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Re: Hello #germany

Dorotea Kasprus <kasprus.dorotea@...>
 

Hi
My name is Dorota Kasprus ,I was born in Poland in 74 . I am trying to
complete my genealogy tree . I have never heard that any of my ancesters
are Jewish but I suspect that my mothers family has some Jewish roots.
Only by looking at my grand mother pictures I can easy say that she
wasn't pure German . She was also for her entire live against the Jewish
people and they tradition . Even just without reason she was so anxious
whenever we have watched some programs on the TV about holocaust or so ...

She was born in Germany in Disburg in 1910 ,her maid surname was KAMIN ,
after the 2nd war she get marriage to German/ Polish man ,my grand father
and changed her surname to Leitgeber ,they were moved to Gdansk .

I also know that her familly came >from Polish town Kornik ,close to Pozen,
German part of the Poland before 1st WW . They surname ,my grand ,grandmother
was KICKI
. I am not really sure where to start my research . Please help me to find
my past . I am going to ask my mother for some more details but I might need
some help to get a bit deeper that just 3 generations ,I guess we might
find the truth in the past .

Regards Dorota Kasprus kasprus.dorotea@...
Issue #128 of Genealo-J has just been published #germany

Georges Graner <georges.graner@...>
 

Genealo-J, /publication of the Jewish Genealogical Society of France,
Issue 128, Winter 2016 - [contains 2 articles with possible German connections]

Browsing through the archives of the undertakers' company Schneeberg,
Anne-Marie Fribourg was intrigued by the announcement of the death of
Charlotte Moyse (1815-1901), successively widow of Emmanuel Dreyfus and
Isaie Alexandre. This death was accompanied by several eulogies in
newspapers, quoting her as a famous organist and harmonium player.
Fribourg was able not only to find Charlotte's ancestry, mainly >from
Alsace (Reichshoffen and Hellimer) but also to follow her brilliant
career through innumerable press excerpts during 60 years She began by
playing and teaching piano but soon specialized in the harmonium and in
an instrument called /melodium/ produced by the Alexandre factory, not
related to her second husband. She also wrote several compositions for
piano, organ or harmonium. Fribourg studied also the lives of her two
husbands, both of Alsatian origin. Isaie Alexandre was the inventor and
maker of metallic pens who were very popular and replaced goose quills.
The famous writer Alexandre Dumas was enthousiastic about them and
Rossini was unable to compose his famous mass until he was given these
excellent pens.

Avraham Malthete found the /mohelbuch/ (register of circumcisions) of
Aron Levy, who was cantor in Epinal (Vosges) and /mohel/ between 1844
and 1863. He was born in Bischheim (Alsace) in 1806 and died in Epinal
in 1864. The texts of the /mohelbuch/ are in German but written in
ashkenaze hebrew cursive. It lists 184 circumcisions giving all the
details on the child and his family. Boys concerned come >from 26
different villages and cities, mainly pertaining to the Vosges
department : 48 >from Epinal, 54 >from Remiremont, 13 >from Le Thillot, 9
from Rambervilliers. The paper provides the detailed list of all 184
circumcisions. Among them, one can find David Emile Durkheim
(1858-1917), founder of modern sociology.

George Graner georges.graner@...
German SIG #Germany Re: Hello #germany

Dorotea Kasprus <kasprus.dorotea@...>
 

Hi
My name is Dorota Kasprus ,I was born in Poland in 74 . I am trying to
complete my genealogy tree . I have never heard that any of my ancesters
are Jewish but I suspect that my mothers family has some Jewish roots.
Only by looking at my grand mother pictures I can easy say that she
wasn't pure German . She was also for her entire live against the Jewish
people and they tradition . Even just without reason she was so anxious
whenever we have watched some programs on the TV about holocaust or so ...

She was born in Germany in Disburg in 1910 ,her maid surname was KAMIN ,
after the 2nd war she get marriage to German/ Polish man ,my grand father
and changed her surname to Leitgeber ,they were moved to Gdansk .

I also know that her familly came >from Polish town Kornik ,close to Pozen,
German part of the Poland before 1st WW . They surname ,my grand ,grandmother
was KICKI
. I am not really sure where to start my research . Please help me to find
my past . I am going to ask my mother for some more details but I might need
some help to get a bit deeper that just 3 generations ,I guess we might
find the truth in the past .

Regards Dorota Kasprus kasprus.dorotea@...
German SIG #Germany Issue #128 of Genealo-J has just been published #germany

Georges Graner <georges.graner@...>
 

Genealo-J, /publication of the Jewish Genealogical Society of France,
Issue 128, Winter 2016 - [contains 2 articles with possible German connections]

Browsing through the archives of the undertakers' company Schneeberg,
Anne-Marie Fribourg was intrigued by the announcement of the death of
Charlotte Moyse (1815-1901), successively widow of Emmanuel Dreyfus and
Isaie Alexandre. This death was accompanied by several eulogies in
newspapers, quoting her as a famous organist and harmonium player.
Fribourg was able not only to find Charlotte's ancestry, mainly >from
Alsace (Reichshoffen and Hellimer) but also to follow her brilliant
career through innumerable press excerpts during 60 years She began by
playing and teaching piano but soon specialized in the harmonium and in
an instrument called /melodium/ produced by the Alexandre factory, not
related to her second husband. She also wrote several compositions for
piano, organ or harmonium. Fribourg studied also the lives of her two
husbands, both of Alsatian origin. Isaie Alexandre was the inventor and
maker of metallic pens who were very popular and replaced goose quills.
The famous writer Alexandre Dumas was enthousiastic about them and
Rossini was unable to compose his famous mass until he was given these
excellent pens.

Avraham Malthete found the /mohelbuch/ (register of circumcisions) of
Aron Levy, who was cantor in Epinal (Vosges) and /mohel/ between 1844
and 1863. He was born in Bischheim (Alsace) in 1806 and died in Epinal
in 1864. The texts of the /mohelbuch/ are in German but written in
ashkenaze hebrew cursive. It lists 184 circumcisions giving all the
details on the child and his family. Boys concerned come >from 26
different villages and cities, mainly pertaining to the Vosges
department : 48 >from Epinal, 54 >from Remiremont, 13 >from Le Thillot, 9
from Rambervilliers. The paper provides the detailed list of all 184
circumcisions. Among them, one can find David Emile Durkheim
(1858-1917), founder of modern sociology.

George Graner georges.graner@...
JewishGen Education: Basic 1 - Exploring JewishGen #usa

Nancy Holden
 

JewishGen Course "Explore the JewishGen Website" January 6 - January 20

Throughout 2017, JewishGen will offer four Basic Genealogy Courses:
"Exploring JewishGen", "Search Strategies", "Organizing Your Data" and
"Explore the Belarus SIG Website". These courses are text-based with
skill-building exercises for each topic. They are open 24/7 on an
interactive JewishGen Forum, where you can download the lessons and
work at your own pace.

These courses are free to those who have contributed $100 to the
General Fund in the past 12 months.

Want to discover family research methodology and map the hidden
resources of JewishGen? Want to learn how to search one of the
leading resources for Jewish genealogy? Want to learn to navigate
your way through the maze of Jewish data collections?

The course does not require you to have started your genealogy
projects. It is for those who wish to grasp the intricacies of the
JewishGen website. You do not need the original surname or the name
of your immigrant town.

This course is not how to do your personal family research.

Enrollment is open.
http://www.jewishgen.org/education
Click on the "enroll" hyperlink. If you are not a value-added
contributor, there is a charge of $18.

Please address questions to Nancy Holden jewishgen-education@...
Call for Papers! / IAJGS 2017 Orlando / Deadline January 15, 2017 #usa

Adam Brown
 

We are very pleased to invite prospective speakers to submit proposals
for a presentation at the 37th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy to be held >from Sunday, July 23 through Friday July 28, 2017
at the Walt Disney Swan Resort on the grounds of Disney World/Epcot
Center in Orlando, FL.

This annual worldwide gathering brings together more than 1,000 family
researchers, academics, professional genealogists, historians, and a
wide variety of individuals >from around the world who cherish the
heritage and the future of the Jewish people.

The submissions deadline is on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 11:59pm EST.
The committee set this deadline to allow enough time to evaluate many
worthy proposals, to choose the best, and to notify speakers of their
acceptance during the early registration period that ends on Sunday,
April 16, 2017.

All the information you need to get started is in under the Call for
Papers tab on the Conference web site at www.iajgs2017.org.

We hope many of you will feel inspired to attend, present, and
participate with us.

If you know of others who might like to present at the upcoming
conference, please feel free to share this email. After reading the
relevant pages on our web site, you may request further information
via email sent to program@....

Many thanks, and we look forward to a great conference next summer
in Orlando.

Very truly yours, Program Committee, program@...
37th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Orlando, Florida
Early American SIG #USA JewishGen Education: Basic 1 - Exploring JewishGen #usa

Nancy Holden
 

JewishGen Course "Explore the JewishGen Website" January 6 - January 20

Throughout 2017, JewishGen will offer four Basic Genealogy Courses:
"Exploring JewishGen", "Search Strategies", "Organizing Your Data" and
"Explore the Belarus SIG Website". These courses are text-based with
skill-building exercises for each topic. They are open 24/7 on an
interactive JewishGen Forum, where you can download the lessons and
work at your own pace.

These courses are free to those who have contributed $100 to the
General Fund in the past 12 months.

Want to discover family research methodology and map the hidden
resources of JewishGen? Want to learn how to search one of the
leading resources for Jewish genealogy? Want to learn to navigate
your way through the maze of Jewish data collections?

The course does not require you to have started your genealogy
projects. It is for those who wish to grasp the intricacies of the
JewishGen website. You do not need the original surname or the name
of your immigrant town.

This course is not how to do your personal family research.

Enrollment is open.
http://www.jewishgen.org/education
Click on the "enroll" hyperlink. If you are not a value-added
contributor, there is a charge of $18.

Please address questions to Nancy Holden jewishgen-education@...
Early American SIG #USA Call for Papers! / IAJGS 2017 Orlando / Deadline January 15, 2017 #usa

Adam Brown
 

We are very pleased to invite prospective speakers to submit proposals
for a presentation at the 37th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish
Genealogy to be held >from Sunday, July 23 through Friday July 28, 2017
at the Walt Disney Swan Resort on the grounds of Disney World/Epcot
Center in Orlando, FL.

This annual worldwide gathering brings together more than 1,000 family
researchers, academics, professional genealogists, historians, and a
wide variety of individuals >from around the world who cherish the
heritage and the future of the Jewish people.

The submissions deadline is on Sunday, January 15, 2017 at 11:59pm EST.
The committee set this deadline to allow enough time to evaluate many
worthy proposals, to choose the best, and to notify speakers of their
acceptance during the early registration period that ends on Sunday,
April 16, 2017.

All the information you need to get started is in under the Call for
Papers tab on the Conference web site at www.iajgs2017.org.

We hope many of you will feel inspired to attend, present, and
participate with us.

If you know of others who might like to present at the upcoming
conference, please feel free to share this email. After reading the
relevant pages on our web site, you may request further information
via email sent to program@....

Many thanks, and we look forward to a great conference next summer
in Orlando.

Very truly yours, Program Committee, program@...
37th IAJGS International Conference on Jewish Genealogy, Orlando, Florida
SITE CITE - Free Historical Canadian Directories #usa

Jan Meisels Allen
 

Gail Dever of Genealogy ala carte has put together on her website
Historical Canadian Directories all of which are free access. For
those researching Canada, the information should be of help in finding
your ancestors at specific time periods.

These are the directories that she has in her "Genealogy Toolbox":

British Columbia City Directories, 1860-1955

Calgary (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1903-1924

Canadian Directories Collection (Halifax, Ottawa, plus others)

Chatham (Ontario) Directories, 1870s to 2005

Hamilton, London and Kingston, Ontario, and Southwestern Ontario

Henderson=E2=80=99s Directories (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

Kingston, Ontario City Directories, 1855-1922

Lethbridge (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1953

Lovell's Montreal Street Directories 1842-2010

Marcotte Directories of Quebec City, 1822-1976

Medicine Hat and District (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1959

Peterborough (Ontario) City Directories, 1858-2010

Toronto City Directories, 1833-1922

Go to: http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?page_id=3D10651 for the links to
the above.

Jan Meisels Allen <janmallen@...>

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
(US) Southern Claims Commission Records--Civil War #usa

Jan Meisels Allen
 

For those researching their Civil War ancestors the US Southern Claims
Commission (SCC) Records may be of interest. The SCC was established March
3, 1871 to settle the claims of Union loyalist Southerners during the Civil
War. The SCC was to consider the validity and justice of claims for stores
and supplies taken during the Civil War for use of the Army and Navy.

There were over 22,000 claims filed with the SCC between March 1871 and
March 1880 for property losses exceeding $60 million. About 32 percent of
the claims were approved. As the claimant had to provide testimony about
their loyalty to the Union, and prove their losses the information is of
genealogical value.

The states that were covered under the SCC include: Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia-which was still part of Virginia
during the Civil War.

The geographical list of claims may be found at: http://tinyurl.com/j8udoy8
Original url:
http://www.slcl.org/sites/default/files/shared-files/geographical_list_of_cl
aims/scc%20geographical%20list%20of%20claimants.pdf

To read more about how to find out if your ancestor actually filed a claim,
if it was allowed, barred or disallowed, in addition to the aforementioned
geographical list see:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/records/fl/Research-in-Southern-Claims-Commiss
ion-Records.htm

Ancestry.com, FamilySearch and Fold3.com have at least partial collections.
Ancestry.com and Fold3.com are subscription based databases and require
subscription access. Local Family History Centers have subscriptions to
Ancestry.com and Fold3.com on their center computers and many public
libraries have subscriptions to Ancestry.com.
To see what FamilySearch has on SCC go to:
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Southern_Claims_Commission

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committe
Early American SIG #USA SITE CITE - Free Historical Canadian Directories #usa

Jan Meisels Allen
 

Gail Dever of Genealogy ala carte has put together on her website
Historical Canadian Directories all of which are free access. For
those researching Canada, the information should be of help in finding
your ancestors at specific time periods.

These are the directories that she has in her "Genealogy Toolbox":

British Columbia City Directories, 1860-1955

Calgary (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1903-1924

Canadian Directories Collection (Halifax, Ottawa, plus others)

Chatham (Ontario) Directories, 1870s to 2005

Hamilton, London and Kingston, Ontario, and Southwestern Ontario

Henderson=E2=80=99s Directories (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

Kingston, Ontario City Directories, 1855-1922

Lethbridge (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1953

Lovell's Montreal Street Directories 1842-2010

Marcotte Directories of Quebec City, 1822-1976

Medicine Hat and District (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1959

Peterborough (Ontario) City Directories, 1858-2010

Toronto City Directories, 1833-1922

Go to: http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?page_id=3D10651 for the links to
the above.

Jan Meisels Allen <janmallen@...>

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
Early American SIG #USA (US) Southern Claims Commission Records--Civil War #usa

Jan Meisels Allen
 

For those researching their Civil War ancestors the US Southern Claims
Commission (SCC) Records may be of interest. The SCC was established March
3, 1871 to settle the claims of Union loyalist Southerners during the Civil
War. The SCC was to consider the validity and justice of claims for stores
and supplies taken during the Civil War for use of the Army and Navy.

There were over 22,000 claims filed with the SCC between March 1871 and
March 1880 for property losses exceeding $60 million. About 32 percent of
the claims were approved. As the claimant had to provide testimony about
their loyalty to the Union, and prove their losses the information is of
genealogical value.

The states that were covered under the SCC include: Alabama, Arkansas,
Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia-which was still part of Virginia
during the Civil War.

The geographical list of claims may be found at: http://tinyurl.com/j8udoy8
Original url:
http://www.slcl.org/sites/default/files/shared-files/geographical_list_of_cl
aims/scc%20geographical%20list%20of%20claimants.pdf

To read more about how to find out if your ancestor actually filed a claim,
if it was allowed, barred or disallowed, in addition to the aforementioned
geographical list see:
http://genealogy.about.com/od/records/fl/Research-in-Southern-Claims-Commiss
ion-Records.htm

Ancestry.com, FamilySearch and Fold3.com have at least partial collections.
Ancestry.com and Fold3.com are subscription based databases and require
subscription access. Local Family History Centers have subscriptions to
Ancestry.com and Fold3.com on their center computers and many public
libraries have subscriptions to Ancestry.com.
To see what FamilySearch has on SCC go to:
https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/Southern_Claims_Commission

Jan Meisels Allen
Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committe
SITE CITE - Free Historical Canadian Directories #germany

Jan Meisels Allen
 

Gail Dever of Genealogy ala carte has put together on her website
Historical Canadian Directories all of which are free access. For
those researching Canada, the information should be of help in finding
your ancestors at specific time periods.

These are the directories that she has in her "Genealogy Toolbox":

British Columbia City Directories, 1860-1955

Calgary (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1903-1924

Canadian Directories Collection (Halifax, Ottawa, plus others)

Chatham (Ontario) Directories, 1870s to 2005

Hamilton, London and Kingston, Ontario, and Southwestern Ontario

Henderson=E2=80=99s Directories (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

Kingston, Ontario City Directories, 1855-1922

Lethbridge (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1953

Lovell's Montreal Street Directories 1842-2010

Marcotte Directories of Quebec City, 1822-1976

Medicine Hat and District (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1959

Peterborough (Ontario) City Directories, 1858-2010

Toronto City Directories, 1833-1922

Go to: http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?page_id=3D10651 for the links to
the above.

Jan Meisels Allen <janmallen@...>

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
German SIG #Germany SITE CITE - Free Historical Canadian Directories #germany

Jan Meisels Allen
 

Gail Dever of Genealogy ala carte has put together on her website
Historical Canadian Directories all of which are free access. For
those researching Canada, the information should be of help in finding
your ancestors at specific time periods.

These are the directories that she has in her "Genealogy Toolbox":

British Columbia City Directories, 1860-1955

Calgary (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1903-1924

Canadian Directories Collection (Halifax, Ottawa, plus others)

Chatham (Ontario) Directories, 1870s to 2005

Hamilton, London and Kingston, Ontario, and Southwestern Ontario

Henderson=E2=80=99s Directories (Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba)

Kingston, Ontario City Directories, 1855-1922

Lethbridge (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1953

Lovell's Montreal Street Directories 1842-2010

Marcotte Directories of Quebec City, 1822-1976

Medicine Hat and District (Alberta) Telephone Directories, 1907-1959

Peterborough (Ontario) City Directories, 1858-2010

Toronto City Directories, 1833-1922

Go to: http://genealogyalacarte.ca/?page_id=3D10651 for the links to
the above.

Jan Meisels Allen <janmallen@...>

Chairperson, IAJGS Public Records Access Monitoring Committee
tombstone translation request - ViewMate #germany

Richard <r.d.oppenheimer@...>
 

Dear Friends,
I've posted a photograph of a tombstone in hebrew for which I need a
translation. I only require the critical information, names and dates etc.
It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM52629
Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thank you very much. Best regards, Richard D. Oppenheimer
< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen
and GerSIG
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp
German SIG #Germany tombstone translation request - ViewMate #germany

Richard <r.d.oppenheimer@...>
 

Dear Friends,
I've posted a photograph of a tombstone in hebrew for which I need a
translation. I only require the critical information, names and dates etc.
It is on ViewMate at the following address ...
http://www.jewishgen.org/viewmate/viewmateview.asp?key=VM52629
Please respond via the form provided in the ViewMate application.

Thank you very much. Best regards, Richard D. Oppenheimer
< ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >
Please thank those who help you and support ViewMate, JewishGen
and GerSIG
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/Honors/
http://www.jewishgen.org/JewishGen-erosity/honors.asp
Handling Change of Surname in Family Tree Maker and MyHeritage Software #general

Frank Krutchik <frankkrutchik@...>
 

I use both Family Tree Maker and My Heritage software to maintain my
family records. What is the best way to record a change of surname
with either or both of these applications?

Frank Krutchik

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond to Frank's query privately. In-depth discussion
of specific computer programs should be taken to a computer mailing list such as
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Computing/COMPUTERS.html
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen Handling Change of Surname in Family Tree Maker and MyHeritage Software #general

Frank Krutchik <frankkrutchik@...>
 

I use both Family Tree Maker and My Heritage software to maintain my
family records. What is the best way to record a change of surname
with either or both of these applications?

Frank Krutchik

MODERATOR NOTE: Please respond to Frank's query privately. In-depth discussion
of specific computer programs should be taken to a computer mailing list such as
http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Genealogical_Computing/COMPUTERS.html
NY City Directories Online! #general

Phyllis Kramer
 

New York Public Library is digitizing its collection of New York City
Directories; 1849-1915 are available free through the NYPL Digital
Collections portal. City directories describe New York City and its
history: the names and addresses of its residents, churches,
businesses, schools, police stations, courts, and other government
offices, often with the names of individuals associated with those
institutions; also included are maps, illustrations of buildings, and
advertisements.

Go to https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/new-york-city-directories#/?tab=about
and select a directory.
[MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - https://goo.gl/nhct22 ]

To browse the directory like a book, click the "View as Book" icon
which is under the open book image. Click each page or jump by opening
the drop down "Jump to" menu and clicking the page you want, or by
dragging the pointer at the bottom of the page, >from left to right.

Look for the Appendix, at one point renamed the City Register, a
classified listing made up of business card-style advertisements. This
is a useful index for finding the names and addresses of asylums, banks,
churches and burial grounds, courts, foreign consuls, hotels,
newspapers, police stations, post offices, schools

For additional information try this blog post (which is the source for
this article):
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/09/21/new-york-city-directories-free-online

Phyllis
Kramer, NYC & Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
VP Education, www.jewishgen.org/education
JewishGen Discussion Group #JewishGen NY City Directories Online! #general

Phyllis Kramer
 

New York Public Library is digitizing its collection of New York City
Directories; 1849-1915 are available free through the NYPL Digital
Collections portal. City directories describe New York City and its
history: the names and addresses of its residents, churches,
businesses, schools, police stations, courts, and other government
offices, often with the names of individuals associated with those
institutions; also included are maps, illustrations of buildings, and
advertisements.

Go to https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/collections/new-york-city-directories#/?tab=about
and select a directory.
[MOD. NOTE: shortened URL - https://goo.gl/nhct22 ]

To browse the directory like a book, click the "View as Book" icon
which is under the open book image. Click each page or jump by opening
the drop down "Jump to" menu and clicking the page you want, or by
dragging the pointer at the bottom of the page, >from left to right.

Look for the Appendix, at one point renamed the City Register, a
classified listing made up of business card-style advertisements. This
is a useful index for finding the names and addresses of asylums, banks,
churches and burial grounds, courts, foreign consuls, hotels,
newspapers, police stations, post offices, schools

For additional information try this blog post (which is the source for
this article):
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/09/21/new-york-city-directories-free-online

Phyllis
Kramer, NYC & Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
VP Education, www.jewishgen.org/education
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