In a message dated 7/12/2006 10:43:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Some time ago I found a site that enabled me to search early Philadelphia Directories but somehow I have lost the urls. At the time I didn't have as many references to names as I have now. Well, at one time thompson.gale had many very early ones and Gale.Ancestry had them up until Gale lost the contract. Ancestry has some really early ones and I think a 1890 so give us the names if you don't have Ancestry <G> Eliz