[PW] Access to old telephone directory...?

[Andersen, Patricia M. (SDSM&T)]

One of my librarians mentioned that the Family History Library
(http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Library/FHL/frameset_library.aspin ) in
Salt Lake City has collected phone directories for many many years, your
patron could give them a try as well.

Patty

Patty Andersen, Director
Devereaux Library, SDSM&T
501 E. Saint Joseph St.
Rapid City, SD  57701-3995
(605) 394-1255 - voice
(605) 394-1256 - fax
Patricia.Andersen at sdsmt.edu


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[mailto:project-wombat-bounces at lists.project-wombat.org] On Behalf Of
Diane Rainaud
Sent: Friday, February 16, 2007 6:54 PM
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Subject: [PW] Access to old telephone directory...?


 Hello,
 
I'm trying to do a favor for a friend and am hoping someone here can
help. My friend is in his 50s and lives in California.  When he was in
middle school and high school his family lived in the town I'm in...West
Hartford, CT.  He'd like a current photo of the home they lived in, but
he can't remember the address.  I thought I might be able to find the
address in an old telephone directory, but got this reply from the local
library:

"The West Hartford Public Library does own Hartford phone directories,
which include West Hartford, from 1969 to the present. We also own city
directories which cover West Hartford from 1940 to the present. However,
this collection is currently unavailable because of a major renovation
project going on in our main library building. When we reopen that
facility in the Fall of 2007, we'd be happy to check these directories
for you."

I'm hoping that someone on this list might be able to point me in
another direction to find my friend's old street address, or perhaps
have access to the directories that are unavailable here at the moment.
The family's last name is Geisinger...I don't know what the father's
first name was which is probably how any listing would have been made.
I imagine, though, there probably weren't many families with that last
name so am hoping it won't be too difficult a search.  The family would
have lived there in the 1960s and 70s.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Diane



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