Friday, October 30, 2009
San Francisco Afternoon Delights
No, silly, not that! I know what you're thinking. It sounds like fun, but I'm not sure my heart would take too much of it, and my wife might look askance at me. I'm a hard working genealogy researcher. I'm talking about genealogy treats - all found this afternoon to my delight!
One of my long-term genealogy projects is to find more family history information about my wife's ancestors. She has surnames Schaffner, McKnew, Paul, and Whittle in San Francisco.
I checked many of the databases on the San Francisco Genealogy website (www.SFGenealogy.com) for records of the families. I found several nuggets of information, including this from the 1867 Great Register of Voters:
* Joseph Whittle's record, including information about his naturalization in 1861.
* Frederick Schaffner's record, including information about his naturalization in 1856.
I found a funeral notice for Dora Schaffner in 1904 in the San Francisco Funeral Home Records 1835-1931 on the FamilySearch Record Search site (http://pilot.familysearch.org). That gave me her birth and death dates, and her last address.
I checked on the San Francisco Chronicle 1865-1903 newspaper collection on www.Footnote.com. I was rewarded with death notices or obituaries for:
* John Charles Paul, died on 31 May 1879
* Robert Henry Paul, died on 14 September 1902
* John Charles Paul, died 22 September 1889
* Abbie C. Paul, died 11 November 1894
* Frederick Schaffner, died 29 February 1899
* Herman Schaffner, died 8 December 1921
* Frederick Schaffner, died 5 April 1907.
* Dora Schaffner, died 11 April 1904.
I still have the City Directories to look thorugh on www.Footnote.com and on the www.SFGenealogy.com site - a task for another day!
It was a fun and "profitable" afternoon, and I treated myself to my M&Ms because I found so much!
One of my long-term genealogy projects is to find more family history information about my wife's ancestors. She has surnames Schaffner, McKnew, Paul, and Whittle in San Francisco.
I checked many of the databases on the San Francisco Genealogy website (www.SFGenealogy.com) for records of the families. I found several nuggets of information, including this from the 1867 Great Register of Voters:
* Joseph Whittle's record, including information about his naturalization in 1861.
* Frederick Schaffner's record, including information about his naturalization in 1856.
I found a funeral notice for Dora Schaffner in 1904 in the San Francisco Funeral Home Records 1835-1931 on the FamilySearch Record Search site (http://pilot.familysearch.org). That gave me her birth and death dates, and her last address.
I checked on the San Francisco Chronicle 1865-1903 newspaper collection on www.Footnote.com. I was rewarded with death notices or obituaries for:
* John Charles Paul, died on 31 May 1879
* Robert Henry Paul, died on 14 September 1902
* John Charles Paul, died 22 September 1889
* Abbie C. Paul, died 11 November 1894
* Frederick Schaffner, died 29 February 1899
* Herman Schaffner, died 8 December 1921
* Frederick Schaffner, died 5 April 1907.
* Dora Schaffner, died 11 April 1904.
I still have the City Directories to look thorugh on www.Footnote.com and on the www.SFGenealogy.com site - a task for another day!
It was a fun and "profitable" afternoon, and I treated myself to my M&Ms because I found so much!
Labels: California resources, My genealogy research, Newspaper/Obituary listings, Online resources
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I am glad someone else has notice how great the SFGenealogy.com website is. I think it's one of the best sites out there. I've found so many little nuggets on my Jones-Jackson-Kelly-Dolan's on the site. It's well worth a visit if you have roots in San Francisco
Great post Randy ... you 'got' me with the headline
Always inspiring and interesting to read about other family historians. While I don't have any of my people in the SF area, it's good to know about the SFGenealogy.com site in the event I need it helping someone else find their roots. Blesings to you this day ... Cindy
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Always inspiring and interesting to read about other family historians. While I don't have any of my people in the SF area, it's good to know about the SFGenealogy.com site in the event I need it helping someone else find their roots. Blesings to you this day ... Cindy
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