Thanks much for the resource, David. I just sent a query to Ms. Gowdy and did visit the website. It appears there are five issues of the publication that seem to have information on this orphanage. Ken David Vernon wrote: > Hi Ken, > > You may want to try this website for the Marin County Genealogy Society. > They have a publication with a surname index, Kin Tracer, with some of the > inmates of St. Vincent's. > http://www.maringensoc.org/Resources/kintracer.htm > > Also, on the webpage is a link to contact a Cathy Gowdy. At one time in the > past I did contact Ms. Gowdy and she was very helpful in checking records > for St. Vincent's that she has access to. I believe she is compiling > records for future publication so she may have access to more records than > are available from Kin Tracer. > > David > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ken Waters [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 2:16 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CASANFRA] Help With St. Vincent's Orphanage in San Rafael > > Hi, > > It appears I have several SF ancestors who were put in the St. Vincent's > orphanage across the bay in San Rafael during the 1880-1900 period. I > discovered this when I found some familiar names in a CGS document > listing orphans in the bay area in the 1880's. > > Has anyone had any experience with locating and searching records for > this location? I drove out there this past Saturday just to see where > it is. It seems to be a home now for extremely disturbed youth so I'm > sure some sort of permission has to be obtained before visiting there. > > Thanks, > > Ken > > > > ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== > San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project! > Were any of your ancestors married during or because of the 1906 disaster? > If so, we want to hear from you! > http://www.sfgenealogy.com/1906/ > > > >