Are you familiar with Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps? "Fire insurance maps are detailed city plans, usually at scales of 50 or 100 feet to an inch. They show individual building "footprints," complete with construction details, such as building material (brick, adobe, frame, etc.), height (of larger buildings), number of stories, location of doors, windows, chimneys and elevators, use of structure (dwelling, hotel, church, etc.), street address, and occasionally the ethnicity of the occupants. Other features shown include lot lines, street widths, water pipes, hydrants and cisterns, and fire-fighting facilities." [Business names also shown for many locations.] -UC Berkeley <http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/sanborn.html> I have used these professionally for commercial property and general historical research. But, I find them also valuable for family history research. Although you probably won't find your ancestor's name listed on the map, the information will add to your knowledge of the area and time in which they lived. (But, what if you don't know where they lived? Besides a residence often being listed on vital certificates, you can find them in a City Directory.) Anyway, ProQuest-UMI have digitized a large collection of these maps (including many areas of California) and they are available online through participating libraries. I know that the San Francisco and San Jose public libraries now have them available online for their patrons. If you know of any other NorCal library that has them available, please email me directly. Thanks! Ron Filion sfgenealogy.com p.s. We have the San Francisco maps available for 1899/1900, for free at: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sanborn/sanborn.htm

Here is the web site to vote: http://www.partnersinpreservation.com/ From today's San Francisco Chronicle (09-19-06) BAY AREA Historic sites up for funding -- if they get votes Web election pits contestants like Pigeon Point, old streetcar - Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, September 19, 2006 The future is coming to help the past in a new program that will supply financial assistance to 25 Bay Area historical treasures in a unique approach announced Monday in San Francisco. The program -- jointly sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express -- comes with a wrinkle. Bay Area residents can vote for worthy projects in an online election right out of the popular "American Idol" television show. The winning projects get to divide $1 million in cash grants. The candidates range from neon signs and streetlights to help brighten San Francisco's Tenderloin area to repairs at the town hall in the rural village of Tomales in western Marin County. The idea of online voting for historic funding has never been used before, said David Brown, executive vice president of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The idea is straight out of "American Idol," the television show where viewers get to pick artists they like. Online voting can be done at any computer or at kiosks at Peet's coffee outlets around the Bay Area. Anyone can vote once a day. "This is not Chicago,'' Brown said, "but vote early and vote often.'' Polling started Monday at www.partnersinpreservation .com and runs through Oct. 31. Brown said the online voting gives organizations a chance to put their messages before the public and also gauges popular support for various causes. The top vote-getter is guaranteed funding, but exactly how the $1 million pie will be cut up hasn't been determined. The final decision will be made by a panel of experts -- prominent people in the fundraising business. The panel will be chaired by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. The panel will weigh both the votes a project gets and the need, Brown said. The 25 candidates -- winnowed from a list of 100 selected by the National Trust and American Express -- include such familiar names as the Pigeon Point Light Station on the San Mateo Coast and the Angel Island Immigration Station as well as such lesser-known landmarks as the Moon Viewing House at Hakone Gardens in Saratoga and the Cleveland Cascade Park, an elaborate cascading fountain in Oakland. One rolling landmark is on the ballot: old No. 798, a streetcar built in San Francisco for the Market Street Railway. "Some of these treasures have been forgotten for years and decades,'' said Alfred Kelly, group president of American Express. He said the Bay Area was "a natural choice'" for the company's first foray into a trust partnership program in part because of its history and in part because it is a hotbed of technology, which makes voting simpler. --------------------------------- On the list San Francisco -- Bayview Opera House -- Fallon Building -- Haas-Lilienthal House -- Japanese YWCA building Market Street Railway car 798 -- Murphy Windmill -- Roxie Film Center -- Spreckels Temple of Music Tenderloin neon sign and facade project Alameda County -- Berkeley City Club -- Cleveland Cascade Park First Christian Science Church (Berkeley) -- Fox Oakland Theater -- Tilden Park carousel Contra Costa County -- Richmond Natatorium -- Maritime Child Care Center Marin County Angel Island Immigration Station -- Lyford House (Tiburon) -- Outdoor Art Club (Mill Valley) -- Tomales Town Hall San Mateo County -- Old county courthouse -- Pigeon Point Light Station Santa Clara County -- Casa Grande (San Jose) Hakone Gardens (Saratoga) Solano County St. Peter's Chapel (Mare Island) E-mail Carl Nolte at [email protected] Page B - 1 URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/19/BAGQ1L89AF1.DTL George --------------------------------- Get your email and more, right on the new Yahoo.com

HI George and everybody How have you been George? I was sure hoping you would reply. You always seem to have such great answers or ideas to my questions. I didnt even think about looking at the Contra Costa Times, Ill definitely have to check that out. That did have me a bit stumped though, that the trial was n Martinez, when the Dr.s were not.. Wish I could find a city directory for 1963-1964 to look up where the office was located, if you or anyone has a directory could you please look up Dr Joseph SIEFF and Dr Lawrence GIUBINNI, both chiropractors. There were 2 articles about this trial in the Oakland Tribune May 27 & 28th that I could find. But one, the type was a mess so couldnt make heads or tails of most of it. I know there had to be alot more cvered in the newspapers since this was after 8 days of questioning when a mistrial was declared.I also tried putting in both Dr's names and came up with nothing, tried putting in the names with cities, dates all sorts of different ways and still nothing. I did find both died, one in San Leandro i think, the other in Santa Cruz. To answer your other question, it is very possible she worked for the Oakland, San Leandro or Alameda police. She did work for Alameda CountyDA's office and for Clarence SEVERIN, whom I also looked uo and came up with a million items but nothing Ive managed to wade through yet had anything to do with this case or any involving Patricia HUFF. Im thinking that her name may have been SCHWEITZER when and if she did work undercover, as she was only married to Robert HUFF a year or two before this trial. Throughout her adult life she was very friendly with judges, lawyers, and even a certain offical by the name of "Salinger". so did have many contacts within the legal system. She was also the sole owner of International Locating Service out of Alameda for years before she died. I do have a picture of her standing in line in Hayward with other woman who have taken and passed the test to become the first police "woman" either on the Oakland or Hayward Police force. cant remember which one right now. This just seems to incredible to me that she could have been a police woman undercover or not, her life style would not been one of a police officer..She may have used the name Virginia VINCENT, as that was one alias she used in her skp tracing business.Seems equally incredible that if she did work undercover that they would tell her real name in the newspaper. Any help would definitely make my day : ) Ill check out the "Times" and see, good idea thanks George...and anybody else who will please do a look up for me. Thanks, Cris Atwater California - formerly of the Bay Area

Cris I was wondering if the Contra Costa Times, is in that group of papers that you can check? Also wondering do she work under cover somewhere in Contra Costa, for wondering the trial was held in that county? George [email protected] wrote: Hi Ron and all I did a few lookups on the news link you sent Ron and was surprised to say the least! : ) I have found 2 articles (so far) fro The OAKLAND TRIBUNE May 27 and May 28 1964 regarding Patricia HUFF an undercover police woman being held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions. I cant get the whole article on one and have copied the other here below. I would like to find out what preceeded in ths trial and what "Mrs. HUFF's " sentence was. If Ive figured correctly her sentencing would have been on June 1st. This came as a big surprse to me that she was an undercover police woman, Patricia HUFF was my biological mother. For a very short time I lived with her during this time and I am one of the children mentioned in the article. Strange thing is, even though I was only 9 or 10 yrs old, I remember bits and pieces about this and not too long ago asked my sister, who is older than I, about memories I had about hearing something about this trial and she had no idea what I was talking about..The thing that does surprise me is that Patricia HUFF was a police officer in any fashion...no one in our family ever knew that. Her name prior to HUFF was SCHWEITZER, she married HUFF about 1962-63.(and the newspaper is right, she had many, many names.....) She also worked with the District Attorney's office, and with Mr. Clarence SEVERIN on many cases and they became life long friends. Mr SEVERIN figured prominently also in the well known murder case of Burton ABBOTT, in the book A TRAIL OF CORN.(in the 1950's in Oakland / Alameda / Berkeley) Any information about Patricia HUFF, (SCHWEITZER) and her career as a police woman and i particular what preceeded and followed this mis- trial. When she died she had no longer been HUFF for over 20 years (family still living) I apologize for the length. Cris fro the OAKLAND TRIBUNE "MARTINEZ Dr. Lawrence Giiubbini, 60. and Dr. Joseph Sieff. 51, stand acquitted today of all abortion charges they faced in a Superior Court action which ended here Tuesday in a mis- .nal. District Atty. John A Nejedly, n an unusual court action, asked for a mistrial after a woman witness for the prosecution, an undercover police agent, refus- d to answer personal questions asked by the defense. Superior Judge Martin E Rothenberg, who granted the mistrial, said today that dismis- sal oi all the charges against the defendants was automatic when the prosecution requested a mis- trial A second trial on those charges would be considered double jeopardy, the judge explained. Dr. Giubinni, a chiropractor, who now resides in San Ansel- mo, had been charged with three counts of abortion, two counts of soliciting women for abortion and conspiracy. Dr. Sieff, of San Leandro, a former associate of Dr. Giubin- ni, was charged with a single count each of abortion, soliciting and conspiracy. The reluctant witness, Mrs. PATRICIA HUFF, was held in con- tempt of court by Judge Rothen- berg. She will appear before him Monday for sentencing. Mrs. HUFF said later she could not identify her children in open court nor answer certain ques- tions about her personal life be- cause such information would endanger the welfare of her family. She said she had been assured by officials in charge of her un- dercover police work that she would not be required to reveal her full identity and that of her family in testimony about the case." taken from the OAKLAND TRIBUNE MAY 27-28 1964 ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Stay in the know. Pulse on the new Yahoo.com. Check it out.

Hi Ron and all I did a few lookups on the news link you sent Ron and was surprised to say the least! : ) I have found 2 articles (so far) fro The OAKLAND TRIBUNE May 27 and May 28 1964 regarding Patricia HUFF an undercover police woman being held in contempt of court for refusing to answer questions. I cant get the whole article on one and have copied the other here below. I would like to find out what preceeded in ths trial and what "Mrs. HUFF's " sentence was. If Ive figured correctly her sentencing would have been on June 1st. This came as a big surprse to me that she was an undercover police woman, Patricia HUFF was my biological mother. For a very short time I lived with her during this time and I am one of the children mentioned in the article. Strange thing is, even though I was only 9 or 10 yrs old, I remember bits and pieces about this and not too long ago asked my sister, who is older than I, about memories I had about hearing something about this trial and she had no idea what I was talking about..The thing that does surprise me is that Patricia HUFF was a police officer in any fashion...no one in our family ever knew that. Her name prior to HUFF was SCHWEITZER, she married HUFF about 1962-63.(and the newspaper is right, she had many, many names.....) She also worked with the District Attorney's office, and with Mr. Clarence SEVERIN on many cases and they became life long friends. Mr SEVERIN figured prominently also in the well known murder case of Burton ABBOTT, in the book A TRAIL OF CORN.(in the 1950's in Oakland / Alameda / Berkeley) Any information about Patricia HUFF, (SCHWEITZER) and her career as a police woman and i particular what preceeded and followed this mis- trial. When she died she had no longer been HUFF for over 20 years (family still living) I apologize for the length. Cris <errors contained are copied exactly) fro the OAKLAND TRIBUNE "MARTINEZ Dr. Lawrence Giiubbini, 60. and Dr. Joseph Sieff. 51, stand acquitted today of all abortion charges they faced in a Superior Court action which ended here Tuesday in a mis- .nal. District Atty. John A Nejedly, n an unusual court action, asked for a mistrial after a woman witness for the prosecution, an undercover police agent, refus- d to answer personal questions asked by the defense. Superior Judge Martin E Rothenberg, who granted the mistrial, said today that dismis- sal oi all the charges against the defendants was automatic when the prosecution requested a mis- trial A second trial on those charges would be considered double jeopardy, the judge explained. Dr. Giubinni, a chiropractor, who now resides in San Ansel- mo, had been charged with three counts of abortion, two counts of soliciting women for abortion and conspiracy. Dr. Sieff, of San Leandro, a former associate of Dr. Giubin- ni, was charged with a single count each of abortion, soliciting and conspiracy. The reluctant witness, Mrs. PATRICIA HUFF, was held in con- tempt of court by Judge Rothen- berg. She will appear before him Monday for sentencing. Mrs. HUFF said later she could not identify her children in open court nor answer certain ques- tions about her personal life be- cause such information would endanger the welfare of her family. She said she had been assured by officials in charge of her un- dercover police work that she would not be required to reveal her full identity and that of her family in testimony about the case." taken from the OAKLAND TRIBUNE MAY 27-28 1964

Hi everyone, I've posted some of the events that are happening next month (October, Family History Month) in the San Francisco Bay Area at: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/boards/sfbevents/ If you know of any more and have the information, please feel free to post and share it. Otherwise, for those outside of the Bay Area and interested in San Francisco, we are hoping to put together an online chat. You can check the above link for any further information. Regards, Ron Filion sfgenealogy.com

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In a message dated 9/2/06 5:30:21 PM, [email protected] writes: > San Mateo County Genealogy www.sfgenealogy.com/sanmateo/ > Thank you. Did you run out of time to add the JEFFERSON Union High School Feb 1948 Graduating Class? Thanks Dee

Hello Everyone! Here's an update on what we've added since August 1st at SFGenealogy.com: www.sfgenealogy.com The primary purpose and highest priority of SFGenealogy.com is to provide FREE internet access to genealogical and historical information for the City and County of San Francisco and the surrounding communities in the SF Bay Area. New volunteers and material are always welcome! Visit our "Help Wanted" page to see how you might help! www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfwantad.htm We sincerely thank everyone who has submitted material to share and those who offer lookups for other researchers! Enjoy! Pam and Ron Pamela Storm Wolfskill and Ron Filion San Francisco Genealogy www.sfgenealogy.com San Mateo County Genealogy www.sfgenealogy.com/sanmateo/ Santa Clara County Genealogy www.sfgenealogy.com/santaclara SF Bay Genealogy www.sfgenealogy.com/sfbay/sfbindex.htm ******************************** CITY & COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO 1890 City Directory Surname Index 1895 Christian Church Directory - by Nancy Pratt Melton 1901 (Dec) / 1902 (Jun) Mission High School Grads 1922 (June & Dec) Polytechnic High School Faculty & Graduates - donated by Earl Harvey 1923 Polytechnic High School Faculty & Graduates - donated by Earl Harvey 1924 (June) Mission High School Faculty & Senior Class 1931 (Fall) Polytechnic High School Faculty - donated by Nancy Katz 1932 (Fall) Polytechnic High School Faculty - donated by Nancy Katz Link: 1933-1968 West Portal Elementary Photos - by Western Neighborhoods Project 1945 (Dec) / 1946 (June) Lowell High School Grads - donated by Donna (Parrish) Honey 1946 (Fall) / 1947 (Spring) Lowell High School Grads - donated by Donna (Parrish) Honey 1946 (Fall) / 1947 (Spring) Polytechnic High School - donated by Neil Honey 300 newspaper vital record transcriptions by Robin Bills, Sandi Bordelon, Cathy Gowdy, Chris Havnar, Betty Loose, Billie Reynolds, Dee Sardoch, and others. September Spotlights: Ron's Pick: Marriage Records Pam's Pick: History: San Francisco Timeline Ruth Skewis' Pick: Contact Us Jim Smith's Pick: Surname Index-Langley's 1890 SF City Directory ******************************** SAN MATEO COUNTY 1959 & 1960 Colma School (7th & 8th grades) - by Elaine Sturdevant 1960 Colma School Graduates - by Elaine Sturdevant 1967 San Mateo High School Sophomore Class San Mateo Times Gazette Index (1859-1879) - by SMCGS/Mary Lou Grunigen San Mateo County Deeds Index - by San Mateo County Genealogical Society Russian Sectarian Cemetery Tombstone Transcriptions - by Nancy Poppin Posey Link: San Mateo Times, 1925-1978 ******************************** SANTA CLARA COUNTY Link: 1931 Palo Alto High School Faculty & Graduates Santa Clara County History (310 pages) ******************************** SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA: 1857 Sacramento Bee Newspaper Vitals Index by Sandra Bordelon 1882 Freemasons of California - Solano County Lodges Alameda High School - Low Senior Class of Spring 1933 Fremont High School Faculty & Class of January & June 1913 Fremont High School Faculty & Class of January & June 1914 John Muir Junior High School (San Leandro) 9th Grade Students - 1961 Piedmont High School, Low Senior Class of June 1925 Acalanes Union High School (Lafayette) Faculty & Class of 1949 Acalanes Union High School (Lafayette) Faculty & Class of 1952 1939 (Feb & June) McClatchy High School (Sacramento) Faculty & Graduates ******************************** -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.405 / Virus Database: 268.11.7/436 - Release Date: 9/1/2006

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/2224.1 Message Board Post: Obit from the Redwood City Tribune: WELLS - In Redwood City, Wednesday, January 5, 1955. Cecil H. Wells Sr., dearly beloved husband of Bertha E. Wells, loving father of Cecil H. Wells Jr. of San Mateo, Lt Col Wayne L. Wells, U.S.A.F. of London and Eugene A. Barnett of Redwood City and the late Alberta I. Barnett, loving brother of D. Leon Wells, Mrs. Bernice Rose and Mrs. Beatrice Swanson, all of Lake Forrest, IL and Mrs. Bethel Wichmann of Bemidji, MN. Survived by five grandchildren. Member of Cpl James Lindsay Wilson Post 2310 V.F.W. Past president of San mateo and Santa Clara County Teamsters Union and the Operating Engineers Local No. 3, A.F. of L. A native of Morocco, IN, aged 64 years. Friends are invited to call at the Crippen & Flynn Chapel until 9:30 am Saturday. Funeral services will be from the First Methodist Church, Broadway and Brewster Streets, Saturday morning at 11 am. Interment, Alta Mesa Memorial Park. Alta Mesa cemetery is on Arastadero Road in Palo Alto.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Eller, Swain Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/2226 Message Board Post: Would like the obituary of Viola Eller who d. Mar. 6, 1982 at San Mateo Co. Ca. Thank you. Dorothy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Kaufman Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UW.2ADI/2225 Message Board Post: Hello, I am looking for an obit for Emanuel Kaufman who passed away in Burlingame on Novembe 13, 2002. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Shelley

>From today's (Aug 18, 2006) San Francisco Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/08/18/BAG5BKL3I01.DTL&hw=mission&sn=001&sc=1000 --------------------------------- SAN FRANCISCO Recalling the end of the Wild West 150 years ago, the 2nd Committee of Vigilance dissolved itself - Carl Nolte, Chronicle Staff Writer Friday, August 18, 2006 A small group of admirers of the past will gather at the Mission Dolores cemetery at about 9 this morning to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the vigilante era in San Francisco. On this day in 1856, thousands of armed men paraded through the streets of San Francisco and then formally dissolved the second Committee of Vigilance. The vigilantes, mostly respectable business leaders and merchants, had taken the law into their own hands for nearly four months in San Francisco, hanging four men, including a city supervisor, and had been mixed up in the death of James "Yankee" Sullivan, one of the most famous bare-knuckle fighters of his day. They had also threatened a number of other San Franciscans and banished hundreds of other tough characters. They ran the city with an iron hand, much to the distress of Mayor James Van Ness and William T. Sherman, a militia officer who later became one of the most famous of Civil War generals. The final chapter of the vigilante era was the end of the wild West in San Francisco. Never again did the citizens of the city take the law into their own hands. "Although the entire idea of vigilante justice may be foreign to us today, it played a historic role in the American experience, especially in the West,'' said David Crosson, executive director of the California Historical Society. "This is a damned important thing,'' said Neil Malloch, a local historian who is organizing today's event, which includes a tour of three San Francisco sites central to the vigilante history. The tour starts at the graveyard at Mission Dolores -- the oldest building in the city -- which is really the end of the story. Here are the graves of Supervisor James Casey and Charles Cora, a gambler. Both men were hanged by the vigilantes. There is also the grave of James Sullivan, a boxer who died while in vigilante custody. "May God forgive my tormentors'' says the inscription on Casey's grave. "Died by the hands of the V.C. May 31, 1856,'' Sullivan's tombstone says. The vigilante era is so long ago, said Andrew Galvan, the curator of Mission Dolores, that most tourists think the "V.C." on Sullivan's tombstone refers to the Viet Cong. "These graves are pilgrim spots on the tourist track of San Francisco,'' Galvan said. The story began in the winter of 1855, when San Francisco was in the middle of a huge crime wave. That year, San Francisco had about 60,000 people -- and a murder rate that was about 10 times the modern rate. Nearly everyone carried guns; the city government was in the hands of a political machine, and thugs ruled the streets. "The city had been taken over by the no-gooders,'' said Gladys Hansen, a former city archivist whose Internet museum of San Francisco has a number of items on the vigilantes. "Something had to be done.'' In 1855, an editor with the curious name of James King of William started the Evening Bulletin, a small but important crusading newspaper. One of his targets was Casey, a supervisor who had been elected by stuffing the ballot box. King wrote that Casey, supposedly an honest citizen, was an ex-con who had served time in New York's infamous Sing Sing Prison. Casey took great offense, and shot King as he was leaving his office on Montgomery Street, near Washington Street. Ten thousand people, it was said, gathered on the streets awaiting word of King's condition. When he died a few days later, members of an earlier vigilante group, under the leadership of William Tell Coleman, a prominent businessman, met and decided to act. There were 3,500 members of the Committee of Vigilance, at first, each man sworn by an oath of fealty, each man given a number. Coleman was No. 1. They were armed and they had a cannon in case it was necessary to knock down the doors of the county jail on Broadway. Casey was held by Sheriff David Scannell, whom the vigilantes suspected of being a political ally. The crowd of vigilantes marched to the jail, and the sheriff turned Casey over to them. Later, the committee also took Charles Cora, a noted gambler who had shot a U.S. marshal for insulting his mistress. There was a short trial; the vigilantes were the judge and jury. Only two days after King died, and just as his funeral procession was getting under way, Casey and Cora were taken out of the vigilante headquarters at Sacramento Street near Davis Street and hanged. The headquarters was called Fort Gunnybags because it was ringed with a wall of sandbags and armed sentries to guard against attack. Sullivan, the boxer, also died in vigilante hands. Some said it was suicide, but the cause is still a mystery. The vigilantes, now 8,000 strong, took control of the city. That was frontier justice, part of the legend of the San Francisco. Books have been written about it. Galvan, the Mission Dolores curator, says that at least nine doctoral dissertations have been written about the vigilance committee. Coleman was hailed as a savior of San Francisco, the citizen leader they called "The Lion of the Vigilantes.'' He was presented with a ceremonial sword by grateful citizens, ran a successful shipping line, and developed borax mines in Death Valley. A mineral -- Colemanite -- is named for him. He became a respected citizen of Marin County and died, full of years and honors at the age of 69 in 1893. In later years, the vigilante movement has come under question from historians. "To my knowledge, the San Francisco experience is unique ... in the legitimacy given to vigilante law," Crosson said. Malloch, the organizer of today's event, goes further. "From today's perspective, the thing was outrageous,'' he said. "They bulldozed political rights.'' Though San Francisco's legal system in 1856 left much to be desired, he said, "They still had law here." The vigilantes had an effect. The crime rate dropped dramatically. The bad men, thoroughly intimidated, left town. "I remember the reign of terror under which we had so long been living,'' wrote William Orville Ayres 30 years later, "And I knew it was ended.'' The vigilante era had another side effect. Until 1856, San Francisco County extended down the Peninsula as far as the Santa Clara County line. But the uproar caused by the vigilante era convinced the more solid citizens of the Peninsula to leave the city to itself, and San Mateo County was created. The city and county of San Francisco got what remained, 49 square miles. After Mission Dolores, the tour will head at about 10 a.m. for the site of Fort Gunnybags, the vigilante headquarters at Sacramento Street near Davis Street, and then at about 11 a.m. to the site of the old County Jail on Broadway near Columbus Avenue. E-mail Carl Nolte at [email protected] Page B - 1 URL: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/08/18/BAG5BKL3I01.DTL George --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wells Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/2224 Message Board Post: Looking for my relative "Cecil Harold Wells" who died in Redwood City, San Mateo County, CA in January 1955. Would like to find his stone, but do not know the cemetery he is buried in. Any help on names of cemeteries in Redwood City would be greatly appreciated.

COSTELLO FRANCIS A. "BUD" COSTELLO A native of San Francisco, passed away on April 19, 2005 in San Mateo, CA. The son of Frank and Dorothy Costello he was educated at parochial and military schools in the Bay Area. He leave behind his wife of 38 years, Norma; his daughter, Lorice McDonald and son, Bruce Costello; 4 granddaughters and 7 great grandchildren; sister, Eleanor Knight; brothers, Steve and Ted and was preceded in death by his sisters, Margaret Maher and Virginia Farrell. Before his retirement, Mr. Costello was the owner of Broadway Locksmith in Burlingame for over 25 years. At his request, his ashes will be scattered in the San Francisco Bay. In lieu of Flowers, donations can be made to Mission Hospice in San Mateo or any agency serving the blind. BRRGAN & COMPANY CREMATION Burlingame Thursday, April 28, 2005, Page 4 LOCAL, San Mateo County Times _____ Could I get a transcription of this gentleman's obit. COSTELLO, Francis A "Bud"; ; San Mateo CA; San Mateo T; 2005-4-28; jch Thanks; Alma Merced Co. Volunteer

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UW.2ADI/2223 Message Board Post: Could someone look up the obituary of Percy Rowland Wilson for me please. Percy was born in Shoreditch district of London, England on 8th May 1899 and died in San Mateo, California on 4th May 1992. Mothers maiden name is Cale - if that helps. I would be grateful for any information regarding Percy - a great uncle of the family here in England. When uncle Percy died the family lost touch with our American family and i would dearly like to re-establish the links. Many thanks Teresa

Looking for missing PENLEY cousin, believed to be June HAMILTON poss b 1948 who m 1970 John ORTEGA in San Mateo Co. Her grandparents were Benjamin S and Alma PENLEY and I think they died about 1962 and 1983 respectively. Her mother was living in S San Francisco when her great aunt, I J PENLEY, died in 1971. Most grateful for any help in contacting her. Janice

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UW.2ADI/2222.1 Message Board Post: Free search engines that will help you with your search: California Death Index: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi Current phone listings/addresses: whitepages.com OR http://www.stevemorse.org/phonebook/yahoo.html

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Rinck/Moore/ Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/UW.2ADI/2222 Message Board Post: I would appreciate it if I could have a volunteer check to see if there is a death record or any information available on Barbara J (Moore) Rinck. Her mother's maiden name was Jane Bragg. Jane died in 1964 and her daughter Barbara is listed as living in Burlingame. Other children listed in the obituary are Winifred Lozensky of Scotia, Percy Moore of Eureka, Fred Moore of Rio Dell, Ruth Reed of Santa Rosa, Vada Chambers of Petaluma, Margaret Hansen of Watsonville. In addition to Jane (who was my Grandfather's sister) I have copies of the obits for Winnifred, Percy

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UW.2ADI/2198.2 Message Board Post: Hi Sandra---------- The Index to the Laying & Tinney Funeral Home went on line last month http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sanmateo/smindex.htm Sandra wrote: I am trying to locate funeral records of Layrig and Tinney of Redwood City who were funeral directors in 1943. Is this funeral home still in existence or does anyone know where their records might be? Thanks in advance. [email protected]