Mendocino
County Museum
400 East Commercial Street
Willits, CA 95490
707-459-2736
Contact: Herbert E.
Pruett, Director
Check their website for current
information and resources.
Mendocino Headlands State Park
Russian Gulch State Park
Highway 1 Mendocino, CA 95460
707-937-5804
We are a historical park and house museum.
Hours: 10-5, daily Contact: Dave Bartlett
Kelley House Museum
45007 Albion Street
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 922)
Mendocino, CA 95460
707-937-5791
The research office contains a museum-quality vault, which stores
documents, photographs and artifacts from the mid-1800s through today. It is
the #1 resource for research and genealogy information on the Mendocino Coast.
The Kelley House Museum houses a period museum in the 1861 residence of a
local lumber mill owner.
The Kelley House sponsors the July 4th BBQ, a silent auction in October, and
traditional Christmas tree lighting. An annual Review and qtrly newsletters
are published. Hours: Museum, 11 am-3 pm, Fri-Mon; office and research, 9-4,
Tue-Fri; by appointment. 707-937-5791
Mendocino Coast Genealogical Society
Genealogical Society disbands, source brochure to be final project
Advocate
Staff
Updated:
08/23/2012 07:55:35 AM PDT
Submitted by Jane
Lamb
For nearly four decades, the Mendocino Coast Genealogical Society has
been devoted to researching, recording and preserving local history; the
organization itself became history as the books closed forever at its
traditional annual picnic, Aug. 14, at the home of President Claire Tavares
and her husband, Dennis.
The Mendocino Coast Genealogical Society was founded in 1976 when a dozen
local people formalized their shared interest in genealogy and began meeting
at Kelley House in Mendocino and various other sites. The date and time, set
at 1:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month, has remained the same until the
last business meeting, June 19, at the Fort Bragg Library Community Room,
the long-time meeting venue.
The inevitable was decided. A venerable institution must succumb to the
vast research facilities of the digital age and the complex schedules of
interested but busy folks who can do their genealogy at their own
convenience. Membership that once swelled to nearly 40 dwindled to 20, with
barely a half-dozen at a meeting, all of whom had served as officers too
many times.
Betty Stavely, who will celebrate her 100th birthday Aug. 24, was the
guest of honor at the gathering as the Society commemorated 36 years of
dedicated service to anyone interested in finding ancestral roots. Stavely,
a founding member, served as president, vice-president, treasurer, program
chairman and keeper of the society history books. For years, she volunteered
in the Fort Bragg Library Genealogy Room helping anyone who came to
research.
R.I.P.
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Mendocino
County Cemeteries
Russian River Cemetery District P.O. Box 421, Ukiah, CA
95482
707-462-8012
(located on Low Gap Rd.)
Point Arena Cemetery
Potter Valley Cemetery
Mendocino-Little River Cemetery P.O. Box 1185, Mendocino,
CA
95460 707-937-2010
Rose Memorial Park Assn Inc 760 N Franklin St, Fort Bragg, CA
95437 707-964-2626
Cemetery District Of Redwoods 1200 Fort Bragg Rd, Willits, CA
95490 707-459-5252
Mendocino
County, California Cemeteries on-line
Mendocino County Map - 1895
Mendocino
County Ghost Towns
The following was taken from the History of Mendocino County,
California
Andersonia - near Bear
Alpine (Duffy)
Arthur
Bear Harbor
Bridgeport (Miller)
Boyles *
Christine
Cahto
Centerville
Cottoneva
Cuffey's Cove
DeHaven
Fish Rock - north of
Anchor Bay
Glen Blair
Garvia
Greenwood (Elk) |
Hardy
Hearst
Howard Creek
Hullsville (Lake Pillsbury)
Hermitage - near Yorkville
Hardscratch (to make a living)
Nip and Tuck
(to get in or out of harbor)
Hopflat
8 miles up Navarro River
Hansen's Halfway House
Irmulco
Inglenook |
Iverson
Kibesillah
Kendallville (Boonville)
Kenny
Laguna (Cleone)
Little Lake (Willits)
Moody
Meigsville (Mendocino)
Manzanita (Salsig)
Melburne
Newport - near Westport
Navarro (mouth of river)
Needlerock
Northwestern (Brooktrails)
Ornbaun |
Pomo
Pinegrove
Poonkinney
Sherwood
Salmon Creek (Whitesboro)
Sanel (Hopland)
Tomki
Union Landing
Usal
Wendling ( present Navarro)
Weges Creek
Whitehall (south of
Cloverdale on Hwy 128)
Willitsville (Willits) |
* Not from the text
To search for Old California Post Offices go to
http://pbbooks.com/caindex.htm
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Mendocino State Hospital Staff - 1899
The following is the entire staff of the Mendocino State Hospital
at Ukiah
in 1899:
BOARD OF MANAGERS
Appointed by the Governor. Term, 4 years, $10 dollars per
diem for
attendance at meetings and traveling expenses.
J H Seawell, President, Ukiah
J C Ruddock, Ukiah
M Gardner, Sacramento
J Q White, Ukiah
A W Foster, San Francisco
W W Cunningham, Ukiah, Secretary and Treasurer, $840 per annum
E W King, Medical Supt.
L A Elster, Asst. Physician
F C Handy, Private Secretary to Supt.
W G Jones, Steward
C H Duncan, Steward's clerk
M M Carothers, Engineer
O J Moseley, Supervisor
Mrs. R N Willing, Acting Matron
E W Twitchell, Interne
Miss J Wilson, Laundress
Miss G Hargis, Seamstress
B T Farrel, Laundryman
James George, Carpenter
L F Doering, Gardener
C P Turner, Baker
George Haugstead, Chief Cook
Charles Roller, Second Cook
John Sweeney, Third Cook
L M Johnson, Basement Man
William York, Teamster
A N McPeak, Teamster
E A Townsend, Cartman
Alfred Nelson, Hostler
D S McKinley, Fireman
I Tellefsen, Assistant to Baker
G A Keller, Painter
S A McDonald, Shoemaker
G A Corley, Blacksmith
J A Harvey, Usher
H B Kister, Head Waiter
Miss V Locher, Housemaid
Miss M Waltrip, Housemaid
ATTENDANTS
C W Mero
Amos Mahurin
W W Ware
W P O'Neil
C W Wallace
ASSISTANT ATTENDANTS
A Opplinger
J D Ginochio
George Hildreth
E Barlow
E Blomquist
E J Donahue
C Finney
C U White
A G Bechtol
F W Dart
George Pratt
W D Akers
FEMALE ATTENDANTS
Miss M Osborn
Mrs. F Henley
FEMALE ASSISTANT ATTENDANTS
Mrs. A Montgomery
Miss E Fotzpatrick
Miss F Presley
Miss H Orr
E V Stanfield, Night Watch
Thomas Mothersole, Outside Night Watch
Miss K Lydon, Night Watch
Received courtesy of Sue Jacobsen
Mendocino County History Texts
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Memories of the Mendocino Coast by Ryder
1948
See: 979.415 R97 RYDER, DAVID WARREN. Memories of the
Mendocino
Coast; being a brief account of the discovery, settlement and
development
of the Mendocino Coast, together with a correlated history of the Union
Lumber Company and how coast and company grew up together. San
Francisco:
Privately printed, 1948. |
Mendocino Remembered Vol. I &
Vol. II
|
Early Portuguese Families of Mendocino
by Sverko, 1995 |
All of the above texts are available at the
Held - Poage Historical Library
Miscelleanous
Mendocino County Research Materials
Mendocino County
Historical Society
Held Poage Memorial Home and Research Library
603 West Perkins Street
Ukiah, California 95482
(707) 462-6969
The Historical Society maintains
an extensive
library of Mendocino County related records including but not limited
to
the following:
- Card Index to Mendocino County History 1880
- Biographies from Sonoma County History 1879 (Mendocino
Section)
- Biographies from 1904 North Coast Counties, History of
the
State of
California
- Biographies from 1915 Davis' Commercial Encyclopedia of
the
Pacific
Southwest, CA, NV, UT and AZ
- Langleys Pacific Coast Business Directory (Mendocino
County
1867, 1871-1873)
- Paulson's Directory of Mendocino County 1874
- McKinney's Eight County Directory (1883-4, 1884-5,
&1885-6)
- Genealogy Card File
- Genealogy Pioneer Files
- Mortuary Records
- Funeral Cards (Ukiah area) (Covelo area)
- Card Index - Misc. Births, Marriages and Deaths
- Obituaries (Two Books)
- Newspaper Clipping Files
- Dr. Ross' Record of Marriages and Deaths (1873 - 1914)
Coast
Area
- Births, Deaths & Marriages (mainly coast) 1889 - 1909
- Photograph - Negative File, Families
- Most countywide newspapers on microfilm
The Historical Society maintains an extensive library of old
Mendocino
County Records including the following:
- Great Registers 1867 - 1896 (Microfilm) 1898 (Book)
- Index to Great Registers 1902 - 1958
- Assessor's Records (Property Assessments)
- Possessory Claims, Book 1 years 1859 - 1877
- Death Index Book 1 & 2 1800 - 1907 (Complete)
- Marriage Index, Men Book 1 1859 - 1893 A through M
- Birth Index 1850 - 1905 A through H
- Water Appropriation Applications Filed prior to 1914
- Probate - Inheritance Tax Receipts 1921 - 1929 and 1936
-
1939
- Architectural and Historical Resources Inventory (Older
Ukiah residences
and buildings with information on the owners)
- Mendocino County Census for 1860 - 1870 - 1880 - 1900 -
1910
- 1920
