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| Crop of the Oakland, CA city directory title page. Note that other addresses in other nearby cities are also included. R. L. Polk and Co. of California, "Polk's Oakland (California) City Directory, Vol 1930 XL, Including Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville and Piedmont; Containing an Alphabetical Directory of Business Concerns and Private Citizens, a Street and Avenue Guide and Much Information of a Miscellaneous Character; Also A Buyer's Guide and a Complete Classified Business Directory" (Oakland, CA), 1930; digital image, U.S. City Directories, 1822-1995 database (http://www.ancestry.com/ : 29 September 2017). |
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| I highlighted some examples of people who appear in the Oakland city directory but actually live in a nearby city/town. A = Alameda, B = Berkeley, Pied = Piedmont. Some people worked in Oakland but resided in other places like Richmond and San Leandro. If you added one of these highlighted people's indexed record Ancestry would automatically put "Oakland; Alameda; Berkeley; Emeryville; Piedmont, California, USA" as the residence, although they may have actually lived in just Berkeley or Piedmont. Page 600 of the Oakland City Directory 1930. |
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| Ansgar actually lived in Berkeley. This particular indexing reflects the major cities/towns represented in this directory; some indexed city directories just add the main city (like Enid, Oklahoma, or Seattle, WA) and it is up to you to know there are other options. |
I admit it, I'm guilty of adding records like the above without edit. Let's just say mapping tools don't like addresses like this!
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