  
Humboldt County, California
The CAGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb® Project
Hello,
My Name is Martha and I am your County Coordinator.
I live on the Central Coast of California, so cannot do 'on the ground research in Humboldt County.'
But, that said, I am an experienced Online Researcher and might be able to
help you locate that 'missing piece of your Ancestral Pie'
I can be reached via email: Contact: Martha
Please come back often as there will be new resources as I discover them.
Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies and Pioneers ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Queries and Lookups
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ 'Old Humboldt County Files' ~ Obituaries ~ Newspapers
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~
Native Americans ~ Odds and Ends
"California Corner" ~
Resources with a 'California Flavor' [OffSite]
Humboldt County Neighbors:
Del Norte ~ Trinity ~ Siskiyou & Mendocino
Search Humboldt County
History ~ Biographies and Pioneers ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Queries and Lookups
Humboldt County sits approximately 200 miles north of San Francisco along the Pacific Coast on Hwy 101. Eureka, the county seat, is 278 miles north of San Francisco and 466 miles south of Portland, Oregon. The county encompasses 2.3 million acres, eighty percent of which is timber land and recreation areas. The county is mostly mountainous, except for the level plain that surrounds Humboldt Bay. Elevations run from sea level to 6,934 feet. Located within the county boundaries are 10 state parks, 16 county parks and beaches, recreational areas and reserves, and portions of the National Park and National Forest. Humboldt County was incorporated on May 12, 1853. It's County seat, Eureka, was created on that same date. The county derived its name from Humboldt Bay which was entered by a sea otter party in 1806, but was not rediscovered until 1849. In 1850, Douglas Ottinger and Hans Buhne entered the bay, naming it Humboldt in honor of the great naturalist and world explorer.
And from the Humboldt Wiki ~ The formation of Humboldt County
Books and Biographies
"Davis Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest,
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona"
Edited and Published by:
Ellis A Davis, Berkeley, Calif, 1914
The Whole
Book is here:
Family Search Link
The Humboldt County Men's Index is Here
Read Online or Download
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"History of Humboldt County, California":
With illustrations descriptive of its scenery, farms, residences, public buildings, factories, hotels, business houses, schools, churches, etc., from original drawings, including biographical sketches.
Author: W.W. Elliott & Co Publisher: San Francisco : W.W. Elliott: 1881
This Index is just for the Bios
The full Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download
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"History of Humboldt County, California"
by Leigh H. Irvine Complete in One Volume
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California: 1915
The Biographies from this book have been transcribed:
The
Index and Transcribed Biographies are Here
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"Goin' West: 1830 - 1880"
Compilers: Richard Nelson & Alice, Vols 1 - 4
Richard Nelson & Diana Whitworth, Vols 5 & 6
This is a series of booklets detailing Families and Individuals coming to the Great Northwest,
each Volume is alphabetical.
Family Search has Vol's1 and 4 - 12:
Please use this Link
FS does not have Vols 2 and 3: Here are links to
both of them.
And the 'end all' of California Historical Books
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
<<<New>>>
"Pioneer Days
In
California"
By
John Carr
Historical and Personal Sketches
Eureka,
California
Times Publishing Company, Book and Job Printers: 1891
There is
a lot of very interesting information on Eureka in the Chapters
The TOC is Here
There is no Index, but the Sketches at the end of
the
book are Alphabetical
Two Sections are split:
A > H ~
I > W ~ Searchable pdf's
Read Online or Download
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"Records of the Families Of California Pioneers"
For The Years: 1925-1926 ~ Vol II
Book: Read Online or Download
[FamilySearch]
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Joseph Tracy: Pioneer History
Please Use This Link for the Book
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A Memorial & Biographical
History of
Northern California:
Chicago
:
The Lewis Publishing Company, 1891
The Biographies and Index are here.
Transcribed
by Janice Giachino in 2007
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"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900
Appleton Review
~
Archive.org
[All Volumes]
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Historical
Books: Eclectic Selections
here are quite a few Histories entitled "Bench and
Bar"
These contain biographies of Judges, Lawyers, and Men of the Legal
Profession
The Time Frames: 1887 > 1938
They can all be found here,
Scroll down
The assortment is for California
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Here
is a nice selection of "Who's Who" Books,
These all have interesting bits of
information about a lot of Folks
Here is an extensive list of 'Who's Who' books for California
Scroll Down... Please use
this link
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Heroes of California"
The story of the founders of the golden state as narrated
by themselves or gleaned from other sources
By George Wharton James
Author
of "Through Ramona's Country," "The Old Missions
of california," "The Wonders
of the Colorado Desert," "In and Around the Grand Canyon," etc.
Boston
Little, Brown, and Company: 1910
[Note: There is an Index, TOC, and List of
Illustrations]
<<What's New>>>
Eureka, Humboldt County, CA
1917 Polk Directory "Householders"
Polk's Eureka (Humboldt County,
California) City Directory :
including Arcata, Fortuna, Samoa, Scotia and
rurals - 1917 ~
Index to
Towns
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Ship Registries and Enrollments, port of Eureka, California, 1859-1920
Compiled by
The Survey of Federal Archives
Division of Community Service
Programs
Works Projects Asministration
The National Archives
Cooperating Sponsor
Family Search Collections
Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves]
Church Records[ Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]]
Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records]
Migration - Naturalization - Travel[ Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports]
Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]]
Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home]
Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records]
Maps
David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps [CA}
American Georgaphical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Humboldt State University Map Collection
"Map Geeks" ~ California
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for California~ Railroad Maps, CA
Topo Railroad Map, CA & NV
1886 Map of Humboldt County
1901 Map of Eureka
Spanish Land Grants ~ BLM Records
And, of course, Google Earth
Cities and Census Designated Places in Humboldt County
Queries
Cyndi's List has a nice selection of places to post Queries
Please Use This Link
Lookup Volunteers
I found no list of Volunteers for Butte County. If you have access to local information and are willing to be a resource,
Please contact Martha
For Now, I am the only volunteer:
I have access to 'My Heritage' and Heritage Hub [Newspapers]
Heritage Hub
Extensive list of Newspapers as well as the Collections of NewsBank & Access World News
My Heritage: Library Edition
Census & Voter Lists ~ Histories, Memories & Biographies ~ Birth, Marriage & Death
Public Records ~ Schools & Universities ~ Directories, Guides & References
Maps ~ Immigration & Travel ~ Books & Publications
Military ~ Newspapers ~ Family Trees ~ Photos ~ Government, Land, Court & Wills
I will do limited lookups on My Heritage: contact Martha
Humboldt County "Local Research"
Humboldt County Historical Society
'Research Center' ~ Note, there are fees for Use and Research
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"The Fine Print"
County Coordinator: Martha A C Graham
State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
All materials, images, sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the Humboldt County Coordinator.
All data will stay with the CAGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated: 16 August 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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