Hi All, I called the Providence City Archives and neither 234 or 334 Pocasset Avenue existed at that time. Back to square one. But since no one in that group could read or write Italian, let alone speak/read/write English, they must have had a piece of paper with their destination written on it. Sometimes you just hit a wall when there shouldn't be one. Thanks to all who helped. Best Regards, Tom zippyladie wrote: > Hi Tom, > > I think that you are definately on target with 334. > > Elaina > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tom Olenio" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 12:28 PM > Subject: [RIPROVID] Pocasset Avenue > > > Hi, > > > > I am trying to do a reverse look-up in history that pertains to a > Providence RI. I > > think I was looking for the wrong address (mistaking a 2 for a 3). > > > > To figure out what an official wrote on a 1905 ship manifest I decided I > should look > > at how the author of that manifest wrote the numbers 2 and 3 elsewhere on > the > > manifest, to see if that would help decipher what I was looking at. > > > > Looking at the complete manifest, lines 8 and 10, you can see the ages of > some the > > immigrants. The first is 23 and the second 24 years of age. Both having > examples > > of the numbers 2 and 3. > > > > http://www.sentex.net/~tolenio/napolitan.gif > > > > The 2's are very distinct from the 3's. > > > > So now I wonder if the address I should be looking for is; 334 Pocasset > Ave; > > > > http://www.sentex.net/~tolenio/POCASSET.gif > > > > Never thought I would need to learn handwriting analysis, but something > that rookies > > like me should think > > about when picking up only small bits of information off old manifests. > > > > Opinions anyone? Is it 334 or 234 or something else? > > > > Later, > > Tom > > > > -- > > Thomas Olenio > > Ontario, Canada > > Hardiness Zone 6a > > > > > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 -- Thomas Olenio Ontario, Canada Hardiness Zone 6a