If they were married in San Francisco in 1904, chances are the records were destroyed in the quake and fire two years later. Jan Sent from my iPad On Jul 27, 2013, at 6:18 PM, "Nancy" <wright4766@bellsouth.net> wrote: > I have been looking for my grandparents marriage for at least 30 years. I just found a newspaper article about it. They were married on Jan 2, 1904. My grandfather lived in Centerville, Alameda County. My grandmother was in the 1900 census with her uncle in Washington Township, Alameda County. She was baptised in St. Mary's Catholic church in Oakland. 3 My grandfathers 4 siblings were baptised in St. Joseph Catholic church in Mission San Jose. > > My grandparents went to San Franciso to be married. I have no idea what church in San Francisco, if any. They did not follow the Catholic religion later and may not have been married in the church. What are my chances of finding a record of their marriage in the St. Francisco Archdiocese Archives? I don't expect to find a civil record of their marriage. > > How in the world did people travel across the bay at that time. They all seemed to go to San Francisco so often. Was there ferry service from Alameda County? > > Nancy > > > ----------------------------------------- > 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
Have you tried looking for the church records? On Jul 27, 2013, at 8:02 PM, Jan Davis wrote: > If they were married in San Francisco in 1904, chances are the records were destroyed in the quake and fire two years later. > Jan > > Sent from my iPad > > On Jul 27, 2013, at 6:18 PM, "Nancy" <wright4766@bellsouth.net> wrote: > >> I have been looking for my grandparents marriage for at least 30 years. I just found a newspaper article about it. They were married on Jan 2, 1904. My grandfather lived in Centerville, Alameda County. My grandmother was in the 1900 census with her uncle in Washington Township, Alameda County. She was baptised in St. Mary's Catholic church in Oakland. 3 My grandfathers 4 siblings were baptised in St. Joseph Catholic church in Mission San Jose. >> >> My grandparents went to San Franciso to be married. I have no idea what church in San Francisco, if any. They did not follow the Catholic religion later and may not have been married in the church. What are my chances of finding a record of their marriage in the St. Francisco Archdiocese Archives? I don't expect to find a civil record of their marriage. >> >> How in the world did people travel across the bay at that time. They all seemed to go to San Francisco so often. Was there ferry service from Alameda County? >> >> Nancy >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > ----------------------------------------- > 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