Name1:

Name2:

Society:

Enter one or two names above to search the NAME field of the database. Any punctuation marks such as apostrophes and commas are ignored. So, for example, if you are searching for O'CONNELL, the search will look for OCONNELL, which doesn't exist; use CONNELL instead. Also, any capitalization is ignored. Searching by society only is allowed; see link to list below.

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This database (aka “The Wrindex” and “The Early San Francisco Newspaper Index”) was compiled by Thomas J. Wrin, a descendant from Captain Michael J. Wrin, a San Francisco businessman who was one of the most active organizers of Irish societies in early San Francisco. The listings were drawn from the sources listed below. This copyrighted database was donated in 2022 to SFgenealogy by Mary Ringstad, the daughter of Mr. Wrin.

The nearly 2,300 Irish societies referenced in the database are defined as all organizations, clubs, militias, associations, societies, parishes, sodalities, schools, leagues, teams, institutions, ad hoc committees, alliances, brotherhoods, military units, councils, circles, institutes, unions (other than labor unions), confraternities, conventions, guilds, conferences, confederations, orders, bureaus and other combinations formed to accomplish objectives best attained with the strength of numbers. Most political organizations and labor unions have generally been omitted or only partially indexed.

Thomas and Regina Wrin donated microfilms of early San Francisco newspapers, census and city directories to the Patrick J. Dowling Library at the United Irish Cultural Center of San Francisco. This microfilm collection was used to create the database. If any of the listings cannot be found elsewhere, this library may have a copy.

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