tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post1733712091254877133..comments2024-02-29T06:03:35.483-05:00Comments on Canada's Anglo-Celtic Connections: NYPL Directories InitiativeJDRhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06471656063812824731noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-91342106005806970882016-11-04T01:56:00.257-04:002016-11-04T01:56:00.257-04:00I am so looking forward to the completion of this ...I am so looking forward to the completion of this project. I've got dicumentary evidence that one person I have been researching was living in Lower Manhattan in the 1820s, but cannot pick him up in the censuses prior to 1850, by which time he had accumulated a wife and at least 5 children, plus a thriving business. It's possible he was listed in one or more of these city directories.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-76280484158191289692016-10-25T12:06:26.712-04:002016-10-25T12:06:26.712-04:00I tried the NYC digitized directories site. Great...I tried the NYC digitized directories site. Great project in concept, but the functionality for users needs work. As a browsable image collection, I found it confusing and difficult to locate the page I needed, even after carefully reading the instructions on how to use the scroll bars and/or Jump-to drop-down list. When I finally got to the page that would have the listing I sought, the zoom Jeannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24066635.post-88318701030226370712016-10-25T09:17:55.736-04:002016-10-25T09:17:55.736-04:00Excellent suggestion that custodians of city direc...Excellent suggestion that custodians of city directories assume responsibility for digitization of these significant resources. I had occasion to search several Toronto directories (dating from the 1930s) at LAC last week and it is a shame that these volumes are literally disintegrating with every turn of the page. With continued use, will there be anything to digitize once the decision is made Glenn Wnoreply@blogger.com