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The following resources list names of people who may have lived in Nevada County or
elsewhere in California. They are available at the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research.
Dates
1850
1852
Title
Naturalizations index
Orphans in Nevada County Census
California 1850 Census Index
Author
929.3 KEL
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Microfilm
Staff assistance
Voting records
collection
Drawer 3
Microfilm
Staff assistance
Staff assistance
Drawer 3
D
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Brower, Maria
650.025 BRO
Directory collection
D
Parker, Nathan C.
929.3 PAR
Main collection
D
Thompson, Hugh B.
650.025 THO
also Microfilm
650.025 BYR
Directory collection
Drawer 3
Directory collection
D
650.025 BEA
also Microfilm
650.025 LAN
Directory collection
Drawer 3
Directory collection
D
650.025 MAR
also Microfilm
Directory collection
Drawer 3
D
979.437 EDW
Main collection
D
Jackson, Ronald Vern
1868
Nevada City Poll List
1870
California 1870 federal census index,
except the city of San Francisco
Supplement to the Great Register of the
County of Nevada
Great Register of Voters, Nevada County
Jackson, Ronald Vern
California State
Genealogical Alliance
1892
The California 1890 great register of voters
index
Great Register of Voters, Nevada County
1898
Great Register of Voters, Nevada County
1856 – 1951
1905 – 1906
Index to Declarations of Intention
Census of non–reservation California
Indians, 1905–1906
Index to Naturalizations
Precinct Registers, Nevada County
1890
1856 – 1955
1902 – 1981
1900 – 1928,
1930 – 1944
1856
1856
1856
1861
1865
1867
1867
1878
to 1882
929.3 JAC
929.3 CAL
Dilts, Bryan Lee
Kelsey, C. E.
Great Register of Voters, Nevada County
Addresses database
Businesses card file
Brown & Dallison’s Directory of Nevada,
Grass Valley & Rough and Ready
Brown & Dallison’s Nevada, Grass Valley &
Rough and Ready Directory (reprinted)
Personal name index to the 1856 city
directories of California
Directory of the City of Nevada and Grass
Valley
Directory of Grass Valley Township for
1865
Bean’s History and Directory of Nevada
County, California (2 vols.)
Pacific Coast Business Directory, Nevada
County portion
Marysville Appeal Directory of Northern
California for 1878 (Nevada and Placer
Counties)
Tourists’ Guide and Directory of the
Subj.
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C
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1860
1882
Location
Card catalog
Index collection
Genealogy
collection
Genealogy
collection
Genealogy
collection
Voting records
collection
Genealogy
collection
Voting records
collection
Voting records
collection
Voting records
collection
Voting records
collection
Voting records
collection
Staff assistance
Main collection
California State Census 1852 (Nevada
County portion) with alphabetical index
1860 California census index
1877
Call no.
Byrne, William S.
Bean, Edwin F.
Langley, Henry G.
Edwards, W. F.
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929.3 DIL
929.3 JAC
929.373 CAL
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The following resources list names of people who may have lived in Nevada County or
elsewhere in California. They are available at the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research.
1890
1895
1899 –
present, inc.
1910
1929
1948
1949
1953
1965
1871 – 1872
1892 – 1894
1965 – 1988
inc.
1853, 1854,
1863, 1867,
1888
Truckee Basin
California State Gazetteer and Business
Directory
Nevada County Mining and Business
Directory
Local telephone directories
City Directory, Grass Valley and Nevada
City
Merchants, Tradesmen and Manufacturers
Financial Condition, for Sierra, Plumas &
Nevada Counties
The Union Centennial Business Directory
for Grass Valley and Nevada City
Grass Valley – Nevada City District
Directory
The Union Classified Map Directory
Grass Valley, Nevada City 1965 Business
and Historical Directory
Nevada County Directory for 1871–72 (2
vols.)
A Directory of Placer, Nevada, Yuba,
Sutter, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Tehama, and
Shasta Counties
Polk's Grass Valley & Nevada City
Directories
Personal and business names (from
newspapers)
to 1869
Cornish Mining Families of Grass Valley
California
Forgotten Pioneers of the Gold Country
Highly Respectable Families: The Cornish
of Grass Valley
Mormon Gold
Names index: citations to selected articles
from The Union pertaining to people
connected with mining and the Empire Mine
Nevada County Historical Society Bulletin
Index
Nevada County Historical Society Bulletins,
with index
The Argonauts of California (names index
section only)
The French Connection
The Zamorano Index to History of California
by Hubert Howe Bancroft
An index to the biographees in 19th century
California county histories
Index to roster of California pioneers
1880
History of Nevada County, California
1800s
Poingdestre, John E.
650.025 CAL
Directory collection
D
650.025 POI
also Microfilm
Directory collection
Drawer 3
Staff assistance
D
Directory collection
D
Directory collection
D
Directory collection
D
Directory collection
D
650.025 GRA
Directory collection
Directory collection
D
D
650.025 NEV
Directory collection
D
also Microfilm
Directory collection
Drawer 3
D
Staff assistance
D
Directory collection
D
650.025 CIT
650.025 UNI
Rentschler, G. W.
D
Ewart, Shirley
979.437 EWA
Main collection
H
Patterson, Loni
Ewart, Shirley
979.437 PAT
979.437 EWA
Main collection
Main collection
H
H
Davies, J. Kenneth
The Union
979.4 DAV
979.437 NAM
Main collection
Main collection
H
H
Index collection
H
Index collection
H
NCHS
Haskins, C. W.
979.4 NAM
Main collection
H
Janicot, Michel
979.437 JAN
979.4 ZAM
H
H
Parker, J. Carlyle
929.1 PAR
Main collection
H. H. Bancroft
collection
Main collection
Native Daughters of
the Golden West
Wells, Harry Laurenz
979.4 NAT
Main collection
H
979.437 WEL
Main collection
H
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The following resources list names of people who may have lived in Nevada County or
elsewhere in California. They are available at the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research.
to 1891
to 1901
to 1904
to 1923
1542 – 1848
1849 – 1852
1822 – 1888
1900 – 1902
1851 – 1951
1856 – 1880
1879 – 1956
1856 – 1990
1883 – 1979
1939 – 1949
1850 – 1851
1850 – 1853
1855 – 1942
1907 – 1908
1904 – 1912
1862 – 1874
1856 – 1922
1856 – 1928
(Thompson & West) with separate index
A Memorial and Biographical History of
Northern California
A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of
Representative Citizens of Northern
California
A History of the New California
History of Placer and Nevada Counties,
California
California pioneer register and index, 1542–
1848
California wagon train lists
My Playhouse was a Concord Coach
Men of California
Name index to One Hundred Years of
Nevada County
California surname index
Index to California Historical Society
Quarterly
Names Reference Guide, Nevada County
History (mining industry)
Nevada County Mining Industry Reference
Guide
Nevada County Courts Probate Case Index
(2 vols.)
Probate Court Proceedings
Superior Court Probate Proceedings
Nevada County Probate Index
Nevada County Clerk Probate Records (not
indexed on fiche)
Old Probate Court Records (not indexed on
fiche)
Index to Gold Rush Theatre in Nevada City,
California (thesis by Mabel Celeste Ashley,
979 ASH in main collection)
Medical Certificates
San Francisco passenger departure lists (3
vols.)
San Francisco ship passenger lists (4 vols.)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Grass Valley
records
Washington Store receipt book
Index to Records of Orphans on State Aid
Graves (by cemetery name)
New Obituary Index
Obituary database
Internal Revenue Assessment Lists
Kitts’ Index (Nevada County Recorder’s
Records)
Deeds, County Recorder’s Official Records
979.4 MEM
also Microfilm
929.1 VOL
Ghidotti case
Drawer 3
Ghidotti case
H
Irvine, Leigh H.
Lardner, W. B. and M.
J. Brock
Bancroft, Hubert Howe
979.4 IRV
979.43 LAR
also Microfilm
920 BAN
Ghidotti case
Main collection
Drawer 3
Main collection
H
H
Rasmussen, Louis J.
Boggs, Mae Helene
Bacon
929.3 RAS
979 BOG
Main collection
Ghidotti case
H
H
920 MEN
979.437 NEV
Ghidotti case
Main collection
H
H
979.4 CLO
979.4 CAL
Main collection
Periodical collection
I
I
Index collection
I
Chesnut, Pat
Index collection
I
Chesnut, Pat
Index collection
L
Microfilm
Microfilm
Microfiche
Microfilm
Drawer 7
Drawers 7 – 8
Staff assistance
Drawer 7
L
L
L
L
Microfilm
Drawer 7
L
Index collection
M
Nevada City Nugget
Close, Barbara Ross
Bronson, Orval
H
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Carr, Peter E.
929.3 CAR
Index collection
Main collection
M
M
Rasmussen, Louis J.
929.3 RAS
Microfilm
Main collection
Drawer 3
M
M
650 LED
Microfilm
Microfiche
Ghidotti case
Index collection
Card catalog
Index collection
Staff assistance
Drawer 3
Staff assistance
M
M
O
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P
Microfilm
Drawer 9
P
Chesnut, Pat
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The following resources list names of people who may have lived in Nevada County or
elsewhere in California. They are available at the Doris Foley Library for Historical Research.
Roll
Nevada County Tax Assessor’s records
1862 –
1970s
1846 – 1848
1861 – 1867
1866 – 1867
1917 – 1918
1850 – 1876
1859 – 1935
1905 – 1939
1905 – 1939
1856 – 1998
1856 – 1998
1873 – 1994
1918 – 1950
1873 – 1998
1940 – 1987
1960 – 1985
1960 – 1985
Nevada County Veterans Honor Roll
The New York Volunteers in California
A personal name index to Orton’s “Records
of California men in the War of Rebellion,
1861–1867
Nevada County Militia
Draft Registrations, Civilian, Nevada County
Nevada County vital statistics, 1850–1869,
and up to 1876 for divorces
Nevada County Hospital Death Records
California Death Index
California State Death Index
Nevada County Marriage Index, by Bride’s
Name
Nevada County Marriage Index, by Groom’s
Name
Nevada County Birth Records Index
Jones Hospital Births
Nevada County Death Records Index
California State Death Index
California State Marriage Index, bride index
California State Marriage Index, groom
index
Parker, J. Carlyle
Comstock, David A.
Staff assistance
P
973.624 NEW
929.4 PAR
Index collection
Main collection
Main collection
S
S
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979.437 COM
Index collection
Index collection
Main collection
S
S
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Index collection
Drawer 5
Drawer 5
Staff assistance
V
V
V
V
Staff assistance
V
Staff assistance
Index collection
Staff assistance
Staff assistance
Staff assistance
Staff assistance
V
V
V
V
V
V
Microfilm
Microfilm
Norris, Mary
Microfiche
Microfiche
Microfiche
Subject Codes
C
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M
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Census, citizenship and voting records
Directories
Histories
Indexes
Legal documents
Miscellaneous records
Obituaries and mortuary, cemetery records
Property and tax records
Military service
Vital statistics
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