Hello Elaine and Eric, I've found a little resource and would like to pass it along. Haven't found any information yet on my quest for Margaret Borba Dutra Reynolds nor her children.
Elaine I took your advice and phoned the Santa Clara County Library. They have the San Jose Mercury News back to the 1980's to present. They suggested I phone the San Jose library where they were very helpful. The do have the records on microfilm back to the late 1800's. They offer inter library loan which I may have sent to my local library or possibly see if the Sacramento State Library might have them on film. http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/ca/ Here's an online digital collection database from the California Room of the San Jose library. They have old online collections at http://digitalcollections.sjlibrary.org/cdm4/aboutcollection.php?CISOROOT=/arbuckle where you'll find this link via the link above. Take a look at the right hand side of the page where it says FEATURED COLLECTIONS. Under this section you'll see San Jose City Directories. Very nice scanned copies of old 1800's and early 1900 directories. One of the directories indicated there were newspapers at the time period I'm seeking called: San Jose Post, Mercury Herald, Evening News, The Union, Santa Clara Journal and the Santa Clara News. My last trip to the State library in Sacramento reminded me of the importance of know all the newspapers for a particular area you're researching. When I did this on another project it really helped to know what films to pull and search. Hope this helps another. Robin Borba Besotes -- 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."
