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Comment by Gwynn Socolich on October 11, 2009 at 5:58pm

Is anyone researching the Darling family from Escondido, California? If so are they related to the Darling family from Palmyra, WI ; Glocester, Rhode Island and Braintree, Mass: Denis Darling? I once met another "Darling" family member and I believe her family was from Escondido. Later, I saw her father's obit in the local paper.

Comment by Gwynn Socolich on October 11, 2009 at 5:51pm

Los Angeles Public Library and Library Card
Library Card Policy has changed with in the past two years. I have a LAPL library card but don't live in LA just in California. I will investigate the changes and post on it later. I will be going with the San Diego Genealogical Society to the LAPL in December. I was using the LAPL library card to access Heritage Quest but now I can use the library card for the Georgina Cole Library in Carlsbad, CA to access Heritage Quest at home. Note, if you visit the Georgina Cole Library you now can put money on your card for photocopies and no longer need a separate card.

Comment by sheryl sharp on August 21, 2009 at 7:07pm

Hi all, thanks for allowing me to jion the group..
I am trying to break down a bick wall my self,I am trying to find a death of Annie daisy margaret vance nee Melville .I know she was still living in 1970 at Lewiston avenue Berkely ..
any idea's ,I would be greatful for any help. sheryl

Comment by Keythe Lemon Aguilar on August 3, 2009 at 10:02am

Hi - I have been working on a "brick wall" for a couple of years. My grandmother (Elizabeth COOLEY) was born in Ravenswood/Menlo Park, CA abt. 1899-1900. There is a lot of information about her father, and grandfather, but she falls in the void when records were not kept. According to my father, she was married in San Francisco, which I assume could mean many different areas, but lived in Vallejo according to family records and 1920 census. I believe she was married in 1919. Elizabeth and her husband, Dr. George Lemon, relocated in 1923 to Salinas. I was told she died after giving birth in 1929 or 1930. I can find no birth, marriage, or death records. I have searched a few cemetaries in San Mateo (her father, gfather are buried at Union). I have contacted the Prespyterian church in Menlo Park because my g-g-grandfather was on the original board of directors - they apparently did not keep records back to the late 1800s. I have checked a few of the cemetaries in Salinas area - no luck. I live in So. Cal so it is not easy for me to just drive around and find info. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If anyone has any history about the churches, or if San Francisco was the main parish over the Menlo Park churches, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Family: COOLEY/BRACESCO - both fairly well documented in Menlo Park/San Mateo. Any hints, tips, etc. would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Comment by Barbara Butler on July 20, 2009 at 1:45pm

Provide a name and exact date of death, and include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Mail your request to:
Obituary Requests
Newspapers and Magazines Center
San Francisco Public Library, Main Branch
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102-4733
According to one of our volunteers, Julia C.:
Beginning on February 17 and ending August 17th 2009, the library will conduct "a Document Delivery Pilot Program," offering the OPTION of their responding to an obituary request by using digital scan image for reply. (You could still send SASE for hardcopy if you wanted.) They have indicated that "No self-addressed stamped envelope is required if you provide your email address." You must still send your original request via US Postal Service as before.

Comment by Emiko Lanier on July 18, 2009 at 8:00am

Hi, I am researching on all my ancestry that ended up in California, Harris, Sims, Griffen, and also Japanese ancestry, NIshikawa

Comment by Theresa Hutson on July 15, 2009 at 4:58pm

Paula, you know I was just pulling your leg. The funny thing is, I have been a member off and on for years, but I have never actually been to your place.

Most of my my fathers paternal family came to Pasadena in the late 1800's and I have very little on them (here or other places. The rest of my people came even more recent than that, so I have very few historical documents in this state.

Comment by Paula Hinkel on July 15, 2009 at 1:03pm

I'm on the Board of the SCGS and co-chair of the Jamboree. Very few of us are actually researching in California.

One of the hidden secrets of SCGS is that the library has over 35,000 holdings but only about 1,500 are for California. Because ours is a volunteer organization, the volunteers have donated books, periodicals, etc., for the places they are researching. So while we get our mail in Burbank, we're have a treasure trove of resources elsewhere. The collections for Pennsylvania, Texas, Iowa, Germany, French-Canada, Cornwall and Ireland are especially rich.

Comment by Theresa Hutson on July 15, 2009 at 9:59am

Paula...you dont have anyone to search in California, but you are in charge of the SoCal Gen Soc?

Comment by Tina Micheal Ruse on July 14, 2009 at 5:04pm

Hello all!I am a eighth generation California native,If anyone needs help with their early California Spanish/Mexican ancestors I might be able to share what I have learned and help you.
I have found the most difficult time period in California for research is between 1850 and 1905 when formal state records began.If you have family before 1850 here the records are online for the Mission Churches at
http://www.huntington.org/Information/ECPPmain.htm

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