  
Humboldt County, California
The CAGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb® Project
Hello,
My Name is Martha and I am your County Coordinator.
I live on the Central Coast of California, so cannot do 'on the ground research in Humboldt County.'
But, that said, I am an experienced Online Researcher and might be able to
help you locate that 'missing piece of your Ancestral Pie'
I can be reached via email: Contact: Martha
Please come back often as there will be new resources as I discover them.
Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies and Pioneers ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Queries and Lookups
Vital Records ~ Cemeteries ~ 'Old Humboldt County Files' ~ Obituaries ~ Newspapers
Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends
Humboldt County Neighbors:
Del Norte ~ Trinity ~ Siskiyou & Mendocino
Search Humboldt County
History ~ Biographies and Pioneers ~ What's New ~ Maps ~ Queries and Lookups
Humboldt County sits approximately 200 miles north of San Francisco along the Pacific Coast on Hwy 101. Eureka, the county seat, is 278 miles north of San Francisco and 466 miles south of Portland, Oregon. The county encompasses 2.3 million acres, eighty percent of which is timber land and recreation areas. The county is mostly mountainous, except for the level plain that surrounds Humboldt Bay. Elevations run from sea level to 6,934 feet. Located within the county boundaries are 10 state parks, 16 county parks and beaches, recreational areas and reserves, and portions of the National Park and National Forest. Humboldt County was incorporated on May 12, 1853. It's County seat, Eureka, was created on that same date. The county derived its name from Humboldt Bay which was entered by a sea otter party in 1806, but was not rediscovered until 1849. In 1850, Douglas Ottinger and Hans Buhne entered the bay, naming it Humboldt in honor of the great naturalist and world explorer.
And from the Humboldt Wiki ~ The formation of Humboldt County
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Books and Biographies
"Davis Commercial Encyclopedia of the Pacific Southwest,
California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona"
Edited and Published by:
Ellis A Davis, Berkeley, Calif, 1914
The Humboldt County Men's Index is Here ~ Biographical Pages are Here
The California Historical Pages are Here
The Complete Index is Here
"History of Humboldt County, California":
With illustrations descriptive of its scenery, farms, residences, public buildings, factories, hotels, business houses, schools, churches, etc., from original drawings, including biographical sketches.
Author: W.W. Elliott & Co Publisher: San Francisco : W.W. Elliott: 1881
This Index is just for the Bios
The full Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download
"History of Humboldt County, California"
by Leigh H. Irvine Complete in One Volume
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California: 1915
The Biographies from this book have been transcribed:
The Index is Here ~ The Transcribed Biographies are Here
"Records of the Families Of California Pioneers"
For The Years: 1925-1926 ~ Vol II
Book: Read Online or Download
Joseph Tracy: Pioneer History
Please Use This Link for the Book
"Goin' West: 1830 - 1880"
Compilers: Richard Nelson & Alice, Vols 1 - 4
Richard Nelson & Diana Whitworth, Vols 5 & 6
This is a series of booklets detailing Families and Individuals coming to the Great Northwest,
each Volume is alphabetical.
Family Search has Vol's1 and 4 - 12: Please use this Link
FS does not have Vols 2 and 3: Here are links to Vol 2 and Vol 3
The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft
"Who's Who on the Pacific Coast"
A Biographical Compilation of Notable
Living Contemporaries West of the
Rocky Mountains
Edited by
Franklin Harper
Harper Publishing Company
Los Angeles, Cal.
1913
The Index is Here ~ Read Online or Download
"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901
Publication date 1900
Appleton Review
~
Archive.org
[All Volumes]
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<<What's New: Books and Film>>
All of the Books
listed below can be found using this link.
"History of The Bench and Bar in California"
By
Oscat T Shuck, of the San Francisco Bar
San Francisco, Cal
The Occident
Printing House, 429 Montgomery St, San Francisco, 1887
[Note: TOC is the
'Index']
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"History of The Bench and Bar in California"
By
Oscat T Shuck, of the San Francisco Bar
San Francisco, Cal
The Occident
Printing House, 429 Montgomery St, San Francisco, 1889
[Note: There are two
Indexes and a TOC]
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"History of the Bench
and Bar of California"
Printing by Commercial Printing House, Los Angeles
Linotype composition by Miller & Wagner, Los Angeles
Engravings by Los
Angeles Engraving Co., Los Angeles
Binding by Glass & Long, Los Angeles
Author: Oscar T Shuck, 1901
[Note: There is an Index and split out Chapters
of these Individuals:
Broderick, Denver-Gilbert ~ Fair ~ Hawes ~ 'Sharon
Cases']
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"History of the Bench and Bar of California"
Edited
By: J. C. Bates
Bench and Bar Publishing Co.,
San Francisco, 1912
[Note: There is no Index, Sections are Alpha, There are Obituaries]
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"Bench and Bar of California: 1937-38"
By: C W Taylor, Jr, Publisher
625 W
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
No Obvious Date of Publishing
[Note: There is
an Index]
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Here
is a nice selection of "Who's Who" Books,
These all have interesting bits of
information about a lot of Folks
All of the titles
listed below can be found using this link.
"Who's Who In California
A Biographical Directory: 1928-29"
Being A History Of California
As
Illustrated In The Lives Of The Builders And Defenders
Of The State, And Of
The Men And Women Who
Are Doing The Work And Molding The
Thought Of The
Present Time.
Edited By
Justice B. Detwiler
And A Staff Of Selected
Writers.
Sketches Arranged To Conform Generally To A
Dignified Uniform
Style Suitable For Reference Use.
Who's Who Publishing Company [1929
Copyright]
315 Montgomery Street, San Francisco
[Note: There is an Index]
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"Who's Who In California"
A Biographical Reference Work
Of Notable Living Men And Women Of California
Vol. I: Two Years: 1942-1943
Edited By
Russell Holmes Fletcher
Who's Who Publications Company
Los Angeles — California
No Obvious date of Publication
[Note: There are
Indexes]
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"Capitol's State Who's Who Combined
with Who's Who for the Western States: July, 1953 Issue"
Compiled and
Published By Capitol Publishing Co.
Editorial offices and Plant:
629 S W
16th Avenue
Portland, Oregon: Copyright 1953
[Note: There are 3 Indexes,
CA & OR Geographical, Alpha Index]
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"Moore's Who Is Who In California"
John M. Moore
— Publisher And Editor
P. O. Box 2745, Terminal Annex,
Los Angeles 54,
Calif.
Copyright 1958, By John M. Moore
Los Angeles, Calif., All
Rights Reserved
[Note: There is no Index, Sections are Alpha]
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Who's Who In California: 1961
Seventeen Hundred Illustrated Biographies
Of Leading
California Men And Women Of Achievement
Alice Catt
Armstrong / Editor And Publisher
Gary Armstrong / Assistant to the Editor
Deluxe Third Edition
Copyright. 1960 By Alice Catt Armstrong
[Note:
There is an Index]
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"Who's Who in California"
Seventeenth Edition: 1988
Sarah Vitale, Editor
Published by the Who's Who
Historical Society
Copyright © 1987 by the Who's Who Historical Society.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be produced or transmitted in any
form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying,
recording, or by any information storage or retrieval system, without prior
written permission from the publisher.
Library 01 Congress catalog Card
Number 56-1715
International Standard Book Number 0-9603166-6-3
International Standard Serial Number 0511-8948
Note: There is no Index,
Sections are Alpha]
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"Heroes
of California"
The story of the founders of the golden state as narrated
by themselves or gleaned from other sources
By George Wharton James
Author
of "Through Ramona's Country," "The Old Missions
of california," "The Wonders
of the Colorado Desert," "In and Around the Grand Canyon," etc.
Boston
Little, Brown, and Company: 1910
[Note: There is an Index, TOC, and List of
Illustrations]
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Odds...
There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data
"The Ancestor Hunt"
Digital Newspapers ~ Year Books & Alumni Books School Records ~ Obituaries ~ Coroner, Mortuary & Cemetery Records
BMD's ~ Birth & Marriage Records ~ Divorce & Death Records ~ Probate & Tax Records ~ Institutional & Military Records Naturalizations & Immigration ~ Criminal & Digital Archives ~ Directories ~ Photos & Voter Records
Scroll down, left side has the menu
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Cemeteries, Marriage & Death Records: FS Catalog, Book & Films
Marriage Records:
Miscellaneous Years, List of 19 Links - 1873 - 1911
Death Records: Film
004666503, # 2, # 3
"Hydesville Cemeteries" James Michael Carter, Author 008690135 #2
Here are three pages of Index and Explanation, P1, P2, P3
Cemetery Records: Films
007896946 [1950-1962] & 007729434 [187-1970] ~ 008620084 [1962]
Eureka: Death Records and Registers
008266133, #2, 1896-1913
004666508, #3, 1873-1898
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There is a collection of Transcribed Death Records on RootsWeb [Slated to move to Static Servers, January 2024]
These Records are from LDS Films and were a project begun many years ago by Volunteers.
The Deaths Transcribed are 'Pre 1905' for various CA Counties.
I have written to one of the Project Managers, but have not received a reply as of 14 November 2023.
It is my wish to preserve this work even though it was never completed.
Here is the RW Link for the whole Project
Here are reformatted files for Humboldt County [RW Code Stripped and converted to pdf]
There are over 100 Files for Humboldt County: They have been combined into alpha batches which are fully searchable.
A > B ~ C > D ~ E > G ~ H > K ~ L > M ~ N > Q ~ R > U ~ V > Z
Here is the Link to the FS Catalog which has the Films.
There is more information available on the Death Registers
There are Indexes for Humboldt County Neighbors
Del Norte ~ Mendocino [A-La ~ Le-Z] Siskiyou [Off Site]~ Trinity
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Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves
Here is the Index for Humboldt County
Here is the Index for all of California
Here is the Index for the United States
Here is an index for Countries of the World
Note:
Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection
which is available in many local Public Libraries.
Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card
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There is a great site that has all sorts of links to free Historical and Genealogical Data
"The Ancestor Hunt"
Digital Newspapers ~ Year Books & Alumni Books School Records ~ Obituaries ~ Coroner, Mortuary & Cemetery Records
BMD's ~ Birth & Marriage Records ~ Divorce & Death Records ~ Probate & Tax Records ~ Institutional & Military Records Naturalizations & Immigration ~ Criminal & Digital Archives ~ Directories ~ Photos & Voter Records
Scroll down, left side has the menu
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Family Search Collections
Cemeteries, Etc [Burial, Cemeteries, Coroner, Funeral Homes, Graves]
Church Records[ Baptism's, Catholic Church, Christenings, Church [General]]
Legal Documents and Resources [Court, Estate, Probate Records]
Migration - Naturalization - Travel[ Border Crossings, Migration, Naturalization, Passenger Lists, Passports]
Military [Bounty [Land], Military [Misc], Pensions, Soldiers, Veteran's, War[s]]
Odds and Ends [Applications, Homestead, Membership, Native Americans, Parish [Location & Church], Pioneers, Prison, Voting, Obituaries, Veteran & Soldier's Homes, Children's Home]
Vital Records [Birth, Marriage, Divorce, Death, Mortality Records]
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Transcribed Obituaries, Homicides and an Article about Vietnam Memorials
All data is from Heritage Hub.
Newspapers: Times-Standard ~ Ukiah Journal ~ Humboldt Beacon
Highlighted Items:
Yellow: Suspicious Death, Accident, Etc
Blue: Memorial
Updated Index to 31 December 2023
Lookups Available: Contact Martha
2016 "Homicides in Humboldt County"
2013 "Vietnam War: Humboldt County Remembers..." Pt 3
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Maps
David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps [CA}
American Georgaphical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Humboldt State University Map Collection
"Map Geeks" ~ California
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for California~ Railroad Maps, CA
Topo Railroad Map, CA & NV
1886 Map of Humboldt County
1901 Map of Eureka
Spanish Land Grants ~ BLM Records
And, of course, Google Earth
Cities and Census Designated Places in Humboldt County
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Queries
Cyndi's List has a nice selection of places to post Queries
Please Use This Link
Lookup Volunteers
I found no list of Volunteers for Butte County. If you have access to local information and are willing to be a resource,
Please contact Martha
For Now, I am the only volunteer:
I have access to 'My Heritage' and Heritage Hub [Newspapers]
Heritage Hub
Extensive list of Newspapers as well as the Collections of NewsBank & Access World News
My Heritage: Library Edition
Census & Voter Lists ~ Histories, Memories & Biographies ~ Birth, Marriage & Death
Public Records ~ Schools & Universities ~ Directories, Guides & References
Maps ~ Immigration & Travel ~ Books & Publications
Military ~ Newspapers ~ Family Trees ~ Photos ~ Government, Land, Court & Wills
I will do limited lookups on My Heritage: contact Martha
Humboldt County "Local Research"
Humboldt County Historical Society
'Research Center' ~ Note, there are fees for Use and Research
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"The Fine Print"
County Coordinator: Martha A C Graham
State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
All materials, images, sounds and data contained herein are not to be copied or downloaded for purposes of duplication, distribution or publishing without the express written permission of the Humboldt County Coordinator.
All data will stay with the CAGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated: 19 April 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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