I wanted to let everyone know about a recent resource that I have come
across when looking up my families records. The Chancery Archives at
St. Patrick's Seminary at 320 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California
has a large collection of microfilmed church records (Baptismal and
Marriage) that include most or all of the churches within the original
San Francisco Archdiocese. Therefore they have church records from the
north bay such as Vallejo and Benecia, to San Jose in the South Bay. I
was able to find the marriage and baptismal records for many of my
relatives. The marriage records are quite useful because they tend to
include the names of the parents, where the Civil Records usually do
not have that information. The only thing is that it is a relatively
small operation at the Archives and they are only open Monday's and
Wednesday's from around 8 am to 4 pm. There is only 1 microfilm reader
so you have to call ahead and make a reservation to come in and view
the films to make sure no one else is scheduled to come in that day.
There is also no way to make copies of the microfilm records besides
taking photos of the screen (which works fairly well with a steady
hand and not using the flash on the camera).
Anyways, if anyone has any questions, comments, or additional
information to add, feel free to comment.
Thanks,
David
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