Fred Henchell did a great job leading us through the wreckage of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire, both from the perspective of published accounts and photographs, and his family’s experience including his grandfather’s post- quake photographs. I don’t think there was anyone left unaffected when Fred explained that his grandparents piled what they could carry in the baby carriage, and fled to the ferry landing with Fred’s one year old father clutched in his mother’s arms. They ferried across the bay safely and later the elder Fred Henchell went back and took photographs which our Fred only recently discovered. After this poignant introduction, he did a very thorough job of showing us alternative ways to search out ancestors when the vital records are gone. He also forayed into an area that Linda Colton will continue next month, in tracking his great grandfather who signed onto a ship in Germany, and probably jumped ship in 19th century San Francisco to create a new life. A lively discussion ensued about "lost" records in other places. Thank you from all of us.