The L. E. Phillips Memorial Library has their catalog online. I did some digging around and found that they have a copy of the 1862 business directory for Eau Claire and then I came to this page (the URL is too long to put on one line, so make sure you copy and paste the whole thing into your browser: http://www.more.lib.wi.us/search/c917.75+Ea8d/c917.75+ea8+++d/-5,-1,0,E/frameset&F=c917.75+ea8+++d&2,,257 For the Area Research Center (ARC) aka McIntyre Library at the UW-EC campus, I found this: http://voyager1.uwec.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?Search_Arg=Eau+Claire+Directories&Search_Code=SUBJ_&PID=7803&CNT=50&SL=None&BROWSE=1&HC=4&SID=1 (again, please cut and paste this into your browser, as it is too long to fit on one line here) I couldn't find any holdings for the Chippewa Valley Museum Library, but I hope the info above will help you some. -- Nance mailto:nsampson@spacestar.net