Golden Nugget Library's
California Statewide Databases

Updated March 23, 2013

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I have read the book, "The Mount Veeder Resort - A History of Napa County Settlers" by Cecelia Setty. It's a fascinating look at the early settlers in the Napa area. I recommend the book.

Biographies (Updated Weekly)

|Amador County|     |Butte County|     |Calaveras County|     |Colusa County|     |El Dorado County|     |Glenn County|     |Humboldt County|     |Imperial County|     |Nevada County|     |Orange County|     |Placer County|     |Plumas County|     |Riverside County|     |San Bernardino County|     |San Diego County|     |San Mateo County|     |Shasta County|     |Sierra County|     |Siskiyou County|     |Stanislaus County|     |Sutter County|     |Tehama County|     |Tuolumne County|     |Ventura County|     |Yolo County|     |Yuba County|

|PETER LASSEN|     |FREDERICK ADAMS, Santa Cruz Co.|     |ABRAHAM JAY BUCKLES, Solano Co.|     |JESSE D. CARR, Monterey Co.|     |HON. E. P. COLGAN, Sonoma Co.|     |HIRAM COREY, Monterey Co.|     |GEORGE W. COULTER, Mariposa Co.|     |LELAND MORRIS CRAWFORD, Santa Barbara Co.|     |TIMOTHY J. CROWLEY, Marin Co.|     |FRANK H. FARRAR, Merced Co.|     |THOMAS FLINT, MD., San Benito Co.|     |ALEXANDER FRANCIS HARMER, Santa Barbara Co.|     |PERCY C. HECKENDORF, Santa Barbara Co.|     |HON. WILLIAM J. HILL, Monterey Co.|     |DAVID SHEPARD LICKER, Santa Barbara Co.|     |ROBERT WILKIN McINTYRE, Santa Barbara Co.|     |DUNCAN McPHERSON, Santa Cruz Co.|     |JOHN F. McSWAIN, Merced Co.|     |LINCOLN ELLSWORTH MOSES, Santa Barbara Co.|     |JAMES BICKLE RICKARD, Santa Barbara Co.|     |JAMES RUSSELL ROSE, Sonoma Co.|     |FRANCIS E. SPENCER, Santa Clara Co.|     |WILLIAM VANDERHURST, Monterey Co.|     |RICHARD HENRY WARFIELD, Sonoma Co.|     |THE RIGHT REV. JOHN HENRY WINGFIELD, Solano Co.|     |GEN. ALBERT MAVER WINN, Sonoma Co.|    

Link: Who's Who In California - 1929 by Detwiler  (Internet Archive)
Index to California Pioneers in the Works of Hubert Bancroft  (SFgenealogy.com)

Births - Deaths

New Link: California Birth Index 1905-1995 (Donated by SFgenealogy.com)
New Link: California Death Index 1940-1997 (Donated by SFgenealogy.com)
Link: Pre-1905 Death Index (by the Phoenix Project)
Link: California Death Index 1940-1997 (Rootsweb.com)

Cemeteries

Link: Nevada County Historic Cemeteries
Link: Butte County Cemeteries  Paradise Cemetery Publication 1852-2010

Churches

California State Sunday School Convention - Held In San Jose 1871
St. John's Catholic Church Business Directory, King City, Monterey Co. - 1915
Directory of New Monterey Baptist Church, Monterey - 1920's
Cry of the West - The Mighty Struggle for Religious Freedom in California  (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
Community Methodist Church History, Ione, Amador Co., California 1852-1945 (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)

Directories

1856 Miner's & Business Men's Directory - Tuolumne, Calaveras & San Joaquin Counties   (Text)
1880-81 McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory - All California Counties (Business Directory - Images)
1888 Farley's List of California's Attorneys
1896-97 Milliken's City Directory of Pomona, Los Angeles Co. (Images - Business & Residential Directory)
1898 California Telephone Directory (Images)
Link: 1902-03 F. M. Husted's San Jose City & Santa Clara County Directory (Googles Books)
Link: 1907 San Diego City & County Directory (Googles Books)
1908-09 California's Attorneys & Banker's Directory (by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
1914 Richmond City Directory (Contra Costa County)    (Images at Internet Archive)
Link: 1915 Modesto, Turlock & Stanislaus County Directory (Google Books)
1916 Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, & Palo Alto Telephone Directory
Link: 1921 Santa Cruz County Directory (Googles Books)
1931 Counties: Sacramento, Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Solano, Sutter, Yolo
         & Yuba Telephone Directory*  (Images)  
1938 Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directory (Images)
1939 Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directory (Images)
 1940 Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara & Sonoma Telephone
           Directory*  (Images)
 1941 Counties: Sacramento, Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Yolo,
           & Yuba and part of Sierra and Solano Telephone Directory*  (Images)
1942 Counties: Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Co's Telephone Directory. (Images)
 1944 Counties: Sacramento, Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Yolo,
              & Yuba and part of Sierra and Solano Telephone Directory*    (Images)
1945 Counties: Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Co's Telephone Directory. (Images)
 1946 Counties: Sacramento, Amador, Butte, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Yolo,
              & Yuba and part of Sierra and Solano Telephone Directory*    (Images)
1947-48 Glenn County Directory (Images)
1951 Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park & Stanford University Telephone Directory    (Images)
San Mateo County Directories

Educational Institutions

University of California Directory of Graduates 1864 - 1905 (Published by UC Berkeley 1905)
CR High Seventh Intermediate School, Palo Alto, Cal. 1924  ("Robert Winborn 7a" written on back.)
Alderpoint Grammar School Program 1937, Alderpoint, Humboldt County (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor from Arthur D. Wilkinson's Collection-Thanks!)
Lindsay High School Yearbook 1947, Lindsay, Tulare County (Donated by Phyllis Woodward Schottky - Thanks!)
Mariposa County High School Yearbook 1940, Mariposa, Mariposa County (Donated by Andrew Schottky - Thanks!)
Mariposa County High School Yearbook 1941, Mariposa, Mariposa County (Donated by Andrew Schottky - Thanks!)
Mariposa County High School Yearbook 1942, Mariposa, Mariposa County (Donated by Andrew Schottky - Thanks!)
Mariposa County High School Yearbook 1943, Mariposa, Mariposa County (Donated by Andrew Schottky - Thanks!)
Mariposa County High School Yearbook 1945, Mariposa, Mariposa County (Donated by Andrew Schottky - Thanks!)
St. Helena Union High School Yearbook 1924, St. Helena, Napa County (Donated by Suzanne Hoyt - Thanks!)
St. Helena Union High School Yearbook 1925, St. Helena, Napa County (Donated by Suzanne Hoyt - Thanks!)
St. Helena Union High School Yearbook 1926, St. Helena, Napa County (Donated by Suzanne Hoyt - Thanks!)
St. Helena Union High School Yearbook 1927, St. Helena, Napa County (Donated by Suzanne Hoyt - Thanks!)
Shasta Union High School Commencement Program 1942, Redding, Shasta County (Donated by EdrieAnne Broughton - Thanks!)
Directory of California Superintendents of Schools 1946 (All Counties)
Directory of Supervisors & Directors Of Instruction In California Elementary Schools 1947 (All Counties by Betty Vickroy - Thanks!)