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Historical Directories 3 years to go!

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Elly

Elly Report 13 Jun 2005 00:13

Hi All Have spent most of the evening trawling through this site, fabulous for facts - even found a rellie who had a shop! BUT - lastest update says it's only going to be online for 3 years! I'm going to e-mail now to find out what's going to happen to this information in 2008 http://www(.)historicaldirectories(.)org/hd/index(.)asp Wait for an update - they don't have a project team any more so don't want to bombard them till we know what their plans are J

Bill

Bill Report 13 Jun 2005 01:01

Thanks for the reference... I found two directory references for relatives in a few minutes of searching. Cheers, Bill Sydney, Australia

Unknown

Unknown Report 13 Jun 2005 18:09

Gosh I do hope this site doesn't disappear. It's so useful. You can look for a relative in in the residential section, or find him/her in the trades/commercial section. If you have an address from a census or a certificate you can look it up and see what kind of neighbourhood it was and roughly where in the road the house was. Sometimes you can then trace your ancestor's footsteps and find the house is still there and take piccies! nell

Merry

Merry Report 13 Jun 2005 18:10

I wonder if that is three years from now, or three years from when it was first available? It's been on my favourites list since the end of 2003. Sarah

Sheleen

Sheleen Report 13 Jun 2005 18:13

I've been using this site for as long as I've been researching my rellies... it has been a great tool - found my great-great-grandfathers chip shop on Historical Directories.

Elly

Elly Report 13 Jun 2005 18:20

I tried yesterday to copy the text from the 'News & Publicity' Apparently funding ended October 2004 and the site will remain for 3 years from then I got an auto-response to my e-mail today saying the lady concerned is on holiday!! so will have to wait a till next week for a reply...... J