Santa Clara County, California:
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Projects

• Santa Clara County CAGenWeb      (Source: USGenWeb)
• Santa Clara County Genealogy      (Source: San Francisco Genealogy)
• Santa Clara County History and Genealogy      (Source: Genealogy Trails History Group)
• Santa Clara County, California      (Source: Trails to the Past)
• Silicon Valley History Online 
• The Valley of Heart's Delight  Santa Clara Valley History, Early Settlers, Biographies, Towns, Communities

Adjacent counties

• Alameda County, CA  to the north
• Merced County, CA  to the east
• Monterey County, CA  to the southwest
• San Benito County, CA  to the south
• San Joaquin County, CA  to the northeast
• San Mateo County, CA  to the northwest
• Santa Cruz County, CA  to the west
• Stanislaus County, CA  to the east

Biographies, Oral Histories, Diaries, Memoirs, Genealogies, Correspondence (12)

Cemeteries

• Cemeteries of Santa Clara County      (Source: Interment.net)
• Oakhill Memorial Park in San Jose, CA 
• The Political Graveyard      (Source: The Political Graveyard)
• Santa Clara County      (Source: The Tombstone Transcription Project)
• Santa Clara County  California Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project     (Source: The American History and Genealogy Project)
• Santa Clara County Cemeteries      (Source: ePodunk)
• Santa Clara County Cemetery List      (Source: Find A Grave)
• Santa Clara County, California Cemeteries Project 
• St. John the Baptist Cemetery - California      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Census Records and Indexes (36)

Directories (14)

Ethnic

• Chinese Historical and Cultural Project 
• Japanese American Internment  Santa Clara Valley
• Japanese Legacy  Farming and Community Life in California's Santa Clara Valley     (Source: Questia Online Library)     ($)
• Latino Heritage Resources 
• San Jose Jewish Community 
• Yokuts Bibliography 

History (73)

Introduction and Guides (12)

Land Records

• California Federal Land Records      (Source: USGenWeb California Archives)
• Land Patent Search      (Source: Bureau of Land Management, General Land Office)
• Mexican Land Grants 

Libraries, Museums, Archives (31)

Lookups

• Santa Clara County Books      (Source: Books-We-Own)

Mailing Lists and Message Boards

• GenForum Message Boards      (Source: Genealogy.com)
• RootsWeb Message Board      (Source: RootsWeb)
• Santa Clara County Genealogy Queries      (Source: CousinConnect.com)
• Santa Clara County, CA Club      (Source: GenCircles)
• SantaClaraCo_Genealogy  For anyone researching their relatives and ancestors in the Santa Clara County area     (Source: Yahoo! Groups)

• CASCLARA-L Santa Clara County genealogy

  • CASCLARA-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CASCLARA-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • CASCLARA-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

• NORCAL-L Northern California Genealogy

  • NORCAL-L Mailing List Homepage      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NORCAL-L Browseable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)
  • NORCAL-L Searchable Mailing List Archives      (Source: RootsWeb)

Maps and Gazetteers (48)

Military Records and Histories (16)

Miscellaneous Data

• Biennial report of the trustees  of the State Insane Asylum at Agnews, Santa Clara County, California, 1891-1892     (Source: Google Books)
• History of Santa Clara County  Partial Index     (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Migrations through Santa Clara County      (Source: MIGRATIONS.org)
• Officials of Santa Clara County, California, 1851      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)
• Santa Clara County Public Records Links      (Source: Free Public Records Directory)
• Santa Clara County Records      (Source: Find County Records)
• Societies represented in San Jose, California 1888      (Source: User-Contributed Databases at RootsWeb)

Newspaper Records

• Chronicling America  Santa Clara County     (Source: The Library of Congress)
• The Evening News  May 7, 1808 - Oct 7, 1990     (Source: Google News Archive)
• The News  July 2, 1917 - Aug 31, 1927     (Source: Google News Archive)
• San Jose Daily News  Jan 2, 1886 - Dec 31, 1886     (Source: Google News Archive)
• San Jose Evening News  Jul 9, 1930 - Oct 28, 1947     (Source: Google News Archive)
• San Jose News  Jun 8, 1926 - Jun 30, 1987     (Source: Google News Archive)
• Santa Clara County      (Source: Newspaper Abstracts)
• Search San Jose Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)
• Search Stanford Historical Newspapers  Free search     (Source: GenealogyBank)     ($)

Obituaries and Funeral Home Records (18)

Photographs, Postcards, Historical Images (30)

School Records and Histories (95)

Societies (15)

Surnames Web sites, obituaries, biographies, and other material specific to a surname (229)

Tax Lists

• Internal Revenue Assessment Lists  1862-1874     (Source: Family History Library)

Tornados, Blizzards, Floods, World's Fairs and other events

• Palo Alto, California Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)
• San Jose, California Weather History      (Source: Weather Underground)

Transportation and Industry

• Building histories of Santa Clara County      (Source: Philadelphia Architects and Buildings Project)
• Extant Railroad/Railway Structures      (Source: Railroad Station Historical Society)
• The Natural Wealth of California, 1868  Santa Clara County     (Source: Internet Archive)
• Patents  Santa Clara County, California     (Source: Google Patents)
• The Sainte Claire, a Larkspur Hotel  San Jose, California     (Source: Historic Hotels of America)
• San Felipe Division  Bureau of Reclamation History Program
• Santa Clara County  N. W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual, 1880     (Source: HathiTrust Digital Library)
• Santa Clara County Bridges      (Source: Historic Bridges of the United States)

Vital Records

• California, County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1989  includes Santa Clara County     (Source: Family History Library)
• The County of Santa Clara  County Clerk-Recorder
• Santa Clara County Marriage Records      (Source: GenWed.com)
• Santa Clara County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb California Archives)
• Santa Clara County Marriages      (Source: USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project)
• Santa Clara County Vital Records      (Source: Vital Records Information for the United States)
• U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880  Santa Clara County, California     (Source: Explore Ancestry for free)     ($)
• Western States Marriage Record Index  includes Santa Clara County 1850-1887     (Source: Brigham Young University - Idaho)

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