Hi Cathie, I don't know what the policy is at Menlo Park but I can offer a bit of information on a resource you and others might not be aware of. It is called The Wrindex and the webpage is: http://www.wrindex.com/. Speaking from personal experience (I have the CD), I have found it very helpful. Here is a description from their webpage: " A unique database with over 560,000 listings of individuals participating in Irish Societies in San Francisco from 1849 - 1927. An invaluable shortcut for researchers of individuals, Irish Societies, or successful Irish volunteerism in early San Francisco. The Wrindex is an index of early San Francisco newspapers and other historical publications, referencing over 560,000 names and over 2,300 Irish societies. It can be searched by a persons name or a society name; giving the researcher each mention of the name found, the society concerned, a brief listing of the activity which generated a mention in a publication, and the name and date of the source material where the complete article exists. " Some of the newspapers are available on microfilm at the State Library in Sacramento, including The Monitor (Catholic Newspaper) and The Leader, to name just two that come to mind. I can also attest to the backup from them when I recently experienced some problems of my own, and they went the extra mile to assist me. I have NO connection to this item or to the website. It is just that I bought the CD and like it. Pat Procida The Schafers <[email protected]> wrote: Hello, I was wondering what is the policy for records at the Catholic Archives in Menlo Park is? I thought that after writing to all the individual churches in SF with no luck that maybe the Archives might have a Marriage Record 1880-1881. I just got back a letter saying they don't do genealogy research (I feel bad I didn't think that's what I was asking) and that I would have to go to Menlo Park next time I visit that area. I could swear I've gotten hard to find records from them before also making a donations. I just bought that new book on SF searching and I'm sure the answer is in there but it won't arrive for awhile so I'm hoping some could shed some light. Anyway I just really can't find a marriage record for my ggm and ggf and would love to find one from a church or even a newspaper!!! Sort of funny because my ggm came from a big Catholic family and had 11 children all raise Catholic and yet I can't find one single record on her!!! I could be wrong but I thought there was a nice man who use to help out in Menlo Park. If someone could let me know that would be great, I obviously don't want to write to an archive facility for help if thats not the policy. Thanks Cathie ==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== Free Online Databases at sfgenealogy.com: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfdata.htm Pat FLOOR: The place for storing your priceless genealogy records --------------------------------- See the all-new, redesigned Yahoo.com. Check it out.