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NORCAL LIBRARY
This is a companion website to NORCAL (Northern California) Genealogy Mailing List
Created 12 April 1998
12 July 2013
10 February 2019
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CALIFORNIA QUICKLINKS
BIRTH RECORDS |
DEATH RECORDS |
Online California Death Indexes & Records (a genealogy guide) (contributed by Joe Beine) |
MARRIAGE RECORDS |
New Additions 3 July 2006
Index to DAR Records of the Families of the CA Pioneers 1-27 | |
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College of Notre Dame, Belmont, CA Alumni Directories 1989 1994 | |
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Index to the Wills and Probate records of Colusa County 1850-1944 compiled by the Colusa County Genealogical Society. | |
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Descendants of Spanish Soldiers (and Sailors) of California, and Spanish Soldiers of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas, 1779-1783 and Louisiana, West Indies, and Provincias Internas | |
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Mission Santa Inez; Baptism Marriage Deaths Mission San Carolos; Births-Deaths Marriages Mission San Gabriel; Birth-Marriage --Death Mission San Juan Bautista; Baptism-Marriage & Death | |
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Sacramento Bee Index M, B & D index 1857-1905. | |
| Roster of California Pioneers (Native Daughters of the Golden West) | |
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Social Security Death Index (SSDI) (FTM) 1937 to 1996. (Provide the name, date of birth or birth (year if you do not have the whole DOB) and a state). |
| Index of Great Registers of CA, Dorothy Lazell Williams |
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Great Register of Modoc County 1890 (alphabetical) |
Contributed by Stan Harris |
| Great Register of 1890 San Mateo Co. |
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| Great Register of Voters CA 1890 from Heritage Quest | Colleen Norby |
| Great Register of 1890 Shasta Co. |
The census districts were based on the voting/election districts. Written Descriptions & Maps 1852, 1860, 1870 & 1880 San Francisco |
1870 SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY CENSUS TRANSCRIPTIONS |
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| San Mateo Co. Index of the 1870 Federal Census |
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| Shasta Co. 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 |
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Sonoma Co. 1860 Compilation of 1890 Reconstructed 1890 |
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| California Mortality Schedules 1850,1860,1870,1880 The California Locator , A Directory of Public Records for Locating People |
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| Historical Atlas of California, by Warren A. Beck and Ynez D. Haase,University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publising Division of theUniversity, 1974 |
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| California Place Names 3rd Ed, 1969, Erwin G. Gudde, UC Press. (Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. Helpful for locating mining camps, and to track name changes |
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| California Gold Camps, Erwin G. Gudde |
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| California Pioneer Register- 1542--1848 Including Inhabitants of California 1769-1800 Extracted from the History of California, By; Hubert Howe Bancroft. |
California County Clerk-Recorder's Information Page (Searchable)
Butte Co. The Paradise Genealogical Library houses obituary card files which contain more than 84,000 records. We have approximately 75, 000 records from 1960-2007 and 9,000 from 1900-1959 all obtained from local Butte County newspapers. The majority are obituaries, but some are death notices only. The letters A, B, C, D and E have been indexed and can be searched online (F is completed and will be added soon). In addition we have 1,300 death notices, short obituaries and full obituaries from 1855-1956. We also have extensive mortuary records. We are constantly working on updating our records as we discover new sources. Our volunteer staff will gladly do free look-ups for those names not yet indexed. We ask a donation of $5 for copies of each obit we are able to find. If you do not find your surname in the online index be sure to ask for a free lookup because the obit may have been received after the index was completed. Go to the Index on line for e-mail or regular mail addresses. You can access the index at California GENWEB - Butte Co. or directly at Paradise Genealogical Society |
Send e-mail requests to: Please put the surname you're looking for in the subject line |
Death/Obituary Index - Butte Democrat, Oroville, CA. - 1859 to 1862 |
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| Colusa Co. Wills and Probate Records 1850-1944. Compiled and published by the Colusa County Genealogical Society, 1989 |
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Kern Co. Recorder's Office Site Marriage index from late 1800's to 1924 and from 1976 to present that is searchable. Click on the document # to get the book and page. When you actually go to the office, some images are available (from Sep. 1996 to present) for marriages. For these, it isn't necessary to ask to view records and wait for a turn behind the counter. To protect privacy, they won't put the images on the Internet. If you would like a transcription of the marriage document, you may request it from Sharon who does Kern County lookups. |
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| Lassen Co. (By Request) Various information ranging from coroner's inquests from 1864 to 1930; military rolls; poll tax rolls; justice court records of the early 1850s, etc. (Over 3,000 files catalogued) |
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| Merced Co. Deaths Vol. 1 1889-1910 Deaths Vol. 2 1911-1916 Deaths Vol. 3 1917-1921 Births Vol. 1 1873-1912 Births Vol. 3 1916-1919 Marriage Books A,B,C,1,2, 1855-1915 Early Naturalization Records 1861-1949 Coroner's Book 1883-1918 Memorial & Biographical Hist. of the Counties of
Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California. The
Lewis Publishing Company - 1892 1855 - 1915 Merced County Marriage Index |
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| San Francisco Co. Probate 1880-1906 Kathleen C. Beals |
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| Marriages 1850-1858 |
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San Francisco County Biographies (Nancy Pratt Melton's Golden Nugget Library) |
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| San Joaquin Co. Marriage Records Nov 1884-Dec 1899 Vol III Index for Probate Records 1850-1900 |
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| San Luis Obispo Co. Pathway to Historic Places |
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| San Mateo Co. Marriages 1853-1899. Index of Vital Records of the San Mateo Co. Times Gazette - 1859 to 1899 |
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| Shasta Co. Early Marriage Index Probate Index 1850-1918 Coroner's Inquest Index 1851-1939 |
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| Sonoma Co. | |
Marriages 1847-1902 Deaths 1873-1905 Delayed Births 1855-1971 |
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Wills and Abstracts 1850-1900 Amended Index Homestead Declarations |
Deneane Ashcraft |
| Yolo Co. | |
| Western Shore Gazetter a link to the Yolo County GenWeb Project (US GenWeb) |
Peggy B. Perazzo |
| Merhoff, Ada. Capay Valley, 1846-1900. Appendices include the Great Register 1866 for the Capay Valley and a genealogy of all residents with a cut-off date of 1900. |
Alturas Death/Obituary Index to the Modoc Independent - Alturas, CA. 1879-1890 |
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Sacramento City Directories - 1853-1982 Sacramento City Phone Books- 1908-1998 |
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| Stockton: Vital Stats 1850-1855 Misc Records Vol III 1856-1862 Deaths Vol II 1856 - 1862 V Births and Marriages Vol IV 1856-1862 Birth, Deaths and Marriages Vol V 1861-1866 (above 1-5 copied from Early Newspapers Stockton, CA) |
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California Counties Maps 1914 contributed by Janie Edwards |
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http://www.notfrisco.com/colmatales/ |
"Death
Notices 1860-1937" Contra
Costa Historical Society, Compiled by Bernard Freedman. Basic information
from obituaries of that period. By no
means complete but if you are looking for a death notice, it might be there
along with basic information. This is in book form as well. Both are on
sale by the Society for $10. plus tax each. However, I would be happy to
do lookups on the disc, if requested.Margie Newton |
| A Few of Our Friends: In the Amador Co. Cemeteries. Cissna, Catherine A. and Madeline Church. Cissna-Luxembert Publishing. Sutter Creek. 1994. (87 pages, table of contents, index. Not a complete listing of the cemeteries, but a wonderful and entertaining collection of stories of some of the inhabitants, mostly from contemporary newspaper articles and background research by the authors.) |
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| Calaveras Co. Vol I Cemeteries |
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| Milton Masonic Cemetery, Calaveras Co. (Names Listed) Web Page | |
| Cemetery Inscriptions of Colusa Co. Volume 1 (includes Arbuckle, College City, Grand Island,John's District) thru 1990 compiled by the Colusa County Genealogical Society. |
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| Cemetery Inscriptions of Colusa Co. Vols. 2 & 3, compiled and published by the Colusa Co. Genealogical Society, 1989 |
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| Historic Consumnes and the Sloughhouse Pioneer Cemetery, Ricketts, Norma Baldwin. Contains listings for all buried in the Sloughhouse Cemetery including biographical information if known. Surnames include: Grimshaw, McCulloh, Rhoads, Sheldon. (Sacramento County) |
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| Contra Costa Co. Pioneer Cemetery Records, Vol. 1 |
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| Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin Co., CA Vol l, II, III |
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| Evergreen Cemetery, Yreka, Siskiyou Co., CA. (alphabetical and location) pub. 1990. |
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| Plainsburg Cemetery Book (Merced Co.) | Alma |
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| Snelling Cemetery Book (Merced Co.) | Alma |
| Sonoma Co. Cemetery Records 1846-1921 | |
| Cemeteries of Sonoma County, A History & Guide by Jeremy Dwight Nichols pub. by Heritage Books ISBN 0-7884-2269-3 | |
| Winton Cemetery Book (Merced Co.) | Alma |
| Yuba Co. Cemeteries: Lofton, Sacred Heart Catholic, Foss Private, Brownsville, Smartville, Peoria Memorial Park, Marysville, Sierra View, Masonic, St. Joseph's Catholic, Camptonville 1 & 2, Wheatland, Timbuctoo, Hanson, Dobbins (Keystone District) |
SCHOOL YEARBOOKS
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Castlemont High School, Oakland CA. 1938 Falconet (Photos and names appear to be only for 12th grade, but class pictures for L 10- H12 are available.) Also all Club and organization have both names and photo, as well as staff. Suzanne Phillips (Can Scan) |
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John Muir Junior High
School San Leandro, CA 1968 - 1969 Elaine
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Oakdale High School 1959,1960,1961 Armendine Berry
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Oakland Technical High, Oakland Jan 1945, Jan 1946, June 1946, Jan 1947 and Jun 1947 Ralph Anderson |
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Oroville Union High School 1921 Marsha Moses |
Pacific High School San
Leandro, CA 1970-1972 Elaine
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RECOLLECTIONS OF A BUSY LIFE by Eli Ruggles 1904 (.pdf) Fernando C. Ruggles, his brother Lyman Ruggles and their families with a cousin (Joel Jackson) came west to Placerville, El Dorado County first in 1850 to mine for gold and then about a year later when they moved to Yolo Co. to buy land on which to farm. |
Contributed by Peggy B. Perazzo |
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A History of the Descendants of David SHRUM, by Virginia Cooley Shrum, 1988 | |
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The LOVEJOY Family by CE Lovejoy The Historic Genealogy of the LOWELLS of America by DR Lowell. | |
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The Family of Henry The Elder, A History of the RHOADS, Du Bois, & Van Meter familes in Am from 1686. Also gives Rhoades, Rhodes, Rhods, Rodes, Rode, Rods, Rhodt, Rodez and related families. | |
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TRUEBLOODS in America by Bula Mae Watson, published by the Trueblood Family in America, 1964 (possibly only copy on West Coast) |
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Captain French's Company to California "The New Orleans Daily Picayune, on May 26, 1850 and again on June 2, 1850, lists "Capt. French's Company." They left New York on the SS Georgia, boarded the SS Falcon in Havana (for New Orleans), and boarded the SS Galveston in New Orleans bound for El Paso, TX, via Indianola and San Antonio. They intended to reach the "land of gold by the overland routethrough Texas." Anyone looking for this Company?" To see actual articles about Capt. French Click Here |
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San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. 1 - Introductory volume lightly touches the period of 1850 - 1875 |
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San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. II San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. IV June 17, 1852-January 6, 1853 | |
| Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild | |
| San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. III (Look Ups Via Email ) Contributed by John |
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California Wagon Train Lists Volume 1 Apr. 5, 1849 - Oct. 20, 1852 |
Going West in the U.S. Contributed by an 11-Year Old Library Student |
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| What is the Oregon Trail? |
Trails West A map of Early Western Migration Trails |
California Bound (sfgenealogy) formerly the works of John Ireland |
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Complete Tour of the Pacific Railroad from Omaha, NE. to San Francisco in 1879 This site has the complete tour of the Pacific Railroad from Omaha to San Francisco in 1879. It is the first guide book published of the route. There are descriptions of what to see in Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada and California with a more complete look at Virginia City and San Francisco. Contributed by Bill Roddy |
MINING
A Tour Through The Western Marble Regions (of California) – III |
Contributed by Peggy Perazzo |
Quicksilver, The Complete History of Santa Clar County's New Almaden Mine by Jimmie Schneider (Zella Schneider 1992) ISBN 0-9634577-0-5 Indexed many names (primarily Cornish) |
Peggy Perazzo's Stone Quarries & Beyond Site:
"The Missions of California" (pdf), by Eugene Leslie Smyth, Chicago: Alexander Belford & Co., 1899
HISTORY BOOKS
Sacramento Valley and Foothill Counties of California: An Illustrated Description of all the Counties Embraced in this Richly Productive Geographical Subdivision of the Golden State. Compiled and edited by Emmett Phillips and John H. Miller. Published under the direction of teh Sacramento Valley Exposition, J.A. Filcher, Director-in-Chief, January 1915. The following counties are included in this booklet: Amador, Butte, Colusa, El Dorado, Glenn, Nevada, Placer, Plumas, Sacramento, Shasta, Solano, Sutter, Trinity, Tehama, Yolo and Yuba transcribed and contributed by Peggy B. Perazzo |
| Amador County History published by the Amador County Federation of Women's Clubs April 1927 (indexed) | Nan Wolf |
| History of Butte County 1918 by George C. Mansfield, a reproduction or re-edition (2 vol set). One book is the index and the second is biographies. The first has information about the county and places and events in the county history. The second is just biographies. | Margie Newton |
| History of California By Hubert Howe Bancroft. (7 Volumes) and the Zamrano Club's Index to the History. |
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| Historic Spots in California, 3rd ed., Hoover, Mildred; Rensch, Hero; Rensch, Ethel 1966 |
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| Los Fundadores, (lists "the first families of California and also all other persons with family names that were in California 1769-1785 except those who died at San Diego in 1769") Rowland, Leon, 1951 |
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| History of Lake County, California 1881 | Margie Hinton |
| Men of the California Bear Flag Revolt and their Heritage, Warner, Barbara, 1996 | Harriett Speegle |
Siskiyou County Italians: Cultural and Economic Contributions Books I and II by E. Mary Salanti Silva. A collection of documents, data and over 120 oral histories, covering the period between the late 1800s to 2007-- nearly 1,000 names appear in the book. It contains over 350 photos and provides an overview of life in the now disappearing lumber towns and industry in No. California. Can do lookups. Visit My Website |
Mary Silva |
| Clarksburg Delta Community
by Shipley Walters, Yolo County Historical Society, Woodland, California,
1988. Woodland City of Trees, A History by Shipley Walters, Yolo County Historical Society, Woodland, California, 1995. Yolo County-Land of Changing Patterns (an illustrated history) by Joann L. Larkey and Shipley Walters, Windsor Publications, Inc., 1987. |
California Genealogical & Historical Societies Index contributed by Carolyn Feroben
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History of the California Gold Rush contributed by Megan Potter, Drama Program Coordinators with "Enriching Kids" History of the California Gold Rush |
CAGenWeb |
| California As I First Saw It (searchable) First Person Narratives of California's Early Years 1849-1900 General Collections and Rare Book and Special Collections Division |
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| Marriages on the Pacific Coast 1872 Death Records on the Pacific Coast 1872 Notaries Public from the California Blue Books & Governmental Rosters contributed by Nancy Pratt Melton |
Golden Nugget Library by Nancy Pratt Melton |
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