FYI, another source to check. R/S MAK --- John <jcengel@EXECPC.COM> wrote: > > I've posted a short discussion of this topic on my FTM family history > website at the following address, near the bottom of the homepage: > http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/e/n/g/Debra-A-Engel/ > > Credit rating guides are the bound volumes that merchants subscribed to, > before the days of the modern credit report. The old books are rare and hard > to find, but I cite several in the article available in Wisconsin libraries. > Some cover Milwaukee and others span the state. Some of the Milwaukee > volumes cover private residents. Others are business only, but include the > local craftsmen and entrepreneurs (millers, blacksmiths, saloonkeeprs, etc. > > I originally presented this subject to the Milwaukee County Genealogical > Society at one of their programs some years ago, then published it in the > Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter in 1994. > > John C. Engel > West Allis, Wisconsin > > ----------------------------------------------- > To contact the list owner, use stephenL@indiana.edu > > Please don't send ATTACHED FILES to the list! ===== ===== TheStorm http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiwood/TheStorm USC NROTC Alumni http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~uscnrotc/ MAK = "Mar sea ah Ann Keel" ===== __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/