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Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] cause of death
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2006 01:26:07 +0000
Thank you Pat!
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From: Pat <>
According to Bartelby.com"
1. A woman who is divorced or separated from her husband. 2. A woman whose husband is temporarily absent. 3. An abandoned mistress. 4. The mother of a child born out of wedlock. Pat
wrote:
Just curious....what is a "Grass Widow"?
Thanx-
Joni
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From: j bodycote
> Hi,
> Does the index Book O actually exist somewhere? and if so how would
> one access it?
> I have a relative who was listed in the 1899 directory as living in San
> Francisco, and in the 1900 census his wife is listed as a widow.
> He had business interests in the Sacramento area, so could have died
> there, or while traveling; or his wife could have been a grass widow...
> (He is not listed in Sacramento death records)
> So the index would at least answer the question "Did he die in San
> Francisco?" which would be a help!
>
> Judy
>
> > Date: Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:38:18 -0800
> > From: "Nancy Peterson"
> > Subject: [CASANFRA] cause of death
> > To:
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> >
> > All you listers struggling with who has what and what period it covers,
> > provided you do a lot of San Francisco research, would really profit
> > from
> > buying a copy of
> >
> > Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco
> > Research.
> >
> > This guide (over 200 pages) covers exactly what survived and what did
> > not,
> > what you can expect from each surviving record, and ways to obtain the
> > same
> > information when the record did not survive. As Jim Smith wrote,
> > cemetery
> > records often have this information (as do funeral home records), and
> > some of
> > these did survive. As to that particular date, the index to those
> > records
> > ("Book O" covering July 1898 to March 1900) was minimal (name only and
> > a
> > ledger reference) and was not filmed by the Family History Library.
> >
> > The guide also lists what church records survived and the years the
> > records
> > cover, exactly where to find less common newspapers and the indexes to
> > the
> > more common newspapers, what you can expect to find in Annual Municipal
> > Reports, what deeds and deed indexes survived, and so forth. It isn't
> > quite up
> > to date on funeral home records (a recent development) but is pretty
> > complete
> > otherwise. Treat yourself to an inexpensive holiday gift. You can find
> > ordering information at www.calgensoc.org.
> >
> > Nancy Peterson
>
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