Author Spotlight

About California Genealogical Society and Library

Author Image

Whether you have Gold Rush ancestors or have no family connection to California, you will find extensive support for your genealogy research at the California Genealogical Society (CGS).

Have you purchased Raking the Ashes? Author Nancy Peterson has a list of updates of new material. Visit the book website at RakingtheAshes.com.

 

Links

California Genealogical Society Store
Raking the Ashes, Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research, Second Edition
 More Detail 		Raking the Ashes, Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco... By Nancy Simons Peterson
Paperback: $25.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
* * * * *
 (1 Rating)
This handbook is a "must have" for researching San Francisco ancestors, providing invaluable guidance on which records were... More > lost in the 1906 earthquake and fire, which records survived, and where to find them. < Less
Add to Cart
San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume IV: Q-Z
 More Detail 		San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume IV: Q-Z By Vernon A. Deubler, Barbara Close
Paperback: $39.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
. . . . .
 This item has not been rated yet
Now, for the first time, an index is available to all San Francisco civil death records known to have survived the 1906... More > earthquake and fire. The fourth of four volumes, this book covers the surnames starting with Q-Z and contains an index to 23,938 records. < Less
Add to Cart
San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume II: E-K
 More Detail 		San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume II: E-K By Vernon A. Deubler, Barbara Close
Paperback: $39.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
. . . . .
 This item has not been rated yet
Now, for the first time, an index is available to all San Francisco civil death records known to have survived the 1906... More > earthquake and fire. The second of four volumes, this book covers the surnames starting with E-K and contains an index to 23,868 records. < Less
Add to Cart
San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume I: A-D
 More Detail 		San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume I: A-D By Vernon A. Deubler, Barbara Ross Close
Paperback: $39.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
. . . . .
 This item has not been rated yet
Now, for the first time, an index is available to all San Francisco civil death records known to have survived the 1906... More > earthquake and fire. The first of four volumes, this book covers the surnames starting with A-D and contains an index to 24,057 records. < Less
Add to Cart
San Francisco Probate 1906-1942 Volume I: A-K
 More Detail 		San Francisco Probate 1906-1942 Volume I: A-K By Vernon A. Deubler
Paperback: $38.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
. . . . .
 This item has not been rated yet
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... More > of San Francisco probate actions from 1906 to 1942. The first volume covers 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
Add to Cart
San Francisco Probate 1906-1942 Volume II: L-Z
 More Detail 		San Francisco Probate 1906-1942 Volume II: L-Z By Vernon A. Deubler
Paperback: $38.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
. . . . .
 This item has not been rated yet
This is the second of two volumes that provide, for the first time in print, an index to the 108,898 names in the registers... More > of San Francisco probate actions from 1906 to 1942. The first volume covers 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
Add to Cart
San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume III: L-P
 More Detail 		San Francisco Deaths 1865-1905 Volume III: L-P By Vernon A. Deubler, Barbara Close
Paperback: $39.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
. . . . .
 This item has not been rated yet
Now, for the first time, an index is available to all San Francisco civil death records known to have survived the 1906... More > earthquake and fire. The third of four volumes, this book covers the surnames starting with L-P and contains an index to 24,286 records. < Less
Add to Cart
The Ancestry of Theodore Timothy Judge and Ellen Sheehy Judge
 More Detail 		The Ancestry of Theodore Timothy Judge and Ellen Sheehy Judge By California Genealogical Society
Paperback: $25.00
Ships in 3–5 business days
. . . . .
 This item has not been rated yet
Theodore Timothy “Ted” Judge died in Cupertino, California, June 11, 2008. Although neither he nor his late wife Ellen... More > Sheehy Judge left descendants, they shared a mutual interest in family history which they had enthusiastically pursued over the years. In his will, Ted left legacies to numerous charities and institutions, including the Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley, where he had spent many hours as a student. Among his bequests was the requirement that the Bancroft Library, in conjunction with the administrators of his estate, arrange for the publication of a book of Judge and Sheehy genealogy to be distributed to Ted and Ellen’s cousins. This book includes the families of Boland, Roussel, Harman, McMurphy, Kelley, Bohane, Chapin, Freiermuth, Taylor, Moore and Farneman. < Less
Add to Cart