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- This source exists in two repositories:
Northern New York Agricultural Musem at Stone Mills, NY <<http://home.usadatanet.net/~agstonemills/>>
and
Lyme Heritage Center <<http://www.chaumontny.com/heritage.html>>
A web page describing further details of this source is here:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyjeffer/1918exp.htm
The information in this Directory is arranged as follows:
1st, Last name of individual followed by first name and second name initial (if there is a second initial.
2nd, Wife's name (if married) in parentheses.
3d, The number of children living at home.
4th, Name of individual's farm, if it has a name.
5th, The individual's business or occupation.
6th, The chief crop or specialty. (Example, grain, pouoltry, apples or potatoes, means that these are the specialties of the individuals to whom they refer.)
7th, The crop or specialty the individual has for sale. (Example, s fruit means has fruit to sell.)
8th refers to the property on which individual has residence, O (figure a) designates number of acres in farm owned. O H&L means owns house and lot. R (figure a) designates number of acres in farm for which money rent is paid. R H&L means rents house and lot. WOS (figure a) designates number of acres worked on shares.
9th, is the number of the rural delivery route or street address and postoffice from which mail is received.
10th, is the name of the township in which individual lives.
11th Is telephone indicated by the letter T.
12th H figures designates the highway on which individual has residence (see map).
ABBREVIATIONS
A=Acres
ch=children
Gen Del=general delivery (mail)
s=Has to sell
H=Highway
&L=House & Lot
O=Owns
T or R=Rents
rd=Rural Delivery (mail)
T=Telephone
tn=township
veg=vegetables
Wid=Widow
OWS=Works on Shares
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