Researching the San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 in the News
By Tony Pettinato on April 18, 2014
An article about the massive 7.9 magnitude earthquake that devastated San Francisco, California, early on the morning of 18 April 1906... (Read More)
Tag: 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Earthquake! Newspapers Record Destruction in California History
By Gena Philibert-Ortega on August 15, 2012
Introduction: Gena Philibert-Ortega is a genealogist and author of the book “From the Family Kitchen.” In this guest blog post, Gena shows how historical newspapers provide excellent coverage of disasters such as earthquakes, including detailed casualty lists helpful to genealogists. Living in California as I do, earthquakes are a fact of life. Because of... (Read More)
