Santa Cruz Public Library Downtown

United States California  Archives and Libraries  

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Contact Information
E-mail: E-mail reference service form

Address:


 * 224 Church Street (PO Box 72)
 * Santa Cruz, California 95063-0072

Telephone: 831-427-7707 ext. 5794

Hours:


 * Sunday 1p.m.-5:00p.m. Monday-Thursday 10:00a.m.-7:00p.m. Friday-Saturday 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m.
 * GSSCC's volunteer hours vary: a genealogy volunteer is generally on duty late in the morning and early in the afternoon Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday; and in the evening on Mondays.

Map and public transportation:


 * Google Map for the Downtown Branch.
 * Metro Bus: Santa Cruz's Metro transit center is 4 blocks south, 2 blocks east. Selected runs of the 41 Bonny Doon  bus route stop 1 block south of the library at Walnut and Center Streets.

Internet sites and databases:


 * [www.santacruzpl.org Santa Cruz Public Library]
 * Santa Cruz Genealogical Society Library contact info, hours, resources, obtaining obituaries.
 * Repository catalog online.
 * Repository database.
 * Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County library, getting started, research assistance, county history, past events, calendar, links, membership, publications, Tina Brayton Collection, online documents, lecture notes and handouts.

Collection Description
Holds the Genealogial Society of Santa Cruz County's library, including the Tina Brayton Collection which is equivalent to the Draper Collection but larger and with a better index, and many compiled genealogies of Virginia, Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee, and West Virginia  families.

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Alternate Repositories
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Overlapping Collections


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 * such as: NARA I
 * NARA II
 * National Archives at _____
 * State Archives
 * State Library
 * State Library

Similar Collections


 * National Personnel Records Center
 * LC
 * FHL
 * LC
 * FHL

Neighboring Collections


 * State Vital Records Office
 * County Vital Records Office
 * City Vital Records Office
 * County Archives
 * County Orphan's Court
 * County Probate Court
 * County Recorder
 * County Coroner
 * State Historical Society
 * County and local historical societies
 * State Genealogical Society
 * County and local historical societies
 * Public Libraries
 * Museums and heritage societies
 * University Libraries
 * U.S. District Court
 * Church archives
 * Repositories in surrounding counties: [Chattam], [Durham], and [Franklin]
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]
 * Repositories in other surrounding states (or provinces): [SC], [TN], and [VA]