Genealogy

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Ancestry Library Edition
Ancestry Library Edition offers comprehensive resources for genealogical and historical research. Available at any Sonoma County Library branch.
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Primary source material from 296 archival collections covering topics of importance to U.S. and California history
California Digital Newspaper Collection
The California Digital Newspaper Collection contains over 400,000 pages of significant historical California newspapers published from 1846-1922, including the first California newspaper, the...
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Calisphere is the University of California's free public gateway to a world of primary sources. More than 200,000 digitized items — including photographs, documents, newspaper pages, political...
Retired 9/1/21 - Try the HertiageHub resource to explore your family history.
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The premier collection of U.S. obituaries and death notices for in-depth genealogical research from 1704 – today.
HeritageQuest
Browse through thousands of family and place histories, genealogical books, documents, and official records.
Historical Newspapers
Search early issues and see exact copies of the articles as printed on the original pages of the Chronicle. Only available at the History and Genealogy Library.