Ava, On my visit to the old Sorsenson Mortuary, I was looking for the information that was written in their book at the time of the services. I found there was information about the person who died, and some relatives. There was information about who had sent flowers and the relationship of the sender to the deceased. While I was making notes of this information, the person who was helping me asked if a "city directory" would be of help. I had used City Directories at the Historical Society Library and knew they did not have a whole lot of them there. When my helper "angel" took me upstairs to a room with 2 shelves on a bookcase full of the directories. The directories I saw were like yearly census of a person who lived at a listed address. The usual form was, husband (owner or renter) and his wife, if married. Occupations were also listed. Sometimes children were listed and also boarders. California did not have a state census so the directories were like some states census that are done inbetween the Federal census. While looking for information about one of my sons-in-law, I could not find them listed in the City Directory. I knew they lived in San Leandro, CA during the years of the directories I found. It took a lot of questioning of those who were at the library and also the genealogical society to find out that some of the directories only listed those living within the city limits. The person I searched lived outside of the city limits. Thus, he was not listed in the directory. In the case of the Hayward City Directories, I did not find that. I even found that some of the outlying areas; Decoto, Alvarado, etc. were small unincorporated areas and were listed in the Hayward directories. Not in all of them; however, I saw them listed in several. Hope this helps. Celeste, Hayward, CA Celeste Perry [email protected]
--- On Mon, 2/27/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Hayward (CA) City Directories To: [email protected] Date: Monday, February 27, 2012, 6:40 PM Celeste, What kind of info can one get from a Mortuary? Just who lived in the area from an old Directories? My husband's God Mother lives above a Mortuary in the Bay Area. Her daughter married into the family business. When we come to town we visit with her there. She is loaded with info on Sam's side of the family. It's kind of weird though, we go into the Mortuary, all happy and excited to visit with Auntie, wondering what story she will share with us today, all the while trying to contain our happiness with respect to others who are there grieving. On my next visit I'll have to check out the old directories, if they have any. Ava I'll have to ask and find out if they kept their old Directories. In a message dated 2/27/2012 5:37:38 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Carol, I know that the Hayward Historical Society has many Hayward City Directories. They are in the process of moving so I don't know if contacting them would have someone on staff to look at the directories for you. I can't remember what years they have. I also know that when I was researching for a friend, I went to the then Sorenson Brothers Mortuary and they had even more Hayward City Directories than the Historical Society. Sorenson advertised in the Directories so they probably received a free copy each year. Sorenson's was taken over by the Diocese of Oakland and is now called something else; Sorenson Holy Angels or Holy Angels Sorenson, can't remember which it is. In the 2011 Hayward phone book, it is still llisted as Sorenson Bros. Mortuary. Celeste, Hayward, CA Celeste Perry [email protected] --- On Mon, 2/27/12, Carol Warnock <[email protected]> wrote: From: Carol Warnock <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Hayward (CA) City Directories To: "azores" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 27, 2012, 1:23 PM I am currently trying to find any library or FHC that might have Polk City Directories for Hayward (Alameda County) CA for the time period of 1925-1927. The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has Polk Directories for 1930-32 & 1934 (which does not help), the Boston Public Library supposedly has it on microfiche as does the Indianapolis Public Library. I have tried the Hayward Public Library and the Hayward FHC (both online). I have also tried the Southern CA Genealogical Society's Library online catalog, the San Diego Genealogical Society's Library online catalog, the Los Angelles Public Library's online catalog and last but not least I tried the Sutro Library in South San Francisco. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where else I can search. All I know is that the family moved from Gloucester MA to Hayward in either 1925 or 1926, lived there until summer of 1927 and that they lived "on Orchard Street near the elementary school." Unfortunately, my mother and all of her siblings are deceased. Does anyone have any suggestions of places that might these records within California or does anyone have access to the Boston Public Library? Thank you to all for all your help. Carol Silva Warnock Researching: Madruga (Lajes do Pico) (This is my mother's paternal line) -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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