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Biographies

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JAMES K. ABERCROMBE, Tulare Co.|     |FREDERICK ADAMS, Santa Cruz Co.|     |DR. THEODORE LEON ALTHAUSEN, Marin Co.|     |HARRY SUGG BAKER, Fresno Co.|     |WALTER STODDARD BATTERMAN, Monterey Co.|     |KENNETH K. BECHTEL, Marin Co.|     |ABRAHAM JAY BUCKLES, Solano Co.|     |JESSE D. CARR, Monterey Co.|     |REV. ELI McCLISH, D.D., Napa Co.|     |HON. E. P. COLGAN, Sonoma Co.|     |TIMOTHY E. COLVIN, Contra Costa Co.|     |HON. PHILIP CONLEY, Fresno 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.|     |JAMES H. FREEMAN, Contra Costa Co.|     |ALEXANDER FRANCIS HARMER, Santa Barbara Co.|     |PERCY C. HECKENDORF, Santa Barbara Co.|     |HON. WILLIAM J. HILL, Monterey Co.|     |JOHN R. HOOKER, Sonoma Co.|     |EDWIN E. HUDDLESON, Santa Clara Co.|     |GILBERT H. JERTBERG, Fresno Co.|     |PETER LASSEN|     |DOCTOR RUSSEL VAN ARSDALE LEE, Santa Clara Co.|     |DAVID SHEPARD LICKER, Santa Barbara Co.|     |HON. HENRY EWALTZ McCUNE, Solano Co.|     |ROBERT WILKIN McINTYRE, Santa Barbara Co.|     |HON. LOUIS McMURTRY, San Luis Obispo Co.|     |DUNCAN McPHERSON, Santa Cruz Co.|     |JOHN F. McSWAIN, Merced Co.|     |WARREN WALTER MACKALL, Santa Clara Co.|     |FRANK EDWARD MARSH, Marin Co.|     |LINCOLN ELLSWORTH MOSES, Santa Barbara Co.|     |JOHN EDWARD O'NEILL, Fresno Co.|     |ALBERT MILES PAUL, Fresno Co.|     |EDWARD PORTER PFINGST, Santa Cruz Co.|     |MARTIN POLIN, San Luis Obispo Co.|     |DR. OSCAR MARTIN POLIN, San Luis Obispo Co.|     |FRANCIS PRICE, Santa Barbara Co.|     |JAMES BICKLE RICKARD, Santa Barbara Co.|     |HON. ELERT A. RIZOR, Santa Barbara Co.|     |C. RAY ROBINSON, Merced Co.|     |LESLIE CHARLES ROGERS, Napa Co.|     |JAMES RUSSELL ROSE, Sonoma Co.|     |CLAUDE L. ROWE, Fresno Co.|     |MILO E. ROWELL, JR., Fresno Co.|     |GLENN THEODORE SEABORG, Contra Costa Co.|     |THEODORE HAMMOND SMITH, Santa Cruz Co.|     |FRANCIS E. SPENCER, Santa Clara Co.|     |THOMAS MORE STORKE, Santa Barbara Co.|     |WILLIAM VANDERHURST, Monterey Co.|     |RICHARD HENRY WARFIELD, Sonoma Co.|     |THE RIGHT REV. JOHN HENRY WINGFIELD, Solano Co.|     |GEN. ALBERT MAVER WINN, Sonoma Co.|    

Noted Californians 1929 Published by Noted Californians Co.   (Pdf files)
One Hundred Years of Freemasonry in California Vol. 1 (Biographical Sketches) by Leon O. Whitsell  (Transcribed by Marilyn Pankey - Thanks!)
Biographies from "Place Names of the High Sierra" 1926 by Francis P. Farquhar  (Transcribed by Marilyn Pankey - Thanks!)

Cemeteries

Union Cemetery Burial Index, Roseville, Placer County, CA 1869-2012  (Donated by Kathie Kloss Marynik - Thanks!)

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
Nevada-Sierra Baptist Convention, Loyalton, Ca. - 1920 - Pdf
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!)
First Baptist Church Directory, Modesto, Stanislaus Co. 1964

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)
1908-09 California's Attorneys & Banker's Directory (by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
1916 Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, & Palo Alto Telephone Directory
1930 Stockton Telephone Directory - Including Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Tuolumne Cos. (Pdf files)
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)
1943 Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directory (Pdf files)
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)
1947 Santa Cruz County Telephone Directory (Pdf files)
1947 Stockton, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directory (Pdf files)
1948 Stockton, Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directory (Pdf files)
1951 Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park & Stanford University Telephone Directory   (Images)
1952 Lodi City & Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directory (Pdf files)
1955 Lodi City & Calaveras, San Joaquin, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Telephone Directory (Pdf files)
1960 Polk's Modesto City Directory (Including: Turlock, Oakdale, Ceres, Denair, Hughson, Keyes, Riverbank & Salida.)
1958-1962 Modesto & Stanislaus County Business Directory (Pdf files)

Educational Institutions

Alderpoint Grammar School Program 1937, Alderpoint, Humboldt County (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor from Arthur D. Wilkinson's Collection-Thanks!)
1993 Baechtel Grove Middle School Yearbook, Willits, Mendocino County  (Pdf files)
1924 Chico State College Yearbook - Alumni & Student Directory pgs 71-81  (Pdf files)
1937 Chico High School Yearbook, Chico, Butte County  (Pdf files)
Directory of Eureka City Schools 1952-1953 (Transcribed by Jeanne S. Taylor - Thanks!)
Tulare County Washington School PTA 1938-39, (Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!)
Tulare County Washington School PTA 1940-41, (Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!)
Lindsay High School Yearbook 1945, Lindsay, Tulare County (Donated by Pamela Woodward Melton - Thanks!)
Lindsay High School Yearbook 1946, Lindsay, Tulare County (Donated by Pamela Woodward Melton - Thanks!)
Lindsay High School Yearbook 1947, Lindsay, Tulare County (Donated by Phyllis Woodward Schottky - Thanks!)
Lindsay High School Yearbook 1948, Lindsay, Tulare County (Donated by Pamela Woodward Melton - 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!)
1922 Marysville High School Yearbook, Marysville, Yuba County  (Pdf files)
1923 Marysville High School Yearbook, Marysville, Yuba County  (Pdf files)
Roosevelt School Graduation Exercises, Modesto, CA 1934  (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
Directory of Modesto City Schools 1937-1938, Modesto, CA  (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1959 Thomas Downey High School Supplemental Student Directory, Modesto, Stanislaus Co. CA  (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1962-63 Thomas Downey High School Student Directory, Modesto, Stanislaus Co. CA  (Pdf files)
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!)
CR High Seventh Intermediate School, Palo Alto, Cal. 1924  ("Robert Winborn 7a" written on back.)
1916 Rio Vista Joint Union High School Yearbook, Solano County  (Pdf files)
1938 Roseville Union High School Yearbook, Roseville, Placer County  (Pdf files)
1932 Roseville Union High School Yearbook, Roseville, Placer County  (Pdf files)
1936 San Jose Technical Torch Yearbook, San Jose, Santa Clara County (Pdf files)
Shasta Union High School Commencement Program 1942, Redding, Shasta County (Donated by EdrieAnne Broughton - Thanks!)
Strathmore Union High School Yearbook 1941, Tulare County (Donated by Keith W. Melton - Thanks!)
Strathmore Union High School Yearbook 1942, Tulare County (Donated by Keith W. Melton - Thanks!)
Strathmore Union High School Yearbook 1943, Tulare County (Donated by Keith W. Melton - Thanks!)
Strathmore Union High School Yearbook 1944, Tulare County (Donated by Keith W. Melton - Thanks!)
1921 Woodland High School Yearbook, Woodland, Yolo County  (Pdf files)
1918 Woodland High School Yearbook, Woodland, Yolo County  (Pdf files)

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!)

Colleges

San Jose State Teachers College Graduates 1862-1928 by Estelle Greathead (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
State of California Teaching Credential - Santa Barbara 1923 for Ida Crickmer (Pdf file)
University of California Directory of Graduates 1864 - 1905 (Published by UC Berkeley 1905)
Vaca Valley Union Grammar School Graduation Program 1938, Suisun, Solano County 

Gold Rush!

Argonauts Of California - Pioneer Assns. & 1849 Passenger Lists   (by C. W. Haskins 1890)

Government

Nevada County Deed - 1868  (Names Listed: Roberts, Sims, McGuire & Willitt)
Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1877
Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1878
Notaries Public (1886-1909 Elected Office--all counties)  
California State Asylum, Stockton, Napa, Agnews, Mendocino & Oakland 1891 - Employes (California Blue Book)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Navy Department - Mare Island Navy Yard & Station 1903 (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Biographical Sketches 1903 (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Licensed Architects & Accountants 1903 (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Treasury Department 1903 (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Licensed Architects & Accountants 1907 (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Biographical Sketches 1907 (Transcribed by Marilyn R. Pankey - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Adjutant General - Joseph B. Lauck 1907 (Transcribed by Marilyn R. Pankey - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Darius Ogden Mills - 1907 (Transcribed by Marilyn R. Pankey - Thanks!)
California Blue Book - Origin & Meaning of the Names of the Counties of California - 1907 (Transcribed by M. R. Pankey - Thanks!)
California Blue Book or State Roster - Biographical Sketches 1913-15 (Transcribed by Marilyn R. Pankey - Thanks!)
Abstract Title & Certificate of Search of Deed in San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA 1914 (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954 by Walter N. Frickstad (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
Calaveras County Voting Register Index 1938 (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)

Hotel Guests

Hotel El Paso De Robles, San Luis Obispo Co. 1899
Hotel Rafael, San Rafael, Cal. 1899

Military

California National Guard Report 1891-92 (PDF file - Militia, Officers & Retirement lists
Pictorial Record & Roster US Army Balloon School, Arcadia, Ca, 1919.  
(Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor from Arthur D. Wilkinson's Collection-Thanks!)
The Roll Call - ROTC Roster, Ft. Worden, WA. 1932 (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
Spanish American War Veterans Posts, California 1940 (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
Spanish American War Veterans Vallejo, California 1942 (Photo & Roster)

Newspapers

Pardons & Commutations - 1871 (Donated by Betty Loose - Thanks!)
National Guard of California - 1871 (Donated by Betty Loose - Thanks!)
Marriage Records On The Pacific Coast-1872  (From the Overland Monthly - Including States: NV., OR., MT. & WA.)
Early California News Articles-Many Counties & Years (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor (SFgenealogy.org donated) & Betty Loose-Thanks!)

Death Records On The Pacific Coast-1872  (From the Overland Monthly - Including States: NV., OR., MT. & WA.)

Organizations

I.O.O.F., Independence Lodge No. 158, Calaveras County - 1882
Knights of Pythias Madera Lodge - 1898
Alameda Social Register - 1899  (by Elaine Sturdevant - Thanks!)
Berkeley Social Register - 1899  (by Elaine Sturdevant - Thanks!)
Los Angeles Social Register - 1899  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
Oakland Social Register - 1899  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
San Jose Social Register - 1899  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
Santa Cruz Social Register - 1899  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
San Joaquin Valley Federation - Women's Clubs 1902-1908  (Transcribed by Nina Daniells Woodward)
Club Women of California 1915  (Pdf files)
Yeoman Shield US Death Claims - 1919  (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
1915 Leland Stanford Junior University Senior Week   (Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!)
Who's Who Among The Women of California - 1922  (Images - 60,000 names)
Who's Who Among The Women of California - 1922  (Text - 60,000 names)
1921-22 The New Society Blue Book      (Donated by SFgenealogy.org> (Transcribed by Betty Vickroy - Thanks!)
1923-24 Tuesday Club of Lindsay, Tulare County (Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!)
Native Sons of the Golden West - Deaths  (1885-1940 Some years missing.)
State Agricultural Society  (Organizers of the State Fair)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Los Altos Register  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Stanford - Palo Alto Register  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Ross Register  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - San Jose Register  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Mill Valley Register  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Sausalito & San Anselmo Registers  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Belvedere Register  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - San Rafael Register  (by Sally & Polly Ann Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Diego Oratorio Society & Cadman Club Program  (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1928 Directory of the California Medical Association  (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
1934-35 Roster - American Legion California Posts  (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
1936-37 American Association of University Women   (Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!)
1939 Fiftieth Annual Session of the Grand Court of California Foresters of America
1940 Fifty-first Annual Session of the Grand Court of California Foresters of America
1929 American Association of University Women Directory   (Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!)
1935-36 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Directory (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!
1936-37 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Directory (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!
1938-39 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Directory (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!
1939-40 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Directory (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!
1940-41 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Directory (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!
1941-42 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Directory (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!
1942-43 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Directory (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton - Thanks!
1938 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Program (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton
1939 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Program (Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton
1940 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Program(Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton
1941 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Program(Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton
1942 San Joaquin Valley District California Federation of Women's Club Program(Counties: Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare & Kern) - Pdf - Donated by Nina Woodward & Mike Melton
1942-1943 Walnut Creek Women's Club Yearbook (Contra Costa Co.) - Pdf
1952 The Society of California Pioneers  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1953 Califorina State Society Colonial Dames of the 17th Century Lineage Book Vol. 1 - San Diego  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
San Mateo County Social Registers

Books

Pen Portraits  (Autobiographics of State Lawmakers & Professional Men - 1878)
One Hundred Years At Silver Lake, Amador County 1848-1948 (Swenson Family & Vern Dander - Thanks!)
A Tramp Through The Bret Harte Country
Plumas-Sierra History  (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
Stories of Stanislaus by Sol Elias  (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)

Photo Album & Maps

Brian Voorheis' Photo Collection (Donated by Brian Voorheis - Thanks!)
Map of San Francisco Bay Area 1895  (Santa Clara Co Resources San Jose Mercury 1895)
Prominent Citizens of Santa Clara County  (Santa Clara Co Resources San Jose Mercury 1895)
Map of California 1899  (California Blue Book 1899)
Oakdale UB Sunday School Photo  (Guessing Early 1900's)
The Jannsen Family - Erik Peterson's Uncle and Family in Finland  (2 sons & 3 daughters & husbands)
Tulare County Partial Landowners Map ca.1920's  Part 1  Part 2  Part 3
Postcards: Santa Barbara 1925 Earthquake & Scenic Views of Catalina Island  
(Donated by John Manolis - Thank You!)
California Map 1936  Part 1  Part 2
Territorial Development of the United States Map


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