I am trying to find soem record of my great grandfather in San Francisco from 1889-1902, but I have not had any luck in finding him in the directories or the Great Register. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I may find a reference to him? He seems to have been invisible during this period. Based on his military pension record and reenlistment records for the US Navy, my great grandpa, Otto William Bayerd, enlisted at Mare Island on September 23, 1889, and his post office address at enlistment was 28 Minna Street. When he renlisted on September 30, 1895, he listed his next of kin as a brother, A. Bayerd, at 28 Minna Street. On his reenlistment on September 30, 1898, his brother was listed aas next of kin at #28 Main Street, and on reenlistment on November 19, 1901, his brother was listed as living at #31-28th Street, Brooklyn, NY. In the 1900 US Census for the Military and Naval Population taken on August 1, 1900, he was listed as in Cavite, Phillipine Islands, but he listed his residence as 803 (?) Golden Gate Ave., San Francisco. He was also listed as having immigrated to the US in 1880 and as having lived in San Francisco prior to his enlistment in 1889. Is it just me, or am I just having a run of bad luck? I have searched the directories and found no one by that name, although there is an Otto W. Beyer listed as a cook, and who in the Great Register is listed as much older (20yrs +) than my great grandpa with a scar across his face...not my Otto W. My great grandpa was also from Sweden, and this man was from Germany. Am I missing something? There are no naturalization records of him in San Francisco or the District Court, and I am not sure what his occupation was prior to enlistment, ie laborer, coppersmith, or mariner. I should also mention that I believe that he might of changed his name after coming to America, but the first record I have of him is his enlistment as Otto W. Bayerd. Please help if you can. Thanks, Jim Bayard Wareham, MA