Archive for 'Vital Records' Category
Newspapers Provide Proof When Disasters Destroy Records
30 September 2008MARRIED
JONES–KELLY–In this city, February 7, by the Rev. Father Scanlon, Thomas A. Jones to Miss Margaret Kelly, both of this city.
[San Francisco Call, San Francisco, CA, 9 Feb 1869, page 3]
It doesn’t look like much, does it? A groom, a bride, a priest, and a date. To the untrained eye, it’s just a simple entry. [...]