California Biography Project

Martha A. Crosley Graham
Coordinator

In May of 1997, the U.S. Biographies project was organized by Jeff Murphy, using the established KY Biographies Project as a model. State coordinators were sought to set up their own state project. They were offered the system design and tools created for the KY project, but were free to set up their project in any way they chose
Alameda
Alpine
Amador
Butte
Calaveras
Inyo
Sierra
Siskiyou
Solano
Sonoma
Stanislaus
Tehama
The Counties listed below and that are linked have Biographies in place. If you are interested in hosting a County - Please contact me:
Martha A Crosley Graham
Site Updated: 03 November 2008
Martha A. Crosley Graham
Rights Reserved - 2008

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"Help Wanted"

If you like to type and want to be a vital part of the California Biography Project - Consider Transcribing Biographies - I can send you pdf files, you have the pleasure of reading and typing... And maybe even discovering unknown family connections!

If you are interested Contact: Martha

                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Alameda County [Centennial Year Book] William Halley, 1876
Alameda County [History of] M W Wood, 1883
Alameda County [History of] S J Clarke, 1928
Alameda County [Past & Present] S J Clarke, 1914
Amador County [History of] Jesse D Mason, 1881
Butte County [History of] California – Harry L Wells  & L Chambers - 1882
Coastal Counties [History of] Ingersoll & Barrows, 1893 [San Benito, Santa Cruz, San Mateo, & Monterey]
Colusa County [History of] Justus H Rogers, 1891
Colusa & Glenn Counties, [History of]  - McCormish & Lambert, 1918
Contra Costa [History of] Thompson & West, 1882
Contra Costa County [History of] F J Hulaniski, 1917
El Dorado County [History Souvenir of] Paolo Sioli, 1883
El Monte, Los Angeles County Biographies
Fresno County [History of] Lilbourne Alsip Winchell, 1933
Fresno, Tulare & Kern Counties [History of] 1892
Humboldt County [History of] Leigh H Irvine, 1915
Imperial County [History of] 1918
Kern County, [History of ], Wallace Morgan, 1914
Kings County [History of] J Larry Smith, 1926
Los Angeles & Vicinity [Historical & Biographical Record] J M Guinn, 1901
Los Angeles [History of] Thompson & West, 1880
Los Angeles County [History of] J M Guinn, 1915
Los Angeles County [History of] Lewis Pub Co, 1889
Los Angeles County Death Records 1873-1899 - Searchable pdf
Marin County [History of] Alley, Bowen & Co, 1880
Mendocino County [History of] Alley, Bowen & Co, 1880
Merced County [History of] John Outcalt, 1925
Monterey and Santa Cruz Counties [History of] S J Clarke Pub Co, 1925
Napa and Lake Counties [History of] Slocum & Bowen, 1881
Nevada County Directory, Brown & Dollison, 1856
Northern California [History of] Lewis Pub Co, 1891
Orange County, [History of]  Samuel Armor, 1921
Plumas, Lassen & Sierra Counties [History of] Farris & Smith,  1882
Riverside County [History of] Elmer Wallace Holmes, 1912
Sacramento County [History of] Win J Davis, 1890
San Diego [City & County] Clarence Alan McGrew V II, 1922
San Francisco [Historical Abstract] Oscar T Shuck, 1897
San Francisco [History of] Vol’s I & II Byington & Lewis, 1931 
San Joaquin County [History of] Lewis Publishing Co, 1890
San Joaquin County [History of] Tinkham, 1923
San Joaquin Valley [History of] J M Guinn, 1902
San Jose CA [History of] James & McMurry 1933
San Luis Obispo County [History of] Morrison & Haydon, 1917
San Luis Obispo County [History of] Thompson & West, 1883
San Mateo County [History of] Alexander & Hamm, 1916
San Mateo County [History of] Roy W Cloud, 1928
Santa Barbara & Ventura Counties [History of] Thompson & West, 1883
Santa Barbara, [History of] Michael James Phillips, 1927
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo & Ventura Counties [History of] Gidney, Brooks & Sheridan, 1917
Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo & Ventura Counties [History of] Yda Addis Storke, 1891
Santa Clara County [History of] Alley, Bowen & Co, 1881
Santa Clara County [History of] Eugene T Sawyer, 1922
Santa Clara County [Pen Pictures] H S Foote, 1888
Santa Cruz [History of] E S Harrison, 1892
Santa Cruz, San Benito & Monterey Counties [History of] J M Guinn, 1903
Santa Monica Bay Cities, Luther A Ingersoll, 1908
Solano & Napa Counties [History of] Tom Gregory, 1912
Solano & Napa County [History of] S J Clarke, 1926
Solano County [History of] Wood, Alley & Co, 1879
Sonoma County [History of] Alley, Bowen & Co, 1880
Sonoma County [History of] Tom Gregory, 1911
Southern California [History of]  J M Guinn, 1902
Southern California [History of] S J Clarke, 1890
State of California [History of] Coastal Counties, J M Guinn, 1904
Tulare & Kings Counties [History of] Menefee & Dodge, 1913
Tulare County [History of] Kathleen E Small 1926
Ventura County [History of] Neil Solomon Sheridan, 1926
Ventura County [History of] Thompson & West. 1883
Yolo County [History of] Tom Gregory, 1913
Additional California Resources:
Western States Marriage Index - Searchable
United States Biographies
California Maps - 1914 - 1895
The Seeley Family - Seeley Genealogical Society

 

                                                                                                  

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                        

 

 

      

 

                       

 

               

 

                                                                                                      

                                                                            

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

California Pioneer
Register and Index
1542 - 1848
Including
Inhabitants of California, 1769 - 1800
and
List of Pioneers
by
Hubert Howe Bancroft
Originally Published 1884-1900

I am willing to do lookups and send scans:

Martha