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From: "James Smith" <>
Subject: Re: [CASANFRA] Book "O"
Date: Mon, 4 Dec 2006 17:27:07 -0800


Here's what I found.

1. CGS does have Book O transcribed. It's an index of names and dates only
but is a great start to find obits. You won't learn the cause of death.
http://www.calgensoc.org/web/cgs/cgshp.nsf/bb2e44facfae6fec872571de0061f9a0!OpenForm&Seq=1&AutoFramed

2. At the Santa Clara FHC.

DEATH RECORDS, 1865-1904
Films 0975830-0975835
Death Records, v. 1-2 1865-1875, v.3 1882-1889, vol. M 1894-1896, vol. P
1900-22 Oct 1901, vol. Q 23 Oct 1901-30 Jun 1903, vol. R 1 Jul 1902-30 Jun
1904. Microfilm of original records at the San Francisco County Courthouse.
Some years missing. Indexes are filmed with some volumes.

http://yelnam.tripod.com/SCFHCSpecialCollections.html


3. Death Records - http://www.notfrisco.com/colmatales/sfgen.html
Though most death records were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, there are
still many available. The periods are:



Source From To
Book 1 Nov 8 1865 Sept 30 1869
Book 2 Oct 1 1869 Apr 30 1873
Book 3¹ Apr 1 1882 June 30 1889
Book M Aug 1 1894 June 30 1896
Book O Jul 1 1898 Mar 16 1900
Book P Mar 17 1900 Oct 22 1901
Book Q Oct 23 1901 June 30 1903
Book R Jul 1 1903 June 30 1904
¹Coroner Cases Only


Good hunting,
Jim

Limcd wrote:

Does book "O" cover a specific time period? Or does it contain the death
records of only those withthe last name beginning in "O" who died in
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