I scanned 3 more items last week. First is Penfield Directory, 1951, sponsored by Penfield Rotary Club. I have a few more of these for other years from the 50s and 60s but I doubt that I will scan them. That’s because after I scanned this one I noticed that the house and business directories …
I uploaded a chapter on directory research for my Genealogical Guide to Monroe County. A lot of the city and county directories are online. If you haven’t looked for your families in the directories, you should. The Church Records Preservation Committee of Rochester Genealogical Society (RGS) has added records of Lakeside Presbyterian Church that was …
I finished adding all of a business directory from 1869-70 for the rural Towns in Monroe County. That directory includes people that are farming as businesses. I noticed that in every Town that there were some ladies listed as farmers. Seeing as they most all were listed as Mrs., I suspect that they were widows. …
The Rochester Public Library has added a new book to their online collection. This new book is Business Directory of Western New York for the years 1898-1899. What makes this directory useful is that it covers both the big cities and also many of the smaller villages in western NY. Included in this directory are …