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Sally

Sally Report 26 Sep 2013 21:48

please can anybody tell me exactly what it is

thankyou

sally w <3

Researching:
stephen taafe*muriel denley1917 he died 3 weeks later

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 26 Sep 2013 21:57

If it is the directories that you find on such sites as historical directories then it is a list of businesses, schoools, churches or prominent people such as doctors

Sometimes you get adverts for local businesses

Sort of early Yellow Pages

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Sally

Sally Report 26 Sep 2013 22:19

thankyou glitter baby

I had not come across it before

I

sally w <3

Researching:
stephen taafe*muriel denley1917 he died 3 weeks later

GlitterBaby

GlitterBaby Report 26 Sep 2013 22:44

Sally

If you need anything looking up then please post a request

The directories have been scanned in page by page so the quality will vary quite a bit.

You can search the directories but the "hits" are not always what you want.

For example if you search for post office you might get 50 results. When you look at the hits it might only have found the word post or office but not the combination. Also the "hit" is usually highlighted in a pale colour such as yellow so you have to look around the page to find it.


Maureen

Researching:
PLEASE DO NOT: send me information concerning your thread on the board as it should be posted on your request where all members can see it. PLEASE DO NOT: ask me for help with lookups as they should be placed on the boards to get the best possible result. PLEASE DO NOT: open your tree just because I have posted information on your thread as I will not be related. THANK YOU. Researching Carter, Cass and Walker in England. Researching Caven, McKill, Sutherland and Will in Scotland.

Sally

Sally Report 27 Sep 2013 14:02

thanks I will I am going to have a look first

sally w <3

Researching:
stephen taafe*muriel denley1917 he died 3 weeks later