FYI, another source to check. R/S MAK
--- John <jcengel(a)EXECPC.COM> wrote:
I've posted a short discussion of this topic on my FTM family history
website at the following address, near the bottom of the homepage:
http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/e/n/g/Debra-A-Engel/
Credit rating guides are the bound volumes that merchants subscribed to,
before the days of the modern credit report. The old books are rare and hard
to find, but I cite several in the article available in Wisconsin libraries.
Some cover Milwaukee and others span the state. Some of the Milwaukee
volumes cover private residents. Others are business only, but include the
local craftsmen and entrepreneurs (millers, blacksmiths, saloonkeeprs, etc.
I originally presented this subject to the Milwaukee County Genealogical
Society at one of their programs some years ago, then published it in the
Wisconsin State Genealogical Society Newsletter in 1994.
John C. Engel
West Allis, Wisconsin
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