Is it even worth the effort to request a birth certificate for my great grandmother, Mable Elizabeth Johnston(e) born 2 Aug 1876 in SF? She and her brother were orphaned early in life. I have not been able to definitely determine who her parents were, nor when they died nor how. Laurie Angel ----- Original Message ----- From: <cydrawls@aol.com> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:44 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Birth Certificates Available for 1878? Hi Tom, The fires after 1906 earthquake took care of all the city records in San Francisco. There are none. I checked the San Francisco Call database, no luck there. The closest you can get is the 1880 census. Here is that info: Message: 1 Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:55:40 -0500 From: Thomas Brew <tbrew@uwindsor.ca> Subject: [NORCAL] Birth Certificates Available for 1878? To: norcal@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <OFCCE11D51.B50746F3-ON8525768E.0077DEC5-8525768E.0078C4F5@uwindsor.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Looking for a birth certificate / notice for a Fredrick R. (Robert?) Michael born May 28, 1878 in California, San Francisco. Is it possible that such records exist? Thanks for your time.... Tom in sunny Canada.... brrrrrrrr

I found these in the SF Call Index by Jim Faulkinbury. You can order the birth announcements for a small fee. They should give you the dates. From there you can look up the city directories and census records. http://www.jwfgenresearch.com/SFCallIndex.htm Johnston, dau of L.W. ... born in 1876 ... 1876B-702 Johnston, dau of W.W. ... born in 1876 ... 1876B-703 Johnstone, dau of Thomas ... born in 1876 ... 1876B-704 Jim -- James R. Smith Author/Speaker/Researcher Author: San Francisco’s Lost Landmarks California Snatch Racket, June 2010 San Francisco's Playland at the Beach: The Early Years, Sep 2010 www.HistorySmith.com Chuck Fowler and Laurie Angel wrote: > Is it even worth the effort to request a birth certificate for my great > grandmother, Mable Elizabeth Johnston(e) born 2 Aug 1876 in SF? She and her > brother were orphaned early in life. I have not been able to definitely > determine who her parents were, nor when they died nor how. > > Laurie Angel > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <cydrawls@aol.com> > To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 18, 2009 10:44 AM > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] Birth Certificates Available for 1878? > > > Hi Tom, > The fires after 1906 earthquake took care of all the city records in San > Francisco. There are none. I checked the San Francisco Call database, no > luck there. The closest you can get is the 1880 census. > Here is that info: > > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2009 16:55:40 -0500 > From: Thomas Brew <tbrew@uwindsor.ca> > Subject: [NORCAL] Birth Certificates Available for 1878? > To: norcal@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: > <OFCCE11D51.B50746F3-ON8525768E.0077DEC5-8525768E.0078C4F5@uwindsor.ca> > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > > Looking for a birth certificate / notice for a Fredrick R. (Robert?) > Michael born May 28, 1878 in California, San Francisco. > > Is it possible that such records exist? > > Thanks for your time.... > > Tom in sunny Canada.... brrrrrrrr > > > > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >