Contents

Introduction
      Disaster!
      Extent of the Record Loss
      How to Use This Guide
      Background and Acknowledgements

Part I:  Original records: What Did and Did Not Survive, with Work-Arounds for Lost Records
     Vital (Civil) Records: Birth, Marriage and Death
     Mortuary, Crematory and Coroners’ Records
     Cemetery and Columbarium Records
     Religious Records
     Newspapers: Films, Indexes, Abstracts and Online Digitizations
     Census Enumerations and Indexes
     San Francisco City Directories
     Municipal Records: Annual Reports, Tax Records
     Land Records
     Original and Appellate Court Records: Naturalization, Probate, Land, Divorce and Adoption
     Voting Records
     Immigration: Overland Arrivals, Passenger Lists and Passports
     Military Records
     Records of Fraternal Organizations and Benevolent Societies
     Institutional, Business and Occupational Records
     Pre-Statehood Spanish and Mexican Records
     Diaries and First-Hand Accounts
     Ethnic Records and Resources

Part II:  Continuing the Search: Additional Resources
     Biographical and Historical Publications
     The California Information File
     Records of Pioneer and Other Lineage Societies 
     Help from Internet Resources
     Family History Library Resources
     Local Repositories
     Professional Research Assistance

Part III: Research Techniques for Solving Genealogical Problems
     Assembling and Assessing Evidence
     The Basics: the Census and City Directories
     A Quick Survey of the Most-Used Sources
     A Less-Used Source: Religious Records
     Location, Location, Location
     Expanding Your Search: Wider and Later
     Naming Complications
     Thinking Beyond San Francisco
     Source Summaries: Where to Find What
     Putting It All Together

Appendix: Pre-earthquake Newspaper CollectIons: TItles, Local Sources and Dates of Coverage

Index