Do you know if they have birth and baptismal records from Mission San Jose 1887-1901? thanks, Tish
On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 1:12 PM, Kawika322 <oldschoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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 > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
