[GSWarrior]

He said he had examined probate records in 30 places around the country, such as the San Francisco Superior Court. But those records were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake.

I believe I read that the S.F. Superior Court survived the 1906 earthquake.

[Abundy]

The Court survived, but the records did not. They, not the Court, were destroyed - by flooding, IIRC.