Specific to the United States, the Social Register is a directory of names and addresses of prominent American families who form the social elite, (socialites). Until very recently it did not include those of the political or corporate elite. Inclusion in the Social Register was formerly a guide to the members of "polite society" (or those with "old money") in the "Social Register cities" of Baltimore, Boston, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Dayton, Detroit, Kansas City, Minneapolis, New Orleans, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Providence, St. Louis, St. Paul, San Fra...