, and maybe get a picture > >or some history, i.e., was it a boarding house in those > >days? By the way, Mr. Yatsco lived at "2nd Ave and Bates > >St" and was "crushed by a B & O RR at Bates St, 23rd Ward" > >as stated on the death certificate. Any helpful hints out > >there? I have looked through some city directories in that > >time period, but find nothing. I also can find nothing else > >through the family, of which there are only two children > >left. > > > >Thanks for any help, > > > >jean schmidt > > > > > >==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > >SUE* MCALISTER-Pittsburgh List Mom > > > >============================== > >Visit Ancestry.com for a FREE 14-Day Trial and enjoy access to the #1 > >Source for Family History Online. Go to: > >http://www.ancestry.com/subscribe/subscribetrial1y.asp?sourcecode=F11HB > > > ==== PA-PITTSBURGH Mailing List ==== > Check out these COMMUNITY LISTS: MyStErY, Horror, SAHM, M-W-C, Nost-TV, Palm-Gen, and Westie > > ============================== > Join the RootsWeb WorldConnect Project: > Linking the world, one GEDCOM at a time. > http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com --- --- pigeonrock@earthlink.net --- EarthLink: It's your Internet.