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Most US cities have city directories going back quite a ways.
Usually can find them at the library. They typically have names,
addresses, and occupations. Knowing the surname and occupation
might help.
Don't know about cities outside the US.
You remind me that my old home town in England, Rugby,...
boasted an annual Directory that listed residents,
addresses, occupations and phone numbers right through the
1920s and '30s.
The local newspaper might well have microfilmed their old
issues for the same era, too - a personal visit or
commissioning a local researcher might yield handsome
returns.
... Every time I learn something new, old stuff falls out
of my brain.
How far back do they go? My most recent immigrants from Scotland to the
USA were 1850-ish. My understanding was that the official BDM came
after that? I was able to do a little census work (primarily on the
part of the family that didn't leave), but that was all. Other than Old Parish Registers, of course... ;)
Quoting bob klahn to Nancy Backus on 31 Jan 10 02:06:00 <=-
... Every time I learn something new, old stuff falls out
of my brain.
I tell my wife my head is full of obsolete knowledge.
And that's why you can't remember the stuff she tells you
today...? ;)
ttyl neb
PS However, obsolete knowledge is also known as memories
of a bygone age, which is essential to preserve... <G>
Quoting bob klahn to Nancy Backus on 23 Jan 10 21:28:00 <=-
Most US cities have city directories going back quite a ways.
Usually can find them at the library. They typically have names, addresses, and occupations. Knowing the surname and occupation
might help.
Don't know about cities outside the US.
Quoting Miles Maxted to bob klahn on 25 Jan 10 07:35:00 <=-
Any suggestions?Most US cities have city directories going back quite a ways.
Usually can find them at the library. They typically have names,
addresses, and occupations. Knowing the surname and occupation
might help.
Don't know about cities outside the US.
You remind me that my old home town in England, Rugby, boasted an
annual Directory that listed residents, addresses, occupations and
phone numbers right through the 1920s and '30s.
Nancy's staff member might try writing to the local library of the
town involved to see what directories they might hold from the
same time slot....
The local newspaper might well have microfilmed their old issues
for the same era, too - a personal visit or commissioning a
local researcher might yield handsome returns.
And that as well... :) I've spent productive hours with old
newspapers here in the states, not so much in Scotland...
... Every time I learn something new, old stuff falls out of my brain.
No, it's not me who's interested. One of my staff at work is
investigating his family history, and has hit a stumbling block.
His grandfather's parents were never married, and his father wasn't
named on the birth certificate. All he knows is the surname and
that the father was a teacher in the local area at the time. In
the UK, the census he needs hasn't yet been released (1921), which
would help. Both grandparents are dead, and his grandfather's
mother didn't have any other children.
Ah. If he knows the area, then he could look for kirk or parish records
that might record disciplinary or bastardy proceedings... or even give
the father's name at the baptism...
Quoting Miles Maxted to Nancy Backus on 07 Feb 10 06:13:00 <=-
Aren't the earlier dates from the OPRs, though?Aye ... but can be verra useful; we tracked our roots into a wee
round church at Govan on the bonny banks o' the Clyde - but now in
the heart of Glasgow's slumland where tourists are advised to
travel in armoured buses with trained interpreters...
I'll keep them in mind. I've not done really any research to speak of
online, between having a DOS machine with only text-browsing (limited
graphics viewing only, on my request) capabilities
... nothing wrong with that; in terms of spam avoided alone, a
very wise move. Especially if the local libraries offer
subscribers top speed internet access with specialised
genealogical database access, like ours do here.
and not having gobs of time to just sit and play with it.
Maybe someday I'll have the time, anyway... :)
There's a lovely ad running here that features a young wife
gifting her somnolent hubby a round, stainless steel 'tuit'...its
to remind him that she needs a deck built on the back of their
house... now, as he's always said, he's actually got "a round
tuit"...
And that's when the domestic violence starts.
There's civil unrest developing here over the 'summer' holidays,
2010 taking away public holidays on top of promising year-long
unseasonal weather....
Turns out that this year's statutary holidays mostly fall on
weekends and Easter, almost eliminating our "traditional" long
weekends from the 2010 calendar.
The letters and articles from the great unwashed proletariet are streaming into the media alleging deliberate suppression by the
rich, the politicians, the banks, the scientists and even the
schools.
The flag of Monday-isation has been unfurled, ready for the
inevitable marches on Parliament, whilst tv commentaries from
those who tend to dribble and spray when in full denouncement on
camera are claiming unfair tricks in government's drive to work
our way out of recession....
Me, I know its just Nature's way of adding heat to a naturally
cold twelvemonth....
The flag of Monday-isation has been unfurled, ready for the
inevitable marches on Parliament, whilst tv commentaries from
those who tend to dribble and spray when in full denouncement on
camera are claiming unfair tricks in government's drive to work
our way out of recession....
It's always the fault of the government, doncha know...? <G>
And apparently working quite well... ;)
Quoting Miles Maxted to Nancy Backus on 27 Jan 10 07:52:00 <=-
And that as well... :) I've spent productive hours with old
newspapers here in the states, not so much in Scotland...
I've not used them, but Scotland's official BDM people have put
the bulk of their records on-line over the last 5 years. A lot of
these include the names of witnesses - often a very useful means
of identifying friends and relations....
... Every time I learn something new, old stuff falls out of my brain.
True in fact, according to the lovely brain-scanning workers; and
it explains why the old hard skull conceals the writhing, ever-
changing and growing gooey bits inside.
It turns out that sleep is when the contents get re-assessed to
turf out no-longer-required memories, to make way for to-day's
inputs - at the estimated rate of over a million connections a
second !
And their evidence shows that it can be as active in the very old
as it is in the immature ...
Another hobby-horse rears its head - sorry !
Quoting bob klahn to Nancy Backus on 31 Jan 10 02:06:00 <=-
... Every time I learn something new, old stuff falls out
of my brain.
I tell my wife my head is full of obsolete knowledge.
Quoting MILES MAXTED to NANCY BACKUS on 31 Jan 10 10:31:42 <=-
How far back do they go? My most recent immigrants from Scotland to the USA were 1850-ish. My understanding was that the official BDM came
after that? I was able to do a little census work (primarily on the
part of the family that didn't leave), but that was all. Other than Old Parish Registers, of course... ;)
Err... 1513 or so ? Try these...
http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ - the official government source
of genealogical data for Scotland, from 1513 on.
http://www.scotlandsfamily.com/ - points you to free on-line data
and information in diverse Scotland family history records.
http://www.cyndislist.com/scotland.htm - a list of genealogy sites on
the internet that boasts the following NEW sources...
* Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists with Searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images available with fee-based subscription.
* Directory of Scots Banished to the American Plantations, 1650-1775
* Directory of Scots in the Carolinas, 1680-1830
* U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830 - original source: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne,
England: Avero Publications, 1998.
* U.K., City and County Directories, 1600s-1900s
They may be of help to Bob, too...
It being the 1st February here, they've declared January to have been
the coldest and wettest for ever - a wunnerful summer holiday season
for us upside down peoples.
Kings:
No, it's not me who's interested. One of my staff at work is
investigating his family history, and has hit a stumbling block.
His grandfather's parents were never married, and his father wasn't
named on the birth certificate. All he knows is the surname and
that the father was a teacher in the local area at the time. In
the UK, the census he needs hasn't yet been released (1921), which
would help. Both grandparents are dead, and his grandfather's
mother didn't have any other children.
Any suggestions?
Aren't the earlier dates from the OPRs, though?
I'll keep them in mind. I've not done really any research to speak of online, between having a DOS machine with only text-browsing (limited graphics viewing only, on my request) capabilities
and not having gobs of time to just sit and play with it.
Maybe someday I'll have the time, anyway... :)
Ours was mostly on the milder side, although we also had some quite extreme lows (it being of course winter here, so one SHOULD expect the lows... <G>)... also we've not had as much precipitation, either as
snow or as rain, as we would normally have had for January.
Quoting bob klahn to Nancy Backus on 07 Feb 10 21:13:00 <=-
PS However, obsolete knowledge is also known as memories
of a bygone age, which is essential to preserve... <G>
It's all going to go away pretty soon anyway. If it's not on
paper, in a book, it's going to be gone before too much longer.
Even the people I have lectured on the subjects are not that
much younger than I am. Give it 50 years and there is little
likelyhood anyone I have taught about it will still be around.