--=======67F34844======= Content-Type: text/plain; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-29FE49A9; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Mac, They were........... but that didn't change the number for the 5th Ward............ or, at least, its location. My 2g gf was found living at 807 Penn Ave in the 1860 census. It was in the 9th Ward. By the 1870 census, he was in the 12th Ward but his address didn't change. Well, at least the location didn't change. His house was at 2807 or 2907 Penn Ave (exact address not available. Just pulling figures off the top of my head.) My understanding is that the city annexed all of the property between the 2 rivers out as far as Braddock Ave in 1868 and that was when they renumbered the Wards Those numbers seemed to remain constant until Pgh and Allegheny merged when they were renumbered again and the numbers haven't changed since then. It would have been nice if our forefathers have the prescience to number the wards as they are now but I think that crystal balls were in short supply then and so we have to live with it, no matter the headaches that are caused. Al At 04:38 PM 4/11/2004, you wrote: >Al, > I wonder if perhaps the ward numbers in Pittsburgh were > reassigned after the 1870 census ??? That would account for the change of > the 5th ward. Mac --=======67F34844======= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; x-avg=cert; x-avg-checked=avg-ok-29FE49A9 Content-Disposition: inline --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.656 / Virus Database: 421 - Release Date: 4/9/2004 --=======67F34844=======--