Hi Hank, Go to this URL and you will learn where to TRY to get records of Mission Dolores http://www.missiondolores.citysearch.com/1.html ======================================================== If you are interested in seeing a picture of the Mission and learning more about it - go to this URL http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfrancty.htm - select "Cemeteries" from menu on the left - then scroll down to La Mission San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores Cemetery) Luck! RUTH _________________________________ Ruth(Grady)Skewis-Sacramento, CA (USA) ruth4527@mindspring.com > -----Original Message----- > From: H.A. Knowlton [mailto:hknowlton@attbi.com] > Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 4:49 PM > To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CASANFRA] Mission Dolores Cemetery Records > > > Hi List, > > Is there an index of burials at Mission Dolores cemetery covering the > late 1850's? > > One version of my family's story is that John CARMODY and his wife Mary > MADIGAN came to San Francisco from New Hampshire by ship in the 1850's. > Their youngest son died of measles on the boat and was buried at Mission > Dolores. An index might help pin down their arrival date. > > John CARMODY was in New Hampshire in 1856. He hasn't yet been found on > an 1860 census. He missed the 1870 census when he died in May 1870 in > Oakland, about five weeks before Oakland started to issue death > certificates. There was no obit for the Oakland Library to find. > > I have arranged to have a cactus placed on his grave this Memorial Day. > > Any suggestions appreciated. > Hank Knowlton > > > > > > >