I've ordered the film on ILL -- I'll let you know when it gets here. I can take a digital pic of the article & send it to you via e-mail, if you'd like to send me your e-mail address. Mine is deesar[at]frontiernet[dot]net.

It used to be that we could go to the recorder's office & look at the record books directly; however, the State of California has tightened up the rules on doing that. Why someone's privacy in the 1800's need to be protected, I can't say.

You can request birth, marriage & death records, but must pay about $17 or so to get each one. Here's their internet site -- http://www.sbcvote.us/recorder.htm

You can also contact the San Benito Historical Society at http://www.sbchistoricalsociety.org/ -- they will do research for a fee.
Dee