Hi Listers , My ggg uncle was an Architect in California between 1852-1869 . Among his works in SF are St Francis of Assisi on Vallejo Street , Old St Marys Cathedral on California Street , a Baptist Church in 1855 , 2 Fire Engine Houses in 1855 , St Marys College in 1863 (demolished) , a Synagogue in 1854 , and many other unknown buildings in SF and other places in California . (Stockton , Grass valley , Sacremento etc) If I contacted the SF public library , would they be able to find accounts of the opening ceremonies of these places in the old newspapers ? He also mentions in one of his letters dated July 1855 that his name was in the newspaper recently and that he was enjoying some success at that time . I would like to be able to locate this article . Would the SF library assist me ? Or is there another way of doing it ? Regards Carol in Wales UK