Thanks to all who responded; I'll forward your suggestions to Cathy. An earlier off-list reply from James Nevius http://www.walknyc.com/ : >>As far as I know, RecorDisc provided recording equipment to GIs in World >>War II so that could make acetates to send spoken "letters" home. Maybe >>that's what Cathy already knows, but if not perhaps it could help in her >>search. To which Cathy replied: >>I am looking for this recording company after buying a box of old 78 >>records for my Victrola. All of the records were the usual 10 inch, 78's >>except one. It was a 7 inch, (I thought a mistaken 45) however it is a >>78rpm according to the label, with the date and address as I wrote. I >>have tried Goggle and have a friend (amateur genealogist) looking. Then, after receiving James's reply: >>One mystery solved! The record I was telling you about was titled >>"Caruso" on side one and "Frank Sinatra" on the other. It must have been >>one a G.I. did and sent home to his family? It is the same person singing >>acappella. David >In a message dated 1/26/05 9:29:00 AM Eastern Standard Time, >[log in to unmask] writes: >At one time, the city directories for NYC were available online. > If this or any subscriber is familiar with any 20th century city >directories posted on-line, now or at any time in the past, I would be >interested to hear from then. Christopher Gray Author, "New >York Streetscapes", published May 2003 by Harry N. Abrams, Inc. Office for >Metropolitan History 246 West 80th Street, #8, NYC 10024 212-799-0520 > fax -0542 e: [log in to unmask] David Minor Eagles Byte Historical Research Pittsford, New York 585 264-0423 'dminor' 'at symbol' 'eznet.net' To be put on the mailing list for the weekly TimeMaster radio scripts (WXXI-FM 91.5), as well as a Quote of the Week and a URL of the Week, e-mail me at the address above. HOME PAGE http://home.eznet.net/~dminor includes NYNY, a series of timelines covering New York City and State, from approximately 1,100,000,000 BC to 1991 AD. http://home.eznet.net/~dminor/NYNY.html Visit the Canal Society of New York State page at http://www.canalsnys.org/ "I would undertake to supply your demands if your generosity is equal to them." -John Bartram, U. S. naturalist