Christi... Here are a few links: http://www.jdcjr.us/SFStreets.html http://www.sfmuseum.org/street/stnames3.html http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hgstr.htm And this one is a fun one: http://www.well.com/~abs/SF.html Hope this helps... Barb > Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 09:10:09 -0700> From: sherratt@pacbell.net> To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> Subject: [CASANFRA] Street Names`> > Does anyone know how to research the history of a street name thru the City.> > Has anyone done this?> > I wonder how long they keep records on the naming of streets?> > Any help is appreciated,> > Christi> sherratt@pacbell.net> > > www.christinesherratt.com> > Christine Sherratt > Sherratt & Sherratt Accounting for Lawyers > 9738 Tareyton Ave > San Ramon, CA 94583 > 925-216-5121 > 925-875-1678 FAX> > **************************> Visit SFGenealogy.com!> http://www.sfgenealogy.com> -------------------------------> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live SkyDrive lets you share files with faraway friends. http://www.windowslive.com/skydrive/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_skydrive_052008

Hi Beth, Our predecessors were indeed a hardier bunch than we often give them credit for. Your Elizabeth had steel. This was not a uni-dimensional lady. Great photos. Jim glassbybeth@aol.com wrote: > To lay just a little ground work......... My husband's grandmother: > > Elizabeth WARREN HUMPHREY was born in 1876 Manchester, England. Uncle > brought her to SF when she was 16 to be Mistress of his home and he 3 > live-in maids... She was sent to Finishing School and to Manners From > Madam School. She was married to CF Humphrey in 1899. The home > and maids came as a wedding gift from her Uncle. The wedding was well > written about in the SF newspaper. She lived to be 94 years old. > > In a letter to her son many many years later, she recalls a story > about the "Chippies". > > "Last night I was trying to think back to make clear to myself what > made me act so idiotically in Maxine’s but to do that one has to > transport oneself to one’s state of mind at that time. > In S.F. the regular promenade after the theatre was from > Powell down Market to Maskey’s on the right side of the street – South > was the slum side of cheap shops and cheap people. No one ever went > there except for parades perhaps. When we passed Dupont St. we craned > our necks hoping to see the painted women beckoning to the men from > brightly lit windows. It will be hard to believe now when everyone > (but lazy me) uses make-up that that was their sign. There was never > any reason for going on Dupont St. because it was nothing but a center > of vice – no shops. There was a great to-do when the district was > cleared and the women scattered all over the town instead of being > confined to the one locality, But Grant Ave now is far removed from > Dupont St. as our minds were then from Shreve’s on it now. This night > in Paris was mild, the lights brilliant, and instead of taking a > carriage as everybody did in those days we walked down the Boulevard > de C’Opera. Then these three women walked behind us making remarks > about us and finally one of them came up and took my husbands arm. He > shook her off but they kept on following us until we turned into > Maxine’s. My head was full of Zola, Victor Hugo, Balzac with their > pitiful stories of how women landed in that sort of life but it was my > first experience of being in actual contact with a ‘chippie.’ We > entered this brilliantly-lighted room with a long, long, bar filled > with elegantly-dressed women – all with very elaborate hats, all > staring at me. I suppose I had on the usual bit of gauze on my hair > but no hat. These three women had no hats (a sign of their profession > at midnight on the streets) and as near as I can think what made me > drag my hand out of your father’s arm, pick up my train and run out of > the place was the fear of being taken for one of them. It makes me > laugh now to think of what those staring women and their escorts must > have thought about the scene – and my poor husband!!!" > > Thought you might get a laugh out of this Jim. > > <http://presence.webmail.aol.com/IM/?sn=glassbybeth&locale=en-us&pd=0> Beth > Out of the Attic .. > www.Beth-website.net > > Friends don't let friends get a DOG ! > Cats Rule ............ Dogs Drool ! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: James R. Smith <jim@historysmith.com> > To: Doug Urbanus <firstboy@pacbell.net> > Cc: Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net>; casanfra@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:15 am > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] San Francisco, Ca. 1848-1854 > >I can't vouch for this but... > >I saw a fascinating special on the San Francisco PBS station this past >week. It was called "Madams of the Barbary Coast," and told the story of >the prostitutes of San Francisco and the bawdy houses that flourished >during the Gold Rush era. > >I remember as a young child going through the area of town still called, >in the 1940s "The Barbary Coast." You'd be hard pressed to find it now, >as it is filled with designer warehouses and places to buy expensive >stuff for your fabulous apartment. But when I was a kid it had some of >the more seedy of the area nightclubs. Up on Broadway St. there were the >clubs that had not yet gone totally topless and were, in themselves, >risque, but a couple of blocks away whatever dubious quality existed on >Broadway disappeared. > >What I found funny in watching the special was learning that the names >of some of the streets I know so well came from the prostitutes who >worked the city in the late 1800s. Maiden Lane, for example, is now the >home of exclusive boutique shops, but was named for the "girls" of San >Francisco. I was amused to learn that Clementina St., on which was >located the sister convent school to my high school, was named for one >of San Francisco's prostitutes, as were Harriet St. and Clara St. and >probably several others. > >http://airypersiflage.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-naming-of-things.html > >Cheers, >Jim >-- > >James R. Smith > >Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks > >ISBN: 1884995446 > >www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/> <http://www.historysmith.com/> > > >Doug Urbanus wrote: > >>This book may give you the information you need about Harriet St. You can find >it at the SF Main Library in the History Room. >> >> Nob Hill Street and Alley Names" by Michael D. Lampen, Archivist Grace >Cathedral, San Francisco, 1998. 979.461 L196n >> >>Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net <mailto:quenci@sbcglobal.net>> wrote: >> I have just discovered a deed of sale from my g-g grandfather Col. >>Devereaux J. Woodlief to a Mr. Simons in 1849 in San Fran. >>The location was Bryant St. approx. near 4th St. >> >>Was that area a residential community at that time or commercial? Can >>anyone tell me anything regarding Bryant St. >>I did notice on the city map right in the area of Bryant and 4th, that >>there were several streets with Ladies names. Does anyone know when >>those streets were named.? I am interested in the Street named Harriet. >> >> >>Thanks for any information >>Regards, >>L.Scott >>300 Jacaranda Dr. >>Danville,Ca. >>************************** >>Visit SFGenealogy.com! >>http://www.sfgenealogy.com <http://www.sfgenealogy.com/> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com> >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message >> >>************************** >>Visit SFGenealogy.com! >>http://www.sfgenealogy.com <http://www.sfgenealogy.com/> >>------------------------------- >>To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com> >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message >> >> >> > > ><http://www.historysmith.com/> > > > >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com <http://www.sfgenealogy.com/> >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com> >with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of >the message > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Plan your next roadtrip with MapQuest.com > <http://www.mapquest.com/?ncid=mpqmap00030000000004>: America's #1 > Mapping Site. -- James R. 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Does anyone know how to research the history of a street name thru the City. Has anyone done this? I wonder how long they keep records on the naming of streets? Any help is appreciated, Christi sherratt@pacbell.net www.christinesherratt.com Christine Sherratt Sherratt & Sherratt Accounting for Lawyers 9738 Tareyton Ave San Ramon, CA 94583 925-216-5121 925-875-1678 FAX

Albert Shumate published a book in 1988 entitled RINCON HILL AND SOUTH PARK. It ran between Second and Third Streets and Bryant St. runs parallel to South Park ... rear gardens of South Park would back on to homes on Bryant. Here's a part of the description from the flyleaf: "Rincon Hill & South Park is a detailed book of San Francisco's early fashionable residential district. Historian Albert Sumate presents the long overdue story of this unique neighborhood, a story filled with the people and places that have become legendary ... Rincon Hill , rising above Yerba Buena Cove in gold rush San Francisco became home to the leading citizens from the 1850s to the 1870s. When Nob Hill was still a wind-blown sandy promontory and Pacific Heights was but a wilderness. rincon Hill was a well established pretigious community, dotted with fine homes overlooking the economic heart of the emerging city. South Park, developed on the slopes of Rincon Hill by George Gordon in the 1850s after the manner of London's Regent's Park, was home to prosperous merchants and wealthy San Franciscans. Birthplace of Jack London and Gertrude Atherton, home of such notables as Peter Donahue, Charles Warren Stoddard and Hubert Bancroft, Rincon Hill flowered under the social dictates of transplanted Southern artistocractic families and upper-middle class westerners until the notorious "Second Street Cut" ripped through the heart of the neighborhood. When Nob Hill became San Francisco's new fashionable address in the late 1870s, south Park and much of Rincon Hill became working class". A part of my own family were on Bryant between second and third backing on to South Park. He was a merchant and had a three story home. Ground floor for living, second floor for his family, third floor for his mother-in-law and her unmarried daughters. The roof had a garden and a tank for holding water ... danger of fire was a problem in early San Francisco. Neither Woodlief or Simons are mentioned in the index. Hope this helps. **************Wondering what's for Dinner Tonight? Get new twists on family favorites at AOL Food. (http://food.aol.com/dinner-tonight?NCID=aolfod00030000000001)

An account I wrote years ago about South Park. Bill http://americahurrah.com/SanFrancisco/SouthPark/Preface.htm

Photos of Elizabeth Humphrey in SF's?1899 to 1920 ish........ http://www.beth-website.net/HumphreyElizabethPhotos.html ?Beth Out of the Attic .. www.Beth-website.net Friends don't let friends get a DOG ! Cats Rule ............ Dogs Drool ! -----Original Message----- From: James R. Smith <jim@historysmith.com> To: Doug Urbanus <firstboy@pacbell.net> Cc: Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net>; casanfra@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:15 am Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] San Francisco, Ca. 1848-1854 I can't vouch for this but... I saw a fascinating special on the San Francisco PBS station this past week. It was called "Madams of the Barbary Coast," and told the story of the prostitutes of San Francisco and the bawdy houses that flourished during the Gold Rush era. I remember as a young child going through the area of town still called, in the 1940s "The Barbary Coast." You'd be hard pressed to find it now, as it is filled with designer warehouses and places to buy expensive stuff for your fabulous apartment. But when I was a kid it had some of the more seedy of the area nightclubs. Up on Broadway St. there were the clubs that had not yet gone totally topless and were, in themselves, risque, but a couple of blocks away whatever dubious quality existed on Broadway disappeared. What I found funny in watching the special was learning that the names of some of the streets I know so well came from the prostitutes who worked the city in the late 1800s. Maiden Lane, for example, is now the home of exclusive boutique shops, but was named for the "girls" of San Francisco. I was amused to learn that Clementina St., on which was located the sister convent school to my high school, was named for one of San Francisco's prostitutes, as were Harriet St. and Clara St. and probably several others. http://airypersiflage.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-naming-of-things.html Cheers, Jim -- James R. Smith Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/> Doug Urbanus wrote: >This book may give you the information you need about Harriet St. You can find it at the SF Main Library in the History Room. > > Nob Hill Street and Alley Names" by Michael D. Lampen, Archivist Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 1998. 979.461 L196n > >Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I have just discovered a deed of sale from my g-g grandfather Col. >Devereaux J. Woodlief to a Mr. Simons in 1849 in San Fran. >The location was Bryant St. approx. near 4th St. > >Was that area a residential community at that time or commercial? Can >anyone tell me anything regarding Bryant St. >I did notice on the city map right in the area of Bryant and 4th, that >there were several streets with Ladies names. Does anyone know when >those streets were named.? I am interested in the Street named Harriet. > > >Thanks for any information >Regards, >L.Scott >300 Jacaranda Dr. >Danville,Ca. >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > <http://www.historysmith.com/> ************************** Visit SFGenealogy.com! http://www.sfgenealogy.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

To lay just a little ground work......... My husband's grandmother: Elizabeth WARREN HUMPHREY was born in 1876 Manchester, England.  Uncle brought her to SF when she was 16 to be Mistress of his home and he 3 live-in maids... She was sent to Finishing School and to Manners From Madam School.  She was married to CF Humphrey in 1899.  The home and maids came as a wedding gift from her Uncle.  The wedding was well written about in the SF newspaper.  She lived to be 94 years old. In a letter to her son many many years later, she recalls a story about the "Chippies". "Last night I was trying to think back to make clear to myself what made me act so idiotically in Maxine’s but to do that one has to transport oneself to one’s state of mind at that time.             In S.F. the regular promenade after the theatre was from Powell down Market to Maskey’s on the right side of the street – South was the slum side of cheap shops and cheap people.  No one ever went there except for parades perhaps.  When we passed Dupont St. we craned our necks hoping to see the painted women beckoning to the men from brightly lit windows.  It will be hard to believe now when everyone (but lazy me) uses make-up that that was their sign.  There was never any reason for going on Dupont St. because it was nothing but a center of vice – no shops.  There was a great to-do when the district was cleared and the women scattered all over the town instead of being confined to the one locality, But Grant Ave now is far removed from Dupont St. as our minds were then from Shreve’s on it now.  This night in Paris was mild, the lights brilliant, and instead of taking a carriage as everybody did in those days we walked down the Boulevard de C’Opera.  Then these three women walked behind us making remarks about us and finally one of them came up and took my husbands arm.  He shook her off but they kept on following us until we turned into Maxine’s.  My head was full of Zola, Victor Hugo, Balzac with their pitiful stories of how women landed in that sort of life but it was my first experience of being in actual contact with a ‘chippie.’  We entered this brilliantly-lighted room with a long, long, bar filled with elegantly-dressed women – all with very elaborate hats, all staring at me.  I suppose I had on the usual bit of gauze on my hair but no hat.  These three women had no hats (a sign of their profession at midnight on the streets) and as near as I can think what made me drag my hand out of your father’s arm, pick up my train and run out of the place was the fear of being taken for one of them.  It makes me laugh now to think of what those staring women and their escorts must have thought about the scene – and my poor husband!!!" Thought you might get a laugh out of this Jim.  Beth Out of the Attic .. www.Beth-website.net Friends don't let friends get a DOG ! Cats Rule ............ Dogs Drool ! -----Original Message----- From: James R. Smith <jim@historysmith.com> To: Doug Urbanus <firstboy@pacbell.net> Cc: Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net>; casanfra@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, 7 May 2008 10:15 am Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] San Francisco, Ca. 1848-1854 I can't vouch for this but... I saw a fascinating special on the San Francisco PBS station this past eek. It was called "Madams of the Barbary Coast," and told the story of he prostitutes of San Francisco and the bawdy houses that flourished uring the Gold Rush era. I remember as a young child going through the area of town still called, n the 1940s "The Barbary Coast." You'd be hard pressed to find it now, s it is filled with designer warehouses and places to buy expensive tuff for your fabulous apartment. But when I was a kid it had some of he more seedy of the area nightclubs. Up on Broadway St. there were the lubs that had not yet gone totally topless and were, in themselves, isque, but a couple of blocks away whatever dubious quality existed on roadway disappeared. What I found funny in watching the special was learning that the names f some of the streets I know so well came from the prostitutes who orked the city in the late 1800s. Maiden Lane, for example, is now the ome of exclusive boutique shops, but was named for the "girls" of San rancisco. I was amused to learn that Clementina St., on which was ocated the sister convent school to my high school, was named for one f San Francisco's prostitutes, as were Harriet St. and Clara St. and robably several others. http://airypersiflage.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-naming-of-things.html Cheers, im - James R. Smith Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/> oug Urbanus wrote: >This book may give you the information you need about Harriet St. You can find t at the SF Main Library in the History Room. Nob Hill Street and Alley Names" by Michael D. Lampen, Archivist Grace athedral, San Francisco, 1998. 979.461 L196n Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net> wrote: I have just discovered a deed of sale from my g-g grandfather Col. Devereaux J. Woodlief to a Mr. Simons in 1849 in San Fran. The location was Bryant St. approx. near 4th St. Was that area a residential community at that time or commercial? Can anyone tell me anything regarding Bryant St. I did notice on the city map right in the area of Bryant and 4th, that there were several streets with Ladies names. Does anyone know when those streets were named.? I am interested in the Street named Harriet. Thanks for any information Regards, L.Scott 300 Jacaranda Dr. Danville,Ca. ************************** Visit SFGenealogy.com! http://www.sfgenealogy.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ************************** Visit SFGenealogy.com! http://www.sfgenealogy.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message http://www.historysmith.com/> ************************** isit SFGenealogy.com! ttp://www.sfgenealogy.com ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message

I can't vouch for this but... I saw a fascinating special on the San Francisco PBS station this past week. It was called "Madams of the Barbary Coast," and told the story of the prostitutes of San Francisco and the bawdy houses that flourished during the Gold Rush era. I remember as a young child going through the area of town still called, in the 1940s "The Barbary Coast." You'd be hard pressed to find it now, as it is filled with designer warehouses and places to buy expensive stuff for your fabulous apartment. But when I was a kid it had some of the more seedy of the area nightclubs. Up on Broadway St. there were the clubs that had not yet gone totally topless and were, in themselves, risque, but a couple of blocks away whatever dubious quality existed on Broadway disappeared. What I found funny in watching the special was learning that the names of some of the streets I know so well came from the prostitutes who worked the city in the late 1800s. Maiden Lane, for example, is now the home of exclusive boutique shops, but was named for the "girls" of San Francisco. I was amused to learn that Clementina St., on which was located the sister convent school to my high school, was named for one of San Francisco's prostitutes, as were Harriet St. and Clara St. and probably several others. http://airypersiflage.blogspot.com/2008/03/on-naming-of-things.html Cheers, Jim -- James R. Smith Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/> Doug Urbanus wrote: >This book may give you the information you need about Harriet St. You can find it at the SF Main Library in the History Room. > > Nob Hill Street and Alley Names" by Michael D. Lampen, Archivist Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 1998. 979.461 L196n > >Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > I have just discovered a deed of sale from my g-g grandfather Col. >Devereaux J. Woodlief to a Mr. Simons in 1849 in San Fran. >The location was Bryant St. approx. near 4th St. > >Was that area a residential community at that time or commercial? Can >anyone tell me anything regarding Bryant St. >I did notice on the city map right in the area of Bryant and 4th, that >there were several streets with Ladies names. Does anyone know when >those streets were named.? I am interested in the Street named Harriet. > > >Thanks for any information >Regards, >L.Scott >300 Jacaranda Dr. >Danville,Ca. >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > <http://www.historysmith.com/>

This book may give you the information you need about Harriet St. You can find it at the SF Main Library in the History Room. Nob Hill Street and Alley Names" by Michael D. Lampen, Archivist Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, 1998. 979.461 L196n Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net> wrote: I have just discovered a deed of sale from my g-g grandfather Col. Devereaux J. Woodlief to a Mr. Simons in 1849 in San Fran. The location was Bryant St. approx. near 4th St. Was that area a residential community at that time or commercial? Can anyone tell me anything regarding Bryant St. I did notice on the city map right in the area of Bryant and 4th, that there were several streets with Ladies names. Does anyone know when those streets were named.? I am interested in the Street named Harriet. Thanks for any information Regards, L.Scott 300 Jacaranda Dr. Danville,Ca. ************************** Visit SFGenealogy.com! http://www.sfgenealogy.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I'm not sure what activities were going on at Bryant and 4th ca.1849, but there are some old maps of that time at: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~npmelton/sfd.htm http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/sindex.htm http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/history/hglinks.htm#mapsandviews Hope this helps, Nancy Pratt Melton Golden Nugget Library npmelton@yahoo.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~npmelton/index.html casanfra-request@rootsweb.com wrote: >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Today's Topics: > > 1. San Francisco, Ca. 1848-1854 (Quenci Scott) > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Subject: > [CASANFRA] San Francisco, Ca. 1848-1854 > From: > Quenci Scott <quenci@sbcglobal.net> > Date: > Tue, 06 May 2008 12:54:54 -0700 > To: > casanfra@rootsweb.com > > To: > casanfra@rootsweb.com > > > I have just discovered a deed of sale from my g-g grandfather Col. > Devereaux J. Woodlief to a Mr. Simons in 1849 in San Fran. > The location was Bryant St. approx. near 4th St. > > Was that area a residential community at that time or commercial? Can > anyone tell me anything regarding Bryant St. > I did notice on the city map right in the area of Bryant and 4th, that > there were several streets with Ladies names. Does anyone know when > those streets were named.? I am interested in the Street named Harriet. > > > Thanks for any information > Regards, > L.Scott > 300 Jacaranda Dr. > Danville,Ca. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >To contact the CASANFRA list administrator, send an email to >CASANFRA-admin@rootsweb.com. > >To post a message to the CASANFRA mailing list, send an email to CASANFRA@rootsweb.com. > >__________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com >with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the >email with no additional text. > >

I have just discovered a deed of sale from my g-g grandfather Col. Devereaux J. Woodlief to a Mr. Simons in 1849 in San Fran. The location was Bryant St. approx. near 4th St. Was that area a residential community at that time or commercial? Can anyone tell me anything regarding Bryant St. I did notice on the city map right in the area of Bryant and 4th, that there were several streets with Ladies names. Does anyone know when those streets were named.? I am interested in the Street named Harriet. Thanks for any information Regards, L.Scott 300 Jacaranda Dr. Danville,Ca.

What’s new at GOLDEN NUGGET LIBRARY! Hello Everyone, We have been finished up Biography books for San Francisco and Sacramento. We are now working on Butte & Los Angeles Counties. ~California Statewide~ Butte County Biographies Updated Weekly McKenny’s Pacific Coast Directory 1880-1 (all counties) IOOF Independence Lodge #158 Calaveras County 1882 Knights of Pythias Lodge - Madera 1898 Plumas-Sierra History (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor – Thanks!) ~Alameda~ McKenny’s Pacific Coast Directory 1880-1 (all counties) The Cry of the West Religious Freedom for African Americans – 1925 (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor – Thanks!) Directory Lookups: 1916, 1927, 1933, 1936, 1940 & 1950 ~Los Angeles~ McKenny’s Pacific Coast Directory 1880-1 (all counties) Biographies ~Sacramento County~ McKenny’s Pacific Coast Directory 1880-1 (all counties) Rotary Club of Sacramento Roster 1929-30 Lookup: Sacramento High School Review 1941 (Donated by John G. Manolis -Thanks!) Sacramento Junior Chamber of Commerce Roster – 1945 (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor – Thanks!) ~San Francisco City & County~ Representative & Leading Men of the Pacific - 1870, by Oscar T. Shuck. (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor – Thanks!) Myrick’s Probate Case Reports 1872-1879 Completed! (Transcribed by Sue Wood & Pat Seabolt - Thanks!) McKenny’s Pacific Coast Directory 1880-1 (all counties) Islam Temple 1918 New Directory Lookup: 1916 & 1932 Welcome Home 363d Infantry & Kinfolk Division 1919 (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor – Thanks!) SF Biographies Completed! ~San Joaquin County~ McKenny’s Pacific Coast Directory 1880-1 (all counties) I want to thank all the hard working transcribers who spent long hours pounding on the keyboards, getting all those great biographies and special projects online for researchers. ( A BIG Thank You! to Pat Seabolt, Sue Wood, Marilyn Pankey, Sande Beach, Joyce & David Rugeroni, Jeanne Taylor, Priscilla Delventh, Vicky Walker, Louise Shoemaker, Marie Hassard, Kim Buck & Betty Vickroy) I couldn’t do all this without Betty Vickroy who proofreads all the transcriptions for me. It’s a massive job! Thank You, Betty! Enjoy! Nancy Pratt Melton Golden Nugget Library npmelton@yahoo.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~npmelton/index.html <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Enpmelton/index.html>

Greetings Everyone! Here's an update on what we've added last month at SFGenealogy.com: www.sfgenealogy.com The primary purpose and highest priority of SFGenealogy.com is to provide FREE Internet access to genealogical and historical information for the City and County of San Francisco and the surrounding communities in the SF Bay Area. New volunteers and material are always welcome! Visit our "Help Wanted" page to see how you might help! www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfwantad.htm We sincerely thank everyone who has submitted material to share and those who offer lookups for other researchers. Enjoy! Pam and Ron Pamela Storm and Ron Filion SFGenealogy.com www.sfgenealogy.com ************************************************* CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO Passenger Lists: Steamship Constitution - New York to San Francisco, 3 Apr 1865 by Dee Sardoch Steamship Golden City - Panama to San Francisco, 24 May 1865 by Dee Sardoch Steamship Golden City - Panama to San Francisco, 11 Feb 1866 by Dee Sardoch Links: 1913-1915 San Francisco County Grooms School Records: Broadway Girls' School Graduates, 1870 Galileo High School Faculty & Class of June 1941 by Theodore A.(Ted) Blaine UC Training School for Nurses, Administration & Graduates, 1930 155 Historic Newspaper Vital Records by Barb Lasky, Betty Loose, Colleen Norby, Billie Reynolds & Dee Sardoch ************************************************** CALIFORNIA NDGW Roster of Pioneers and Index update Contra Costa County: Pine Grove School (Orinda) 7th & 8th Grade Graduates, 1956 General Ass'n of Colored Baptists of CA, 1906 Delegates to the Annual Session by Betty Loose ************************************************* MARIN COUNTY College of Marin, 1952 by Cathy Gowdy Dominican College Graduates, 1935 by Cathy Gowdy Dominican College Class of 1935 by Rosemary Penna U'Ren Hitchcock Military Academy, 1914 by Cathy Gowdy Mount Tamalpais Military Academy, 1906 by Cathy Gowdy San Rafael High School, 1906 & 1914 by Cathy Gowdy St. Rafael's School 8th Grade Graduates, 1949 and 1951 by Rosemary Penna U'Ren Tamalpais High School (Mill Valley) Faculty & Class of 1940 ************************************************* ALAMEDA COUNTY Oakland High School, Faculty & Class of 1902 Lookup Offer: 1950 Phone Directory by Nancy Pratt Melton ************************************************* SANTA CRUZ COUNTY Santa Cruz High School Class of 1947 ************************************************* SANTA CLARA COUNTY 1900 Mayfield Voter Registration List ************************************************* SAN MATEO COUNTY South San Francisco High School Junior & Senior Classes & Faculty, 1972 *************************************************

The Native Daughters of the Golden West (a fraternal organization founded in 1886 for women born in the state of California) began cataloguing pioneers born in or present in the state prior to 1870. The Roster has over 35,000 names. The Index has been recently updated; the first major update since 2002 cross-referencing duplicates and adding supplemental information. The Index can be found on the Native Daughters' website at http://www.ndgw.org/PRosterIndex/rostermain.html Mirror files can be found at sfgenealogy http://www.sfgenealogy.com/ndgw/rostermain.html and at CAGENWEB (still under construction). Please visit! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Yvonne Bowers State Chairman PIONEER ROSTER & NDGW ARCHIVES COMMITTEE

Hello out there, I am trying to find my wife’s Grandmother’s birth record in California on July 25, 1897. She was born as either Marie Leah Hensley or Marie Leah Martin. I am not sure of the way the name might be listed as she was apparently born out of wedlock. Her mother’s name was Leah Marie Martin and her biological father was listed on her death certificate as “Unknown Hensley”. She was born in “California” according to her death certificate. I was wondering if someone might direct me to a database where I might find this birth information in hopes of uncovering the mystery of Mr. Hensley. We have been told that Marie, her mother Leah and Leah’s later husband Frederick (Fred) Bernard Dunn were in San Francisco during the earthquake in 1906. She (Leah) was listed in the Clarke County, Washington Territory census in 1887 with her parents and I have not been able to find anything on Marie or Leah from then until 1910 where they both show up in the census in San Francisco with Leah married to Fred B Dunn. I would also like to find the record of Fred and Leah’s marriage if possible. Fred lived with his parents in Boston MA in the 1900 census and then showed up in San Francisco in the City Directory as a “marine engineer” in 1907. I will thank you in advance for any direction any of you may be able to give me on this. Craig Souder No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.5/1400 - Release Date: 4/27/2008 9:39 AM

Saw your website a while back. Won't see any of those at the Colonel. Pretty darned fancy! Jim (I hatched & raised a goose in San Francisco) Linda Hamid wrote: > Yes chickens! Actually in unincorporated Roseville > > > > Linda Hamid > > Sweetwater Poultry > > email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com <mailto:sweeth2o1@gmail.com> > > web: www.sweeth2o.us <http://www.sweeth2o.us> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > From: James R. Smith [mailto:jim@historysmith.com] > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 8:33 PM > To: Linda Hamid > Cc: casanfra@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] CASANFRA Digest, Vol 3, Issue 61 > > > > Chickens in Sacto? I wondered where Petaluma went. ;o) > Jim > > Linda Hamid wrote: > >Sandra, I ordered several death certs from SF for someone in Australia and > >got them in less than a month. > > > >http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/records/vitalRec/default.asp > > > >P.S. I am in Roseville and my business is in Sac. We're neighbors! > > > >Linda Hamid > >Sweetwater Poultry > >email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com <mailto:sweeth2o1@gmail.com> > >web: www.sweeth2o.us <http://www.sweeth2o.us> > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: casanfra-bounces@rootsweb.com <mailto:casanfra-bounces@rootsweb.com> [mailto:casanfra-bounces@rootsweb.com] > >On Behalf Of casanfra-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:casanfra-request@rootsweb.com> > >Message: 1 > >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:30:12 -0700 > >From: "Sandra" <sandrah@ix.netcom.com> <mailto:sandrah@ix.netcom.com> > >Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] getting a birth certificate from San Francisco > >To: <casanfra@rootsweb.com> <mailto:casanfra@rootsweb.com> > >Message-ID: <047b01c8a4a6$e79f1cb0$b6dd5610$@netcom.com> <mailto:047b01c8a4a6$e79f1cb0$b6dd5610$@netcom.com> > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > > > I need to get a birth certificate for myself from San Francisco. When I > >went on Ancestry in the Birth listing and then clicked through to purchase > >it, the price was $12 for the certificate and $60 for shipping and handling! > > > > > >Is there another way to get the certificate? Thanks for any response on > >this. Sandra in Sacramento CA > > > >************************** > >Visit SFGenealogy.com! > >http://www.sfgenealogy.com > >------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com <mailto:CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com> with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > > > -- > > James R. Smith > > Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks > > ISBN: 1884995446 > > www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/> > > > -- James R. Smith Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/>

Chickens in Sacto? I wondered where Petaluma went. ;o) Jim Linda Hamid wrote: >Sandra, I ordered several death certs from SF for someone in Australia and >got them in less than a month. > >http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/records/vitalRec/default.asp > >P.S. I am in Roseville and my business is in Sac. We're neighbors! > >Linda Hamid >Sweetwater Poultry >email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com >web: www.sweeth2o.us > >-----Original Message----- >From: casanfra-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:casanfra-bounces@rootsweb.com] >On Behalf Of casanfra-request@rootsweb.com >Message: 1 >Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:30:12 -0700 >From: "Sandra" <sandrah@ix.netcom.com> >Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] getting a birth certificate from San Francisco >To: <casanfra@rootsweb.com> >Message-ID: <047b01c8a4a6$e79f1cb0$b6dd5610$@netcom.com> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > I need to get a birth certificate for myself from San Francisco. When I >went on Ancestry in the Birth listing and then clicked through to purchase >it, the price was $12 for the certificate and $60 for shipping and handling! > > >Is there another way to get the certificate? Thanks for any response on >this. Sandra in Sacramento CA > >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- James R. Smith Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/>

Sandra, I ordered several death certs from SF for someone in Australia and got them in less than a month. http://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/records/vitalRec/default.asp P.S. I am in Roseville and my business is in Sac. We're neighbors! Linda Hamid Sweetwater Poultry email: sweeth2o1@gmail.com web: www.sweeth2o.us -----Original Message----- From: casanfra-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:casanfra-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of casanfra-request@rootsweb.com Message: 1 Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:30:12 -0700 From: "Sandra" <sandrah@ix.netcom.com> Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] getting a birth certificate from San Francisco To: <casanfra@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <047b01c8a4a6$e79f1cb0$b6dd5610$@netcom.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I need to get a birth certificate for myself from San Francisco. When I went on Ancestry in the Birth listing and then clicked through to purchase it, the price was $12 for the certificate and $60 for shipping and handling! Is there another way to get the certificate? Thanks for any response on this. Sandra in Sacramento CA

You can find listings in the San Francisco City Directory for each year. The actual books are on the shelves in the SF Library in the microfilm area of the Herb Caen Newspaper Center but you can also get them on microfilm via InterLibrary Loan. Information on the business itself should be located at the Office of the Tax Assessor-Recorder at City Hall. http://www.sfgov.org/index.asp You might also find it's documents of incorporation (and perhaps bankruptcy) at the San Francisco Superior Court. http://www.sfgov.org/site/courts_index.asp Depends on how far you want to take it. :o0 Cheers, Jim Don and Liz wrote: >Looking for information regarding the San Francisco Building And Land >Company, Incorporated May 20, 1909. > > > >Thanks, Don and Liz > >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CASANFRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > -- James R. Smith Author: San Francisco's Lost Landmarks ISBN: 1884995446 www.HistorySmith.com <http://www.historysmith.com/>

"San Francisco Land Co." was on the 400 block of California St. according to the 1918 directory. At 09:29 AM 4/23/2008, Don and Liz wrote: >Looking for information regarding the San Francisco Building And Land >Company, Incorporated May 20, 1909. > >Thanks, Don and Liz > >************************** >Visit SFGenealogy.com! >http://www.sfgenealogy.com