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Synopsis
Raking the Ashes, a research book of interest to anyone doing California and San Francisco genealogy, has just been released and is available from the California Genealogical Society.
Author Nancy Simons Peterson painstakingly pursued the trail of clues in available records to search for great-great grandpa and subsequently conducted a comprehensive survey of San Francisco's extant sources and records lost.
Raking the Ashes
§ Specifies which records were lost in 1906, which survived, and where to find them.
§ Suggests strategies for dealing with record losses wherever they occur.
§ Features clear evaluations of sources.
§ Shows how to overcome genealogical stumbling blocks and avoid common pitfalls.
§ Costs less than the price of an hour of professional research assistance.
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About the Author
Nancy Simons Peterson, CG
A fifth-generation Californian, Nancy Simons Peterson is a nationally certified genealogist and author of numerous articles appearing in prominent genealogical periodicals. Winner of the 1998 National Genealogical Society Family History Writing Contest and the Society of Genealogists Scholar Award in 2003, she holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Stanford University. The Petersons presently reside in Walnut Creek California.
Review
"A book of strategies... Well researched...clearly written...packed with meaningful data...and rich illustrations" -- Curt Witcher, Historical Genealogy Department Manager, Allen County Public Library
"Help has arrived" ...a better gold mine for genealogists than the one discovered in 1849 at Sutter s Mill." -- ― Marsha Hoffman Rising, CG, FASG, author The Family Tree Problem Solver: Proven Methods for Scaling the Inevitable Brick Wall
"the best book available today on searching for elusive ancestors in San Francisco before 1906" -- Ralph J. Crandall, Executive Director Emeritus, New England Historic Genealogical Society
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- PublisherCalifornia Genealogical Society
- Publication date2006
- ISBN 10 0967240980
- ISBN 13 9780967240985
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages222
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Raking the Ashes: Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research
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California Genealogical Society, 2006
ISBN 10: 0967240980
ISBN 13: 9780967240985
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RAKING THE ASHES: GENEALOGICAL STRATEGIES FOR PRE-1906 SAN FRANCISCO RESEARCH
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California Genealogical Society, Oakland, 2006
ISBN 10: 0967240980
ISBN 13: 9780967240985
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