Palo Alto Genealogy (in Santa Clara County, CA)

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Palo Alto Cemetery Records

Alta Mesa Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Alta Mesa Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Cemetery records, Alta Mesa Memorial cemetery, Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, County, California and sextons records FamilySearch Library

First United Methodist Church Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Saint Marks Episcopal Church All Souls Garden Find a Grave online

Stanford Family Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Stanford Mausoleum Billion Graves online

Palo Alto Church Records

Record of members, 1934-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1935- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Palo Alto Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Palo Alto City Directories

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Atherton - Menlo Park - Palo Alto Residents - New Society Blue Book, San Mateo County, 1921-1922 SF Genealogy online

Blue Book, Palo Alto, Atherton, Menlo Park 1921/22 SF Genealogy online

Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, & Palo Alto Telephone Directory 1916 Golden Nugget Library online

Palo Alto (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Palo Alto City Directory 1900-1901 SF Genealogy online

Palo Alto City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1930 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1932 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1933 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1935 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1939 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Palo Alto City Directory, 1895-96 SF Genealogy online

Palo Alto, CA 1914-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1900-1901 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1901-1902 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1904 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1906-1907 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1941 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1944 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1946 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1961 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1962 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1966 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1969 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1972 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Palo Alto, California, City Directory, 1976 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Palo Alto (Santa Clara County, California) city directory including Stanford FamilySearch Library

Santa Clara Genealogy - Palo Alto Blue Book, 1924 SF Genealogy online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, April 1929 thru April 1946 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, February 1958 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, February 1959 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, February 1960 thru February 1961 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, February 1962 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, February 1963 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, January 1951 thru January 1952 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, January 1953 thru January 1954 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, January 1955 thru January 1956 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, January 1957 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Palo Alto, October 1947 thru July 1950 Library of Congress online

Palo Alto Histories and Genealogies

History of Palo Alto, the early years FamilySearch Library

Who's Who among the Women of California Palo Alto, 1922 SF Genealogy online

Palo Alto Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 1901 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, August 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, June 1897 Library of Congress online

Palo Alto Miscellaneous Records

The ordinances of the city of Palo Alto (1911) Internet Archive online

Vital records from family Bibles 1889-1897 FamilySearch Library

Palo Alto Newspapers and Obituaries

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Burlingame Daily News 09/22/2006 to 09/25/2008 Genealogy Bank online

Citizen (3/5/1904-12/31/1905) Palo Alto City Library online

Daily News 09/22/2006 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Daily Palo Alto Times 1905-1943 Newspapers.com online

Daily Palo Alto Times and Palo Alto News and Palo Alto Shopping Review 1943-1962 Newspapers.com online

Daily Palo Alto Times and Palo Alto News and Palo Alto Shopping Review 1943-1962 Newspapers.com online

Daily Post 12/18/2006 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Daily Post, The: Web Edition Articles 07/01/2017 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Mayfield Enterprise (3/5/1870-5/3/1871) Palo Alto City Library online

Palo Altan (12/1/1905-12/28/1906, 1912-1914) Palo Alto City Library online

Palo Alto Citizenᅠ(1904-1905) Newspaper Archive online

Palo Alto Daily Palo Alto Timesᅠ(1902-1912) Newspaper Archive online

Palo Alto Live Oak (10/28/1896 to 1903) Palo Alto City Library online

Palo Alto Live Oakᅠ(1896-1903) Newspaper Archive online

Palo Alto Palo Altanᅠ(1905-1914) Newspaper Archive online

Palo Alto Press (1901-1902) Palo Alto City Library online

Palo Alto Pressᅠ(1901-1902) Newspaper Archive online

Palo Alto Times 1893-1905 Newspapers.com online

Palo Alto Times 1962-1979 Newspapers.com online

Palo Alto Times 1962-1979 Newspapers.com online

Palo Alto Times 1989-1989 Newspapers.com online

Palo Alto Timesᅠ(1893-1905) Newspaper Archive online

Peninsula Times Tribune 1984-1984 Newspapers.com online

Peninsula Times Tribune 1984-1984 Newspapers.com online

Peninsula Times Tribune 1989-1990 Newspapers.com online

Redwood City Daily News 09/22/2006 to 09/25/2008 Genealogy Bank online

The Daily Palo Alto Times (1/9/1908-1919) Palo Alto City Library online

The Palo Alto Times (1893-11/23/1905) Palo Alto City Library online

Times Tribune 1984-1989 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Palo Alto

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.

Citizen. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1904-1915

Daily Palo Alto Times and Palo Alto News and Palo Alto Shopping Review. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1943-1962

Daily Palo Alto Times. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1905-1943

Free You. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1970-1971

Midpeninsula Observer [Microform]. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1967-1968

Midpeninsula Observer. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1967-1968

Palo Altan. (Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Cal.) 1903-1915

Palo Alto Daily News. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1995-Current

Palo Alto Live Oak. (Palo Alto, Cal.) 1896-1900

Palo Alto Live Oak. (Palo Alto, Cal.) 1900s-1900s

Palo Alto News and Mayfield News. (Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif.) 1936-1937

Palo Alto Press. (Palo Alto, Santa Clara Co., Cal.) 1901-1902

Palo Alto Sun. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1933-1935

Palo Alto Times. (Palo Alto, Cal.) 1893-1905

Palo Alto Times. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1962-1979

Palo Alto Weekly. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1979-Current

Palo Alto-Mayfield News. (Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, Calif.) 1934-1936

Peninsula Mirror. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1936-1937

Peninsula Observer. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1968-1969

Peninsula Times Tribune. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1979-1984

Peninsula Times Tribune. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1989-1993

People [Electronic Resource]. (Palo Alto, Ca) 1979-Current

People. (Palo Alto, Ca) 1979-Current

Times Tribune. (Palo Alto, Calif.) 1984-1989

Trench and Camp. (Palo Alto, Cal.) 1917-1918

Palo Alto School Records

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Castilleja For Girls High School yearbook, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Castilleja For Girls High School yearbook, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1986 Classmates online

Castilleja For Girls High School yearbook, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1964, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1980, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Castilleja School - Indian Paintbrush Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1926, 1955, 1958 E Yearbook online

Castilleja School yearbook, 1926, 1955, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cubberley High School - Totem Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1952, 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

Cubberley High School yearbook, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972 Classmates online

Cubberley High School yearbook, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1971, 1972 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Cubberley High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

David Starr Jordan Junior High School - Dolphin Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1955, 1956, 1957, 1963, 1969 E Yearbook online

David Starr Jordan Junior High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1963, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Directory of Palo Alto, Mayfield, Runnymede and Stanford University for 1921-22 FamilySearch Library

Directory of Palo Alto, Mayfield, Stanford University, Ravenswood and East Palo Alto LDS Genealogy online

Directory of Palo Alto, Mayfield, Stanford University, Ravenswood and East Palo Alto Internet Archive online

Ellwood P. Cubberley High School yearbook, 1952, 1959, 1960, 1968, 1971, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Gunn High School - Olympian Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1980, 1982, 1985 E Yearbook online

Gunn High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Gunn High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2000, 2004 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Gunn High School yearbook, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1989, 2000, 2004 Classmates online

Henry M Gunn Senior High yearbook, 1982, 1985 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Mid-Peninsula High School yearbook, 1989 Classmates online

Mid-Peninsula High School yearbook, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Palo Alto : a centennial history FamilySearch Library

Palo Alto High School - Madrono Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1961, 1965, 1967, 1978 E Yearbook online

Palo Alto High School yearbook, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934 (Jun), 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Palo Alto High School yearbook, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934 (Jun), 1942, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 2002, 2006 Classmates online

Palo Alto High School yearbook, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 2002, 2006 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Palo Alto Senior High School yearbook, 1926, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Palo Alto, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park & Stanford University Telephone Directory 1951 Golden Nugget Library online

Ravenswood High School Class of 1970 SF Genealogy online

Register of the alumni of the Leland Stanford Junior University from 1892-1899 Google Books online

Stanford Graduate School of Business - Prospectus Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1955, 1956 E Yearbook online

Stanford Graduate School of Business yearbook, 1955, 1956 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Stanford Law School - Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1967, 1969, 1970 E Yearbook online

Stanford Law School yearbook, 1967, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Stanford University - Quad Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 E Yearbook online

Stanford University yearbook, 1894, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Wilbur Junior High School - Warrior Yearbook (Palo Alto, CA), 1971 E Yearbook online

Wilbur Junior High School yearbook, 1971 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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