SYRACUSE, NEW YORK DIRECTORIES, 1887-90 The city of Syracuse is located in New York county of Onondaga. This database is a transcription of city directories originally published in 1887, 1888, and 1889. In addition to providing the residents' names, it provides their addresses and occupational information. The database includes more than 117,000 names, mostly heads of household. Source Information: Ancestry.com. "Syracuse, New York Directories, 1887-1890." [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data: "Syracuse, NY, 1887-88." Syracuse, NY: Boyd's Directory Corp., 1887; "Syracuse, NY, 1888-89." Syracuse, NY: Boyd's Directory Corp., 1888; "Syracuse, NY, 1889-90." Syracuse, NY: Boyd's Directory Corp., 1889. To search this database, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4573.htm A bunch of Whitney's in this at a company called the "Whitney Wagon Company". Looks like a whole family run business. James E. Whitney, II

A person must be a paid member of Ancestry.com to access the Syracuse New York directory 1887-1890 as given in a recent Whitney email. Try <www.sunysb.edu/libmap/nybib.htm> has info on all of New York State. Also, <www.google.com> is a most excellent search engine for genealogy! Rene Lewis Lawrie (desc. of Henry Whitney of Connecticut)