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    1. [CASANFRA] mortuary indexing projects
    2. Nancy Peterson
    3. Carol wrote: " I was glad to see these [funeral home] records are being indexed. I have a death cert. from 1914 where Halsted Bros. is shown as the undertaker, so I'm wondering where these records are and if a person can contact the repository now to get information from the records. Thank you for any help you can provide." Jane Lindsey, the president of the California Genealogical Society, originally made the arrangements for these records to be digitized when I first discovered that the mortuary was planning on divesting themselves of them three years ago. Those records primarily dating to before 1920 were transferred to the San Francisco Public Library, where they are in underground storage. Both SFPL and CGS have copies of the digitizations on DVDs. Ron Filion agreed to take all the remaining records primarily dating to 1920 and beyond. He has two indexing projects going--one on the records that he took (I think), as well as encouraging participation in the broader Family Search Indexing Project, which includes all records. CGS volunteers are also participating in the indexing of the Family History Indexing portion of the project since they initiated the digitization. Meanwhile, Halsted Gray Carew & English retained the Carew & English records for the present. Those who are participating in the indexing have discovered that some records dating to before and after 1920 include re-interments of pre-earthquake burials, and occasionally details are included. The entire project is really very exciting. Nancy Peterson, CGS ____________________________________________________________________

    07/25/2008 10:02:36