Marin County Research Page last updated on
25 Apr 2011
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Birth and Marriage Records |
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| Societies | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Society | Member | Address | City | State | Zip |
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| Fairfax Historical Society | PO Box 662 | Fairfax | CA | 94978-0662 | |
| Marin County Genealogical Society | PO Box 1511 | Novato | CA | 94948 | |
| Marin County Historical Society | 1125 - "B" Street | San Rafael | CA | 94901 | |
| Sausalito Historical Society | PO Box 352 | Sausalito | CA | 94966 |
| Birth & Marriage Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Birth & Marriage Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Church Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Digital Copy | A rural survey of Marin and Sonoma Counties, California | 1916 | Internet Archive | Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Home Missions. Dept. of Church and Country Life | |
| Archdiocese of San Francisco Archives | |||||
| Website | California Church Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | Diocese of California -History | Diocese of California | Diocese of California - The Episcopal Church |
| Court & Jail Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Court Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Other | Index | Notaries | 1886-1909 | California Genealogy & History Archives | Peggy Hooper & volunteers |
| Probate | Original | Superior Court of Marin - Probate | Superior Court Marin | ||
| Superior Court | Website | Superior Court- Marin County | Official County Website |
| Death Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Death Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Cemetery | Website | Marin County Cemetery Locator: Marin Cemeteries Past & Present | Californios | Fred Smoot & Patty Sokolecki Smoot, 2007ÿ |
| Directories | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Directories | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | Marin County Directories | sfgenealogy |
| Finding Aids | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Record Finding Aids | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | Family Search Wiki - Marin County | Family Search | |||
| Website | Marin County Genealogy | sfgenealogy.com | |||
| Website | The California GenWeb Project | The US GenWeb Project | CAGW Administrative Team |
| Historical Resources | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Digital Copy | A good life : dairy farming in the Olema Valley : a history of the dairy and beef ranches of the Olema Valley and Lagunitas Canyon, Golden Gate National Recreation Area and Point Reyes National Seashore, Marin County, California | 1995 | Internet Archive | D.S Livingston, NPS | |
| Website | California State History Resources | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | History & Preservation Resources | Marin.org | |||
| Digital Copy | Sir Francis Drake, description of his landing at Drake's Bay, Marin County, California, June 17, 1579. Being an exact copy of parts of the original report of this voyage, in his caravel the Golden Hind, including a description of the first religious service in English ever held in America, and also the date of his departure for England, July 25, 1579 | 1915 | Internet Archive | Sir Francis Drake et al |
| Land Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Land Records & Maps | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Index | Deeds | 1973-2010 | Marin County Assessor-Recorder | ||
| Index | Free Online Database | 1973-current | Marin County Assessor Recorder County Clerk | ||
| Mining | Website | Stone Quarries & Beyond- Marin County | Peggy Perazzo & Pat Perazzo |
| Military Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Military Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Miscellaneous Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | Miscellaneous California State Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Organizational | Website | Towards a Survey of Secret Societies: Being a general History of Various Fraternities and Their Specific Impact in Marin | Mill Valley Freemasonry | Stanley J. Bransgrove, P.M., M.R.S., F.G.C. |
| Naturalization & Immigration Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Naturalization & Immigration Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Official Record | Original | Naturalization Records of the Marin County Superior Court | 1871-1957 | NARA - Pacific Region |
| Newspapers | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Newspapers | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Index | Chronicling America - Marin County CA Newspapers | Library of Congress | Inventory of Newspapers Published in the county | ||
| Website | Coastal Post | Bolinas | |||
| Digital Copy | Daily Independent Journal | 1949-1952 | NA | San Rafael | |
| Digital Copy | Marin Independent Journal | 2/11/2003 | AM | San Rafael | |
| Website | Marin Independent Journal | ||||
| Website | Marin Scope Newspapers | Novato Advance, San Rafael/Terra Linda News Pointer, Ross Valley Reporter, Twin Cities Times, Mill Valley Herald, Sausalito Marin Scope | |||
| Website | Pacific Sun | ||||
| Website | Point Reyes Light | ||||
| The Ark | Tiburon, Belvedere and Strawberry. | ||||
| Website | West Marin Citizen | Muir Beach, Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Dogtown, Olema, Pt Reyes Station, Inverness, Inverness Park, Marshall, Tomales, Dillon Beach, Nicasio, Lagunitas, Forest Knolls, San Geronimo & Woodacre. | |||
| Digital Copy | [Daily] Independent Journal | 1951-1952 | ANC | San Rafael |
| Photographs | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Photograph Collections | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Postcard | Digital Copy | Penny Postcards from California | US GenWeb Archives | US GenWeb Archives |
| Researchers | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Janice Sellers |
| Contributors | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Jo Ann Rowley-Minhoto |
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