Would you happen to know if any San Diego newspapers from that time--early 1900s--are on-line? On Monday, April 14, 2014 2:24:20 PM UTC-7, E Sharp wrote: > > The San Francisco Call newspaper is online at > > http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=cl&cl=CL1&sp=SFC > > *Title:* San Francisco Call > > *Available online:* 1 April 1890 - 31 December 1913 (8649 issues) > > "E" > > > > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 10:38 AM, IslandRoutes > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> I have a little experience with this for San Francisco. Yes, Catholics >>> did get divorced prior to 1900. I have a French relative who was Roman >>> Catholic. She came to SF in 1880, married and had a kid, and then the guy >>> deserted her. I was able to find record of the divorce based on desertion >>> in the SF Call newspaper in 1884. >>> >> >> I don't know if the church condoned it, but it happened most assuredly. >> I do not believe they were involved in any way. As for official records, >> California did not start official reporting until 1905. So, the records >> you seek will be at the city or county level. San Francisco did have >> divorce records, but I believe the earthquake and fire wiped them out. >> Newspapers can fill the gap as they had to be publicly reported. >> >> -- >> For 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." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > >
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