Hi Robin,
Thank you for the information.
When I contact a genealogy society or library for a city that I am looking for a relative in I always give a donation because I know on how little money they run there facility on and depend on donations to keep running.
I contacted RAOGK and a gentlemen looked for me and couldn't find an obituary. He was really nice. He went to the cemetery and took a photograph of the headstone for me. He was very considerate and helpful. I just didn't understand that somebody that died in 1950 or 1955 wouldn't have a death notice or obituary in the newspaper of the city that they lived in. I thought that the funeral home or coroner would give the information to the newspaper or the newspapers obituary section of the newspaper would send somebody everyday to the funeral homes and to the coroners to get the information so they could have it printed in there newspaper.
Let me know if you go and if you have the time to look for me and I will give you the information.
I am not sure if we are evacuating or not on Sunday August 31st. It depends on how far away from us that Hurricane Gustav is predicted to hit. If we do evacuate then I will not have access to the internet until at least Wednesday September 3rd if there is power when I come back home. There isn't any internet access at the hotel we are booked with.
Thank you,
Kim
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Hi Kim, I'm not sure if I'm going to need to head down there, but should know by Tuesday evening. Check back with me Tuesday night or Wednesday am and I can let you know. Someone is going to get back with me who does lookups for San Francisco and said he'd take a look on Tuesday evening at the library. I'm sure the state library has newspapers for San Luis Obispo or at least you'd think so. Have you tried the local library for San Luis Obispo. I came across two additional pieces of help today. One, at the Parjaro Valley Historical Society in Watsonville (for my San Francisco relative, William L. Bettencourt, who's sister Marguerite/Margaret Bettencourt Mitchell, who lived in Watsonville) and also the local Watsonville library.Now, I was given this piece of advice, so I will pass it along. A while back I requested information from the Castroville library. They sent it to me free of charge. So, I mailed them a check for a donation to their library. A fellow (female actually) portuguese genealogy friend suggested that I do this, so I'll pass this along to you. It dosen't have to be a large donation, but anything helps.Keep in touch Kim and best of luck to you with the weather. Robin
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