Humboldt County, CA

Humboldt County, California
The CAGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb® Project

Hello,
My Name is Martha and I am the Humboldt 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 added 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 ~ Odds and Ends

Humboldt County Neighbors:
Del Norte ~ Trinity ~ Siskiyou & Mendocino

Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ 'Old Humboldt County Files' ~ Obituaries ~ Newspapers
Vital Records ~ "B ~ M ~ D's"
Family Search has a wealth of Vital Records ~ There are two separate Sections:
Catalog Filmed Items ~ Searchable Databases

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FS Historical Images Collection
Vital Records for Eureka, FS Historical Images; Linked Searchable PDF
Marriage Licenses: Files & Indexes Linked Searchable PDF

Catalog Films: Vital Records
1293772 - Vital Records
Item 1, Birth Register, 1873 - 1903,Index, Img's 4 - 156, [Really Hard to Read] Records mixed in with the Index pages.
Item 2, Death Register, Bk 1, 1873 - 1898, Images 158 - 234
Item 3, Death Register, Bk 2, 1898 - 1925, Images 236 - 300
Item 4, Marriages [Men], Bk 1, 8 Jan 1873 - 14 Apr 1896, Alpha, Images 302 - 371
Item 5, Marriages, [Men] Bk 2, 26 Apr 1896 - 4 Jun 1911, Images 373 - 422
Item 6, Marriages [Women] Bk 1, 8 Jan 1873 - 14 Apr 1896, Alpha, Images 424 - 496
Item 7, Marriages [Women] Bk 2, 1898 - 1925, Images 498 - 546
Item 8, Marriage Licenses [Index] Bk A, 1864 - Nov 1872, Beg w/B, 563 - 576, Records Follow: Hand Written in lined notebook. Images 577 - 765
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1293773, Vital Records
Item 1, Marriage Licenses, Bk C, Jan 1873 - Aug 1877, Images 4 - 196 [No Index]
Item 2, Marriages, Bk D, Aug 1877 - Aug 1880, Images 198 - 366 [No Index]
Item 3, Marriage Licenses, Bk E, Aug 1880 - Apr 1885, Images 368 - 664 [No Index]
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1293774 - Vital Records
Item 1, Marriage Licenses, [cont'd] Feb 1885 - Jul 1885, Images 3 - 37
Item 2, Marriage Licenses, Bk F, Jul 1885 - Jun 1889, Images 40 - 360
Item 3, Marriage Licenses, Bk G, Jul 1889 - Oct 1891, Images 362 - 589 [To Be Cont'd]
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1293775 - Vital Records
Item 1, Marriage Licenses [Cont'd], Oct 1891 - Nov 1892, Images 5 - 103
Item 2, Marriage Licenses, Bk H, Nov 1892 - Jan 1896, Images 107 - 428
Item 3, Marriage Licenses, Bk I, Feb 1896 - Nov 1898, Images 431 - 664 [To Be Cont'd]
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1293776 - Vital Records
Item 1, Marriage Licenses, [Cont'd], Nov 1898 - Oct 1899, Images 4 - 94
Item 2, Marriage Licenses, Bk K, Oct 1899 - Sep 1902, Images 96 - 423
Item 3, Marriage Licenses, Bk L, Sep 1902 - Jun 1904, Images 426 - 687 [To Be Cont'd]
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1293777 - Vital Records
Item 1, Marriage Register, 1904, Images 2 - 84
Item 2, Marriage Licenses, 1904, Images 86 - 166
Item 3, Death Register, Bk 1, Mar 1877 - Sep 1896, Images 168 - 244
Item 4, Death Register, Bk 2, 1898 - 1925, Images 247 - 310
Item 5, Birth Register, 1895 - 1899, Images 314 - 340
Item 6, Birth Certificates, Images 341 - 357
Item 7, Delayed Births, 1880 - 1905, Images 359 - 801 [No Index]
Item 8, Birth Register, 1859 - ?, Images 804 - 810
Item 9, Birth records, 1901, Index: Images 813-825, Records Follow: 824 - 883
Then: New Index, 1902, Images 884 - 896, records Follow: 897 - 947
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1293778 Vital Records
Item 1, Birth Records [cont'd], Sep 1902 - Nov 1902, Images 2 - 18
Item 2, Deaths [Register] Bk 1, Jul 1898 - Aug 1905, Images 21 - 54 [No Index] Chronological
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Family Search: Searchable Databases: "Collections: California Only"
California Birth Index, 1905-1995
California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988
California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994
California, Church Records, 1864-1985
California Marriages, 1850-1945 ~ California, County Marriages, 1850-1953
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
Note: FS has a set of Films which contain all sorts of vitals extracted from local Newspapers,
Divorces are included. ~ Please use this Link
California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000
California Death Index, 1905-1939 ~ California Death Index, 1940-199

I found an old list of Marriages that the Humboldt Gen Soc compiled in 1979.
Dates: 1864 - 1944
Please use this link for the file.
The people listed on the above file can be found on this database:
California Marriages, 1850-1945
and...
The FS Catalog has this extensive collection of vitals for all of California
Please Use This Link for a linked and searchable pdf

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Marriage Records: Humboldt County 'Neighbors'
Remember: Folks often 'Ran Away' to be married...
So, Here are Marriage Records from the Historical Image Section

Del Norte: Marriages ~ Film 1293771
Items 5, 6, 7. 8 1857-1905

Item 5, Bk A, Jun 1857 - Oct 1878
Images 5 - 177, Documents
Indexes, Women, 322-335 / Men, 309-321

Item 6, Bk B? Dec 1879 - Nov 1894
Images 337-515
Indexes, Men 516-528 / Women, 529-541

Item 7 Bk C, Dec 1894 - Aug 1901
Images 543 - 600, No Index

Item 8, Bk D, Oct 1901 - Sep 1912
Index, Images 604-630
Images 632 - 673, Documents
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Trinity: Marriages~ Marriage License Indexes ~ Film 1293779
Items 5: 1857-1905,
Image 274 - 323

Item 6 Bk H,1857-1881
Image 326 - 520
These are the records for the Index in Item 5.
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Marriage Licenses ~ Film 1293780
Items 1 & 2
Vols 1 & 2 1881-1905

Record of Marriages, 1893-1894
Item 1, 1881-1902, "Register"
Images 5 - 192

Item 2, Bk 2, Women Listed First, 1902
Index: Images 196 - 221
Documents follow: Images, 222 - 251

Item 3, 1893-1894
Marriage 'Record'
Men Listed First ~ Images 256 - 268
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Mendocino County Marriage Films

California Folk also left the State to Wed...
NV & AZ are a bit of a distance, but Oregon is not...
Oregon
1849 - 1884 ~ 1991 - 2006 ~ 1853 - 1935 ~ 1849 - 1952 ~ 1851 - 1975

Sign into your FS Account, then use the above links

Note: I found no Marriage Resources for Siskiyou County

"Littlefield Family Miscellaneous Marriages", July 1995 Newsletter
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The Cemeteries of Humboldt County
There are some Transcriptions that were found in the FS Book Section
Blue Lake Cemetery [2007]
Greenwood Cemetery [Film 558291 - Image 942 -FS]
Or go Here for Jpg's of the Pages [IceDrive]
Hydesville, IOOF Cemetery [2000]
Iaqua Cemetery [2010]
Myrtle Grove [Film 558291- Images 943-952 ] ~ Booklet of Burials [2004]
Odd Fellows Cemetery [Film 558289 - Images 1243-1247]
Rohnerville Cemetery Survey [Old - Huge File]
Scottsville: "History and Some Families" [2006]
St Mary's Catholic [2004]

The Folks over at Genealogy Trails have some interesting data which includes Cemeteries
Access Genealogy has some records too.
And lastly: USGenWeb Archives has three Cem Transcriptions

Here is the List of Cemeteries on F~A~G

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'Old Humboldt County Files'
Ferndale Notes ~ 8th District Court Records [Transcribed Notes from Ct Ledgers]
In 1996 when I was the first Humboldt County Coordinator, Dennis Edline
contacted me about a Research Project he had worked on for a good long time.
I agreed to post the files to the Web Pages.
The File can be found here, it is all about homes in the area, a really
interesting piece of history.
Thanks again Dennis!

Miscellaneous Obituaries from the files of J D Saunders
Obituary Collection: Family Search, Info from various FS State Dbs

Sequoia HighSchool Year Books [Eureka]
1961 ~ 1962 ~ 1963
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Obituaries
Many years ago, Marilyn Keach Milota compiled an index for Obituaries
from Humboldt Local newspapers.
The complete book is in the FHL in Salt Lake City.
Several years ago, I copied the Alpha pages A - L, but never got back to do the rest.
The book is copyrighted, and permission to view is disabled.
The Index is here
The Two Sets of Alpha Pages are here: A - E ~ F - L

It is possible that the Obits may be found in some CA Digital Newspapers
and I am willing to try and find them.
Contact: Martha
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Newspapers
This Site has a great collection of CA Digital Newspapers: Use this Link
There are two Newspapers for Humboldt County in the CA Digital Collection
Blue Lake Advocate (Blue Lake, 1888-1969)
Humboldt Times (Eureka, 1874-1925)
More Free Newspaper Collections

Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives
Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection
Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free]
There are Microfilmed Newspapers hidden in the Archive.org Pages
I found a batch of old Los Angeles Times and I know there are more.
But it takes creative searching to find them.
So, For Now here is a list of old California Newspapers
Use this link, find a title of interest and plug it into the Archive.org Search.

"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: 25 March 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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