Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library

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Contact Information
E-mail: E-mail a Librarian

Address:


 * Local History and Genealogy Annex
 * 211 E Street
 * Santa Rosa, CA 95404

Telephone: 707-545-0831 ext. 562

Hours: Wednesday through Saturday: 10:00 am to 6:00 pm

Map

Internet sites and databases:


 * Sonoma County Library Internet Site
 * Sonoma County Library Catalog Online
 * Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library Page

Collection Description
The genealogical collection includes national and international reference materials and periodicals such as.


 * Ancestry.com available on computers at all branches. Ancestry includes records from all the United States census, also military, court, land, probate, vital, church, directories, passenger lists and more.
 * Heritage Quest Online: US Census records 1790-1930, 22,000 books and family histories, PERSI Index, Revolutionary War, and Freedman Bank records. Database is available from a home computer with a library card.

Sonoma County and California sources


 * Sonoma County History Index of names, places, and events in thousands of local history books.
 * Sonoma County newspapers (Press Democrat): microfilm, 1857 to 1969
 * Sonoma County city directories 1874 – 1969
 * Photo collection of 35,000 Sonoma County images from 1800’s to 2000; over half already digitized and online.
 * California city directories 1874 – 1969

Sonoma County Genealogical Society publications


 * 1890 Census of Sonoma County
 * Sonoma County Cemetery Records 1846-1921
 * Sonoma County Death Records 1873-1905
 * Index to 1890 Great Register of Voters
 * Early Sonoma County Land Grants
 * Naturalization Records in Sonoma County 1841-1930
 * Vital Data in Sonoma County Newspapers

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Guides
Sonoma County History &amp; Genealogy Library brochure (.pdf)

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If you cannot visit or find a record at the, a similar record may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections


 * Sonoma County Main and Branch Libraries, parent system of the History and Genealogy Annex

Similar Collections



Neighboring Collections


 * California State Archives,
 * California State Library,
 * California Historical Society,
 * California Genealogical Society and Library,