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/