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From: Adele Barnes <>
Subject: Re: [UPP-CAN] Can you borrow Bell Telephone Micro film
Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2000 16:16:19 -0900

At 7:18 AM -0400 02/02/2000, Scott Shipman wrote:

>I found a paper from a Bell Telephone Book of Toronto 1899. The
>listing was Mrs. Greville Harston. Mr. Harston had his own listings
>under the Business directories.
>
>I do not want the information from the business Directories. I wish
>to view Bell Telephone Books of personal phone numbers. Can these be
>ordered from the National Archives or are they available at the
>Ontario Archives. . .


One of the best ways to get a copy of an old telephone directory or city
directory might be to write to the nearest (large) library, and ask them to
photocopy the page you want, i.e. the name, or address (in the case of a
city directory) and which directory.

Send a self-addressed envelope large enough to put the photocopy in.
Also include a postal money order to cover the cost of photocopying, postage
and their time ($ 5.00). (Americans can send a US$ money order if you can't
get a Canadian$ one.)

I have used this method in the past with no problems.

Many libraries have web pages with e-mail addresses. You can always e-mail
to check to see if a library has the directory you are interested in.

Adele Barnes.

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