Barbara,
Thank you for the excellent resources. Do you, or anyone else, know
what the correct URL for the Indianapolis Water Company? The one
given in the article is no longer any good. Is
the same company? These records
might be good for me since I'm researching a house that I believe
existed in the 1850s.
Thanks again!
Joel
At 08:17 PM 12/8/2007, you wrote:
When you asked this question, I remembered I had read somewhere
about the street numbers changing. Finally found it! On the
Indianapolis Marion County Library webpage, there is a guide
entitled House History Aid to help people find the history of a
house and
neighborhood.
www.imcpl.org/resources/guides/family/househistory/househistoryaid.html
In the guide it says street addresses in Indianapolis were changed
in 1887, 1899, and 1916.
My great grandfather who was from Germany, built a house on north
Tacoma Avenue and I had noticed the house number changed from one
census to the next but I knew he had only lived in the one house on Tacoma.
Also there were changes to some street names apparently in the 1910s
and 1930s. There is a chart available on Steve Morse's website
which shows the changes in Indianapolis
www.stevemorse.org/census/changes/IndianapolisChanges.htm
Hope this helps.
Barbara
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From: "Joel S. Russell" <jsruss(a)mindspring.com>
> Is there a resource that shows when street numbers were changed in
> parts of the city? Using various city directories I've followed my
> ancestors addresses from 1857 to 1900. They remained on the same
> street but at times the address changed to a higher number. I
> suspect they did not change houses, but that new houses were built
> and renumbering of the houses took place. Any chance that is
> documented anywhere?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Joel
>
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsruss/
>
>
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