California
Genealogical Society Library . . . Link
Free
Records Collections Include:
The CGS
NAMES INDEX, containing more than 410,000 records, is
the index to our largest image collections and numerous
physical books.
Members-Only
Records Collections Include:
Resources
Developed by CGS Members: 1920s
Pedigree Chart Images; 1921 Our Ancestors; 1944 Genealogies;
1950s Pedigree Chart Images; Charles Francis Griffin M.D.
Collection; Frank Covell Manuscript Collection; Frederick S.
Sherman Collection; John Ellis Hale Collection;
San
Francisco Congregational Church Records: Introduction;
Baptisms – 1851 to 1948; First Congregational Church
Membership Listing – 1849 to 1909; Marriages – BRIDE Index –
1897 to 1914/15; Marriages – BRIDE Index – 1920 to 1941;
Marriages – GROOM Index – 1897 to 1914/15; Marriages – GROOM
Index – 1920 to 1941; Third Congregational Church Membership
Listing – 1863 to 1886;
Notices from San Francisco
Newspapers: San
Francisco Divorces 1889 reported in the San Francisco
Chronicle; SF Births July 1, 1904 – June 30, 1905 as
reported in the SF Call; SF Brides July 1, 1904 – June 30,
1905 marriage notices in the SF Call; SF Grooms July 1, 1904
– June 30, 1905 marriage notices in the SF Call;
SF Marriages 1891 notices in
the SF Chronicle;
Early
Arrivals in California: Enrollment Ledger of the
Association of Territorial Pioneers
Peralta Family Tree
California
State Archives . . . Link .
. . Link
to their Collections
Research Tools:
Minerva Online Catalog: Minerva provides access to summary descriptions of the vast documentary treasures maintained by the California State Archives. . . . Link
Online Archive of California: Online Archive of California (OAC) provides free public access to detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by more than 200 contributing institutions throughout California. . . . Link
California Archives Search Portal: The California Archives Search Portal provides increased access to our digital collections and exhibits. The search tool currently uses data from Omeka S. . . . Link
Collections Include: California Constitutions; Family History Resources; Governor's Records; Legislative Resources; Local Government Records; Oral Histories; Photograph Collections; Robert F. Kennedy Assassination Investigation Records; Spanish and Mexican Land Grants; State Agencies and Constitutional Officers Records; Supreme and Appellate Court Records; Trademarks;
California State Library Online
Catalogs . . . Link
Collections
Include:
Online Catalogs (California State Library's multipurpose search tool for finding books, online resources (such as articles and e-books), photographs, videos and more!); Online Collections (Online Exhibits, Digital Collections, Picture Catalog); California History Room; Genealogy; Government Publications; Information Services; San Francisco Sutro Library (Bay Area Genealogy Calendar, Physical Collections, The Sutronian (BiWeekly Blog); Witkin Law Library;
California History Section Includes: California Books; Letters; Maps; Newspapers; Periodicals; Photographs; Ephemeral Items.
Comstock House: Digital Library . . . Link
A collection of digitized original sources related to the history of Comstock House, Sonoma County, period architecture, building materials and construction, Edwardian gardening and the turn-of-the-century lifestyle.
Santa Rosa History . Com: Archives . . . Link
SantaRosaHistory.com provides over 700 original articles on Santa Rosa and Sonoma County history and offers further resources to assist researchers. The blog section of SantaRosaHistory.com is written by Jeff Elliott and mirrors content found in the “I See by the Papers…” section of the Comstock House website (a family of resources additionally covering architecture, house restoration, turn-of-the-century living and events at Comstock House) with material found here presented in a format more compatible with phones and tablets.
Santa Rosa Junior College Libraries
. . . Link
Unfortunately you must be a SRJC student
to search these online, I
think they can be viewed in person though. The library has 60
Databases to search from. Six of those are History. They
are: Academic Search Complete; America: History and
Life with Full Text; History Reference Center; JSTOR; Shared
Shelf.
Sonoma County Library (SCL): Local
History . . .
Link .
. . List of SCL archives here Archive
List
Collections
Include:
Oral
History And Stories, Sonoma County Stories: California
Listens -- Sonoma Wildfire Stories [Videos]; California
Listens -- Stories About Being California [Videos]; History
& Healing After the Fire [Videos]; Sonoma County Stories
-- Voices From Where We Live [Videos].
Historical
Photographs and Postcards: Don
Meacham Photography Collection, 1934-1985; Luther Burbank
Home & Garden Collection; SCL Photograph Collection; SCL
Postcard Collection; Sonoma County Historical Society
Collection; Western Sonoma County Historical Society
Collection;
Topical
Group-Agriculture: North
Bay Diaries; Sonoma County Poultry Collection.
Maps,
Plans and Ephemera: SCL
Map Collection; Sonoma County Advertising and Marketing
Collection; Sonoma County Architectural Drawing and Plans
Collection;
Partner
Collections: Luther
Burbank Home & Gardens; Russian River Historical
Society; SCHS Historical Photographs and Postcards; Sonoma
County Bar Association; Sonoma County Fair; Sonoma Historian
& The Journal; Western Sonoma County Historical Society;
Documents:
Early Sonoma County High School Yearbooks
and Student Publications; Grand Jury Reports; Historical
Newspapers; Sonoma Historian & The Journal;
Sonoma County Wine Library
. . . Link
The Wine Library currently subscribes to
40-plus magazines and journals.
Topical Group-Wine:
Sonoma County Visionaries, about 1865-2005; Speaking of Wine;
Biblioteca Vinaria Sonoma; Wine Photography Collection.
Sonoma State University Library . . . Link to Library . . . Link to
their Collections. .
. or here Archive
List
Special Collections & University Archives is home to Sonoma State University Library's rare books, archives, and manuscript collections. We provide a vibrant, interactive place to conduct research, engage in classes using original sources, and view changing exhibitions. We commit to a concerted focus on voices, knowledge, and memory-making practices historically excluded from the archival record.
Physical
Collections Include:
Bill (William M.) Kortum Papers; Brenda
Starr Comic Collection; C.O.A.A.S.T. Scrapbook Collection;
California Folklore Miscellany; Charles Rhinehart Papers;
Corrick Brown Santa Rosa Symphony Collection; Dawson Lime Kiln
Photograph Collection; Dust Bowl Migration Archive; English
Chapbook Collection; Ernest Hemingway Letters, Ernestine Smith
Papers; Finley-McFarling Genealogy Collection ; Gaye LeBaron
Collection; George McCabe Papers; Hector Lee Folklore
Collection; Hoyt Earthquake Photograph Collection; Iva Warner
Papers; Jack London Collection; John LeBaron Photograph
Collection; John P. Crevelli Papers; John Schubert Russian
River Collection; John Shackelford Taylor Papers; John W.
Hudson Papers; Leopold Justi Papers; Lynn Woolsey
Congressional Papers; Modini Ranch Journals Collection; Nakata
and Stevens Papers; Nellie Tombs Papers; North Bay Ethnic
Archive; Regional Newspapers
Collection; Roland Hauck Papers; Roy Maxwell Talbot
Papers; Simmons-Banta Photograph Collection; Sonoma
County Agriculture, Land Use, and Tourism Collection;
Sonoma County Highways;
Sonoma County Oral History
Project; Sonoma County Preservation Project; Sonoma
County Women’s Oral History Collection; Walt Phillips
Small Press Collection; Windsor
Oral Histories;
Digital
Collections Include:
California
Folklore Digital Collection; Earthquake of 1906 Digital
Collection; Environmental History Digital Collection; Gaye
LeBaron Digital Collection; Lime Kiln Digital Collection;
Modini Ranch Journals Digital Collection; Nellie Tombs Digital
Collection; North Bay Digital Maps; North Bay Ethnic Digital
Collection; Roy Maxwell Talbot Digital Collection; Sonoma
County Agriculture, Land Use, and Tourism Digital Collection;
Student Newspaper Digital Collection; Student Newspaper Index,
1960s–present; University Archives Digital Collection;
Finley-McFarling Website and Database;
Other
Sources Found Here:
Sonoma Historian
Index . . . Link
Sonoma Historian Online . . . . Link
The cumulative index to the Sonoma Historian (1962 - 2021),
the journal of the Sonoma County Historical Society, was
maintained by the Sonoma State University Library Special
Collections department for the historical society until the
end of 2021, when the historical society ceased print
publication of the journal.
Special
Collections Include (May Change): Link
Made in Amache: Objects from a Japanese
American Incarceration Camp
Student Voices: Aa SSU Community Archive
Mapping Our Community: Gaye Lebaron And The Stories Of Sonoma
County
The Sonoma
County History Index . . . Link
The Sonoma County
History Index - a database searchable by subject (places,
names, events, etc.) - is a Sonoma County local history
researcher's tool of first choice.
Western
Sonoma County Historical Society . . . Link
Has a Newsletter:
History Corner can be found at . . . Link
List of
All Libraries in Sonoma County, California . . . Link
California Genealogical Society Library .
. . Link
California State Archives . . . Link
California State Library Online Catalogs . . . Link
Petaluma Museum Research Library . . . Link
Santa Rosa Junior College Libraries . . .
Link
Sonoma County Library: Local History . .
. Link
Sonoma County Wine Library . . . Link
Sonoma State University: Jean and Charles
Schulz Information Center . . . Link