Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research
This highly praised guide to circumventing the enormous record loss in the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire has been substantially updated and expanded to include newly released records and necessary information on post-earthquake resources. The inclusion of a wide and detailed body of sources and with emphasis on casting a much wider net than is customary makes this guide useful not only for anyone doing research where critical records have been lost or destroyed, but also for those seeking to create a fuller, richer family history.
Written by Research Director Nancy Peterson and published by the California Genealogical Society, 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 where to find them. The author alerts the reader to lesser-known sources, recently published references, and newly discovered documents. Sources are clearly identified and evaluated, while graphics, statistics, and historical background enrich the text. Not limited to San Francisco, Peterson's solutions for working around lost records will be especially welcomed by researchers wherever natural disasters have destroyed historical documents.
Written by Research Director Nancy Peterson and published by the California Genealogical Society, 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 where to find them. The author alerts the reader to lesser-known sources, recently published references, and newly discovered documents. Sources are clearly identified and evaluated, while graphics, statistics, and historical background enrich the text. Not limited to San Francisco, Peterson's solutions for working around lost records will be especially welcomed by researchers wherever natural disasters have destroyed historical documents.