The 1955 city directory for Peoria, Illinois, is included in Ancestry.com’s “US City Directories 1822-1989.” In attempting to interpret an entry from that year, I wanted to look at the front of the book where the abbreviations are usually located. The “viewer” at Ancestry.com allows one to go to specific images. When viewing page 1, I expected to get […]

Ancestry.com announced an “update” in it’s “US City Directories 1822-1989.” It’s clear from taking a look at the advertisements that the creation of database entries from this record set was automated. Production Machining and Welding Designing were apparently living as neighbors in Peoria, Illinois, in 1955. Mr. Designing worked as an “And.” Apparently it wasn’t […]