Petaluma Genealogy (in Sonoma County, CA)

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Petaluma Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth records 1858-1919 (Sonoma County, California) FamilySearch Library

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

California, Birth Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

Registers of births and deaths, 1885-1920, Petaluma, California FamilySearch Library

Petaluma Cemetery Records

B'nai Israel Cemetery Find a Grave online

B'nai Israel Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Calvary Catholic Cemetery Petaluma US Gen Web Archives online

Cypress Hill Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Cypress Hill Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Cypress Hill Memorial Park US Gen Web Archives online

Jewish cemeteries of Marin & Sonoma counties California ; a tombstone index FamilySearch Library

Liberty Cemetery Find a Grave online

Liberty Cemetery Billion Graves online

My Pets Cemetery Find a Grave online

Two Rock Presbyterian Church Cemetery Billion Graves online

Petaluma Census Records

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Petaluma City Directories

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Petaluma (Sonoma County, Calif.) city directory : including Cotati, Penngrove and rural routes, also a buyers' guide and a compelete classified business directory FamilySearch Library

Petaluma City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Petaluma City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1961-1962 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1963 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1965 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1967 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1968 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1971 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1973 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1974 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1977 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Petaluma, California, City Directory, 1978 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Petaluma Court Records

Petaluma Justice Court and Petaluma Judicial District Court records, 1895-1968 Archive Grid

Petaluma Police Court records, 1912-1952 Archive Grid

Petaluma Recorder's Court records, 1893-1918 Archive Grid

Petaluma Small Claims Court records, 1923-1967 Archive Grid

Petaluma Death Records

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1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

Burials of indigents, 1937-1967 FamilySearch Library

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

California, Death Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

Death records, 1873-1919 FamilySearch Library

Registers of births and deaths, 1885-1920, Petaluma, California FamilySearch Library

Sonoma County coroner's inquests, 1852-1898 FamilySearch Library

Sonoma County death records, 1873-1905 FamilySearch Library

Sonoma County, California death records, 1873-1905 FamilySearch Library

Petaluma Histories and Genealogies

Armistice Day exercises : and dedicating memorial cannon to use in winning the war ; Hill Plaza Park, November 11, 1942. WorldCat

History of Petaluma : a California river town FamilySearch Library

Petaluma Immigration Records

Index to Naturalization In the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1852 - ca. 1989 Ancestry online

Index to naturalization records in Sonoma County, California FamilySearch Library

Index to naturalizations, 1850-1985 FamilySearch Library

Naturalization Records in Sonoma County 1841-1906 US Gen Web online

Naturalization Records in Sonoma County Volume II: 1906 to 1930 US Gen Web online

Sonoma County naturalization records, 1850-1935 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Records, Northern California, 1852-1989 MyHeritage online

Petaluma Land Records

Deeds, patents, and homestead records, 1849-1937 FamilySearch Library

General index to deeds, 1850-1916; deeds, 1849-1900 FamilySearch Library

Petaluma Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, 1906 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, 1910 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, August 1888 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, December 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Petaluma, Sonoma County, California, November 1885 Library of Congress online

Petaluma Marriage Records

1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1843-1889 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1846-1920; index, 1846-1934 FamilySearch Library

Marriages license affidavits 1861-1921, Sonoma County, California FamilySearch Library

Sonoma County marriages 1847-1902 FamilySearch Library

Petaluma Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Petaluma Newspapers and Obituaries

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Argus-Courier 05/08/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Daily Courier 1893-1893 Newspapers.com online

Index to vital data in local newspapers of Sonoma County, California 1855-1921 FamilySearch Library

Journal and Argus, 1871-1873 Google News Archive online

Petaluma Argus 1861-1864 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Argus 1903-1903 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Argus Courier (Petaluma, 1950) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Petaluma Argus, 1899, 1900-1909 Google News Archive online

Petaluma Argus-Courier 1899-2019 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Courier 1876-1896 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Daily Courier 1897-1913 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Daily Morning Courier 1891-1928 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Evening Argus 08/19/1872 to 09/11/1872 Genealogy Bank online

Petaluma Evening Argus 1873-1873 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Journal and Argus 1864-1867 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Journal and Argus, 1864-1870 Google News Archive online

Petaluma Morning Argus 1873-1873 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Weekly Argus 01/11/1866 to 08/11/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Petaluma Weekly Argus 1867-1889 Newspapers.com online

Petaluma Weekly Argus, 1875-1878 Google News Archive online

Sonoma County Journal 1855-1864 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Petaluma

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Agricultural Weekly. (Petaluma, Calif.) 1928-1929

Argus-Courier. (Petaluma, Calif.) 1966-1989

Daily Courier. (Petaluma, Sonoma County, Cal.) 1891-1895

Daily Morning Imprint. (Petaluma [Calif.) 1880s-1880s

Journal and Argus. (Petaluma, Cal.) 1870-1873

Petaluma Argus-Courier. (Petaluma, Calif.) 1928-1966

Petaluma Argus-Courier. (Petaluma, Calif.) 1989-Current

Petaluma Argus. (Petaluma [Calif.]) 1859-1864

Petaluma Argus. (Petaluma, Cal.) 1899-1928

Petaluma Courier Semiweekly. (Petaluma, Cal.) 1894-1895

Petaluma Courier. (Petaluma, Sonoma County, Cal.) 1876-1894

Petaluma Daily Courier. (Petaluma, Calif.) 1895-1913

Petaluma Daily Crescent. (Petaluma [Calif.]) 1870-1871

Petaluma Daily Morning Courier. (Petaluma, Calif.) 1913-1928

Petaluma Evening Argus. (Petaluma, Cal.) 1872-1873

Petaluma Journal and Argus. (Petaluma, Sonoma County, Calif.) 1864-1870

Petaluma Post. (Petaluma, Ca) 1987-Current

Petaluma Weekly Journal and Sonoma County Advertiser. (Petaluma [Calif.]) 1855-1856

Sonoma County Journal. (Petaluma, Calif.) 1856-1864

Petaluma Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Petaluma School Records

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Casa Grande High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Petaluma, CA), 1979 E Yearbook online

Casa Grande High School yearbook, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Casa Grande High School yearbook, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Casa Grande High School yearbook, 1979, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001 Classmates online

Petaluma High School - Trojans Yearbook (Petaluma, CA), 1899, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1986, 1987 E Yearbook online

Petaluma High School yearbook, 1913, 1924, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Petaluma High School yearbook, 1913, 1930, 1931, 1933 (Jun), 1934 (Jun), 1937, 1939, 1940 (Jun), 1942, 1947, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Petaluma High School yearbook, 1913, 1930, 1931, 1933 (Jun), 1934 (Jun), 1937, 1939, 1940 (Jun), 1942, 1947, 1951, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1987 Classmates online

Saint Vincent High School yearbook, 1947, 1956, 1971, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Vincent High School - Spirit Yearbook (Petaluma, CA), 1947, 1956 E Yearbook online

St Vincent High School yearbook, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Vincent High School yearbook, 1947, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1971 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Vincent High School yearbook, 1947, 1956, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1984 Classmates online

Petaluma Tax Records

Indigent records in Sonoma County, California : 1878 to 1926, Vol. 2, Book 1. Taxpayers who certified indigent need Genealogy Gophers online

Petaluma Treasurer's Office records, 1867-1948 Archive Grid



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