Santa Rosa Genealogy (in Sonoma County, CA)

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Santa Rosa Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Amended birth records, 1935-1947 FamilySearch Library

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

Record of births and deaths, 1871-1926, Santa Rosa, California FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa Cemetery Records

Amended index Sonoma County homestead declarations FamilySearch Library

Asti Family Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bennett Valley Cemetery Find a Grave online

Bennett Valley Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Catholic Cemeteries - Diocese of Santa Rosa Billion Graves online

Catron Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cemetery records, Odd Fellows, Memorial park burial grounds, and the mausoleum, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California FamilySearch Library

Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery Billion Graves online

Chapel of the Chimes Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Charles L. Patton Ranch Cemetery Find a Grave online

County of Sonoma Cemetery Find a Grave online

Faught Cemetery Find a Grave online

Faught Cemetery Interment online

Faught Cemetery, Santa Rosa US Gen Web Archives online

Fulkerson Cemetery Billion Graves online

Fulton Cemetery Interment online

Index of the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery WorldCat

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

Luther Burbank Memorial Home and Gardens Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mark West Find a Grave online

Mark West Cemetery Interment online

Odd Fellows Cemetery Association Billion Graves online

Old County Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Old County Cemetery Find a Grave online

Potter's field : the Chanate Historic Cemetery in Santa Rosa, California : a history of the Old Sonoma County Cemetery plus a biographical record of burials, 1881-1944 FamilySearch Library

Potter's field : the Chanate Historic Cemetery in Santa Rosa, California : a history of the old Sonoma County cemetery : plus a biographical record of burials, 1881-1944 WorldCat

Rural cemetery, Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa Memorial Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Santa Rosa Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Santa Rosa Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Santa Rosa Odd Fellows Cemetery Find a Grave online

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery Find a Grave online

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, 1852-1980 : a listing of burials in Fulkerson, Moke, Rural, and Stanley cemeteries FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, 1852-1980 : a listing of burials in Fulkerson, Moke, Rural, and Stanley cemeteries. WorldCat

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, 1853-1997 : a listing of burials in Fulkerson, Moke, Rural and Stanley cemeteries now known collectively as Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, 1853-1997 : a listing of burials in Fulkerson, Moke, Rural, and Stanley cemeteries, now known collectively as Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, 1853-1997 : a listing of burials in Fulkerson, Moke, Rural, and Stanley cemeteries, now known collectively as Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery. WorldCat

Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery, 1854-2007 : a listing of burials in Fulkerson, Moke, Rural, and Stanley cemeteries, now known collectively as Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery WorldCat

Sharp Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Shomrei Torah Cemetery Find a Grave online

Steele Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Steele Family Cemetery Billion Graves online

Santa Rosa 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

Santa Rosa Church Records

Bethlehem Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1811-1947 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Santa Rosa Branch (Santa Rosa, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1856-1964 (First Presbyterian Church (Santa Rosa, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1862-1924 (Church of the Incarnation (Santa Rosa, California : Episcopal)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1941-1942; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1933- 1938 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Santa Rosa Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa City Directories

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California City Directories (includes Santa Rosa 1938) Ancestry online

California City Directories (includes Santa Rosa 1968) Ancestry online

California City Directories (includes Santa Rosa 1970) Ancestry online

California City Directories (includes Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Sebastopol and Cloverdale 1938) Ancestry online

Polk's Santa Rose (Sonoma County, California) city directory FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Santa Rosa City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Santa Rosa City Directory 1949 MyHeritage online

Santa Rosa City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Santa Rosa City Directory 1959 MyHeritage online

Santa Rosa City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Santa Rosa, CA 1903-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1903 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1905 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1908 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1909 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1929-1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1935 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1949 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1961 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1962-1963 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1964 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1966 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1969 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1970 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1972 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1976 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

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

Santa Rosa, California, City Directory, 1979 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa Court Records

Santa Rosa City Court records, 1937-1953 Archive Grid

Santa Rosa Justice Court and Santa Rosa Judicial District Court records, 1906-1955 Archive Grid

Santa Rosa Recorder's Court records, 1896-1953 Archive Grid

Santa Rosa 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

Record of births and deaths, 1871-1926, Santa Rosa, 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

Santa Rosa 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

Santa Rosa Land Records

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

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

Santa Rosa Map Records

Bird's eye view map of Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Cal., 1876. Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, 1908 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, 1908-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, December 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, June 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, California, September 1888 Library of Congress online

Santa Rosa 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

Santa Rosa Military Records

Index of the Santa Rosa Rural Cemetery WorldCat

Santa Rosa Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Santa Rosa Newspapers and Obituaries

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Evening Press and Santa Rosa Republican 1948-1949 Newspapers.com online

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

North Bay Business Journal 04/02/2021 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Oak Leaf (Santa Rosa, 1924-2000) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Press Democrat (Santa Rosa, 1875-1928) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Press Democrat 01/01/1995 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Press Democrat 1923-1997 Newspapers.com online

Press Democrat, 2008-2008 Google News Archive online

Santa Rosa Republican 1904-1948 Newspapers.com online

Santa Rosa Times 07/27/1876 to 08/10/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Sonoma Democrat (Santa Rosa, 1857-1897) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Offline Newspapers for Santa Rosa

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.

Daily Republican. (Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Cal.) 1880-1899

News Herald. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 1991-Current

Press Democrat. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 1901-Current

Santa Rosa Daily Democrat. (Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Calif.) 1875-1897

Santa Rosa Press Democrat. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 1897-1900

Santa Rosa Republican. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 1899-1948

Santa Rosa Times. (Santa Rosa, Calif.) 1875-1879

Sonoma County Bugle. (Santa Rosa, Ca) 1971-1973

Sonoma County Democrat. (Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal.) 1858-1866

Sonoma County Independent. (Santa Rosa, Ca) 1994-2000s

Sonoma Democrat. (Santa Rosa, Sonoma Co., Cal.) 1866-1897

Sonoma Democrat. (Santa Rosa, Sonoma County, Cal.) 1857-1858

Santa Rosa Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Santa Rosa School Records

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Cardinal Newman High School - Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA), 1976 E Yearbook online

Cardinal Newman High School yearbook, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Cardinal Newman High School yearbook, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1994 Classmates online

Cardinal Newman High School yearbook, 1964, 1970, 1971, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1994 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Cardinal Newman-Ursuline yearbook, 1976 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Elsie Allen High School yearbook, 1996, 1997 Classmates online

Elsie Allen High School yearbook, 1996, 1997 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Herbert Slater Junior High School yearbook, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Herbert Slater Middle School - Spartan Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA), 1977 E Yearbook online

Herbert Slater Middle School yearbook, 1977 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hilliard Comstock Junior High School yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Hilliard Comstock Middle School - Cavalier Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA), 1972 E Yearbook online

Hilliard Comstock Middle School yearbook, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Maria Carillo High School yearbook, 1997, 1999 Classmates online

Maria Carillo High School yearbook, 1997, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Montgomery High School - Valhal Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA), 1959, 1960 E Yearbook online

Montgomery High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Montgomery High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1997, 2007 Classmates online

Montgomery High School yearbook, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1997, 2007 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Piner High School yearbook, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Piner High School yearbook, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Piner High School yearbook, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa Christian School yearbook, 1997, 2001, 2002 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa Christian School yearbook, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2005 Classmates online

Santa Rosa High School - Echo Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA), 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1988 E Yearbook online

Santa Rosa High School yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa High School yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Santa Rosa High School yearbook, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1934, 1938, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1950, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2009 Classmates online

Santa Rosa Junior College - Patrin Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA), 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1968 E Yearbook online

Santa Rosa Junior College yearbook, 1934, 1937, 1938, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa Junior High School yearbook, 1958 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Rosa, California High School *The Echo* Yearbook, 1926 Access Genealogy online

Ursuline High School - Yearbook (Santa Rosa, CA), 1949, 1976 E Yearbook online

Ursuline High School yearbook, 1949, 1976, 1979 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ursuline High School yearbook, 1979 Classmates online

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

Santa Rosa Tax Records

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



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