Good afternoon liz07-ga and thank you for your question.
I do a lot of genealogical research and in my own searches, I have
come across some useful ways to track down family and owners of
property. One of the best ways I have found to obtain information on
past ownership is to retrieve the property records, which are usually
housed at the County Recorders office.
If you know the name of your subdivision (if there is one) check the
?map books?. These maps might give you the date of the survey, the
date filed, the owners, the designer (if any) of the subdivision.
The San Francisco Assessor-Recorder hold property records (deeds,
notice of sale, conveyance, mortgage, lease, map, and builder's
contract records) from July 1906 through April 1913 on microfilm.
They also hold Real Estate Sales Ledger from 1914 ? 1999 on
microfiche.
Copies of recorded documents (Deeds, Liens, etc.) can ONLY be ordered
in person or by mail. Requests by mail will only be accepted if a
specific document number is provided. Use the Realty Index to locate
block and lot numbers used by the Assessor-Recorder.
A request for a copy of a recorded document can be mailed to the
Assessor-Recorder?s Office. All copy requests must include:
1. The specific document number and recording date
2. A daytime phone number in case there is a question or problem
3. An address to mail the copy
4. A check or money order to cover the document copy fee
Copies of records or papers on file (per page, pages 1 through 3) is
$3.00. Each additional page of same record is $0.50.
An order form can be found at:
( http://www.sfgov.org/site/uploadedfiles/assessor/OnlineDocCopyRequestFormv2.pdf )
Request should be sent to:
S.F. County Assessor-Recorder
1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
City Hall, Room 190
San Francisco, CA 94102
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Another way you might find out who the other owners were is to check
the index to the Great Register of Voters. (1866-1944). The San
Francisco Public Library has this on microfilm, though I don?t know
how complete it is. They are located at:
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
Ph: 415-557-4400
If you can verify the Assembly District in which the house was sited,
you may find the address, name, age, and, sometimes, the occupation
and political affiliation of the building occupants.
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?Reverse directories" list the owner or occupant by street address.
The library might have some of those older directories as well.
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Water connection records can be found at the San Francisco Water
Department. They are located at:
1155 Market Street
San Francisco
You need to find the original application. It might list the original
owner, though it could list a plumber or contractor. It also lists
things like the use of the building, number of rooms, etc.
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This might be a long shot but in order to see if the unit was
originally on that building, you could try searching for the building
at the San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection home page found
at:
( http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/sfhistory/sfphoto.htm )
Viewing and ordering images is limited to Tuesday and Thursday from
1-5pm; and Saturday from 10-Noon and 1-5pm.
If this answer requires further explanation, please request
clarification before rating it, and I'll be happy to look into this
further.
Nenna-GA
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