Posted by Richard Jones on Monday, May 24, 2010 at 08:42:31 :

In Reply to: hotel guest registries 1871 posted by Bruce Ferry on Monday, May 14, 2007 at 16:12:17 :

: An ancestor of mine supposedly stayed at the Grand Hotel during 1871, visiting from Chicago. I was wondering if guest registries still exist from 1871 for the Grand Hotel and where they are located now?

It was common for local newspapers to publish the names of visitors staying at hotels. Here is a link to a newspaper archive for the western United States.
http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC18961031.2.159&srpos=1&e=-------en-Logical-20--1----%22s.d.+ballou%22-all---

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