Carolyn, Do you have access to old Wash. D.C. city directories? If so, I surely would appreciate a look-up for any Wassmans from 1862 to 1866. Thanks so much for any help you may be able to give me. Marian http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~genealogylinks/ ----- Original Message ----- From: <Traversclt@aol.com> To: <washingtondc@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2007 6:55 PM Subject: [WashDC] Frequent Changes of Address > Does anyone on the list have any idea why people in DC moved frequently in > the 1800's? I have ancestors and their relations in Georgetown who appear > to > move almost every other year according to old DC Directories. Their > occupations were laborers, carpenters, coopers, ice man, drivers, etc, and > I can see > where they would have to move near where their jobs might be, but some > people > just moved a few house numbers from where they were previously. How > could > they move their furnishings and wives and children so often? Maybe they > were > living in rooming houses? It still seems like it would be a major > inconvenience to move so often. Perhaps as their family grew their had > so seek larger > quarters? > > Thanks. Carolyn > > > > ************************************** AOL now offers free email to > everyone. > Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com. > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > WASHINGTONDC-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message