This unique book, based on the previously unpublished correspondence of a young San Francisco woman describing the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, graphically describes the... More > sights of the city and gives details of everyday life in the chaos of those first days. Sarah Phillips' letters tell of walking a circuitous route of several miles in search of her mail, cooking in the streets for fear of fire, and sleeping outside for fear of aftershocks. In the second half of the book, CGS member Dorothy Fowler leads the reader through an investigation using classic genealogy methods to identify the relatives and friends Sarah identified only by their initials. This book is not only an exciting "you are there" account, it is also, as one reviewer wrote, "a Baedeker to genealogy research."< Less
This handbook is a "must have" for researching San Francisco ancestors, providing invaluable guidance on which records were lost in the 1906 earthquake and fire, which records survived, and... More > where to find them.< Less
Now, for the first time, an index is available to all San Francisco civil death records known to have survived the 1906 earthquake and fire. The fourth of four volumes, this book covers the surnames... More > starting with Q-Z and contains an index to 23,938 records.< Less
This is the first of two volumes that provide, for the first time in print, an index to the 108,898 names in the registers of San Francisco probate actions from 1906 to 1942. The first volume covers... More > surnames beginning with A-K, and the second volume contains surnames starting with L-Z. Information was extracted from 179 registers of probate actions, each containing 500 pages. Included are names, aliases and minors’ names representing over 85,500 probates and guardianship proceedings.< Less
