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function DbInfoDescription() { document.write('Sitting astride the Iroquois River, Kankakee Illinois is a short fifty miles south of Chicago. This directory which makes up this database was compiled in 1876. Originally created by W. H. Bristol, a long time resident of the city and newspaper editor, it provides each resident\'s street address and occupation. Containing the names of over 2600 persons, this database can be useful for researchers of Illinois ancestors in locating residents from the east-central part of the state.<p>City directories are primarily useful for locating people in a particular place and time. They can tell you generally where an ancestor lived and give an exact location for census years. They are also useful for linkage with sources other than censuses.</p><p>There are usually several parts to a city directory. The section of most interest to the genealogist, of course, is the alphabetical listing of names, for it is there that you may find your ancestor.</p><p>Whenever you use a directory, however, it is important to refer to the page showing abbreviations used in the alphabetical section of the directory, usually following the name in each entry. Some abbreviations are quite common, such as <I>h</I> for home or <I>r</I>, indicating residence. There may even be a subtle distinction between <I>r</I> for residents who are related to the homeowner and <I>b</I> for boarders who are not related.</p><p>Some city directories list adult children who lived with their parents but were working or going to school. Look for persons of the same surname residing at the same address. If analyzed and interpreted properly, these annual directories can tell you (by implication) which children belong to which household, when they married and started families of their own, and when they established themselves in business. In cases where specific occupation is given, you can search records pertinent to that occupation.</p><p>Once an ancestor has been found in a city directory, there are several ways the information can be used to gain access to, or link with, such sources as censuses, death and probate records, church records, naturalization records, and land records.</p><p>Taken from <I>Chapter 11: Research in Directories, The Source: A Guidebook of American Genealogy</I> by Gordon Lewis Remington; edited by Loretto Dennis Szucs and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking (Salt Lake City, UT: Ancestry Incorporated, 1997).</p>'); }
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