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NORCAL LIBRARY
This is a companion website to NORCAL (Northern California) Genealogy Mailing List
Created 12 April 1998
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22
Mar.2008
For a lookup, please click on the blue hypertext which will take you to a message window addressed to the lookup volunteer. Please be brief, clear and concise in your request and reference specifically the book or index in your subject line (ie: "LOOKUP: Wagon Train Lists) if a subject line doesn't default. Provide your name & email address.
Don't forget - these are volunteers and a "THANK YOU" is always appreciated!
Also check out NORCAL GENEALOGY RESOURCE CENTER (formerly the NORCAL GENEALOGY INDEX)
for excellent sources and information now located sfgenealogy
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. | |
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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 |
| 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)
| 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 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 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. |
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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"Death
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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
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| 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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| Anderson Pioneer Cemetery Cottonwood Cemetery Anderson, Shasta, CA. It is the old unusedcemetery accross town from the used Cemetery. Anderson is about 8 miles from Redding and and about 8 miles from Tehama Co. Line. Cottonwood is also in Shasta Co. the cemetery is about 2 miles from the Tehama Countyline. Part of Cottonwood is now Tehama Co.Anderson is about 10,000 pop and Cottonwood is about 6,000 |
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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 |
| Shasta Valley Cemetery District, which includes Evergreen, St. Josephs's, Edgewood, Foothill, Gazelle, Little Shasta and Montague cemeteries through 1990 |
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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 | Yvonne Bowers |
| 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) |
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Encina
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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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Pacific High School San
Leandro, CA 1970-1972 Elaine
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| California Family Group Sheets | |
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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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Capt. 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 |
RAIL
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) |
Sacramento Valley Raisins 1915
contributed by Peggy B. Perazzo
MILITARY
Honor Roll, Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces during the World War by the State of California; Adjutant General Office; Sacramento, published 1921 (Only lists the name of the person, what Branch of the Military they were in i.e. Army, Navy, Marines, and where they were from. For the Navy, it is sub-divided by enlisted men, and for the rank of chief and above with the rank, listed.- George) |
George Rushton |
| 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 |
| 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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| Virtual Surname Wall (SCGS) |
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| 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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| California Historical Society Quarterly Index V 1-40, 1922-1961 |
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| C.I.F. (California Information File) Excellent Resource! |
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| Land of Golden Dreams - the Goldrush Decade 1848-1858 Online exhibit contains many of the materials available in the California Gold Rush exhibit at the Huntington Library and Art Gallery in San Marino, Ca. The items include original documents and diaries, illustrations, maps, letters, rare books, and photographs. Each item is interpreted in detail, and translated when needed. This is an excellent online resource for students of the Gold Rush; the exhibit was at the Huntington until September 10, 2000 |
Who registered for the US military draft in 1917-1918. Some are from Cornwall, others will show where Cornish lived prior to coming to Nevada Co., California, USA. (Download 540kb) |
| "How To" Page (search engines, directories, etc.) by Phil Van Camp |
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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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