Rich, h is house an r is rear, at one time there were a lot of 1 2 3 houses with a rear in back. Lorri searching- ALLEN-BARNETT-CARROLL-BURNS GEIGER-Veach -GEARIN-KANE-SMITH-MOYLAN DONAHUE ----- Original Message ----- From: "ColumbusGuy" <plugnplaycmh@yahoo.com> To: <PHILLY-ROOTS@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 2:10 PM Subject: [Phly-Rts] generic question about Pihla city directories around 1907 > Hi, > > The Philadelphia library sent me a copy of a listing from the 1907, 1908 > and 1909 city directories. I'm trying to figure out what a letter "h" > means. > > An example: Thomas Mary h 1936 S. Hick > > Most all of the listings have this letter. It is not a middle initial, > and other listings show a middle initial and it is capitalized. I've also > seen a few listings with the letters "h r". > > Can someone tell me what these letters mean? I suspect "h" means "house" > or "home". > > Thanks > Rich > > > --------------------------------- > Be a better Globetrotter. Get better travel answers from someone who > knows. > Yahoo! Answers - Check it out. > > > ********* > Visit the threaded archives of this list: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/PHILLY-ROOTS > ********* > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > PHILLY-ROOTS-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message