Databases (Santa Cruz County)

Find more Santa Cruz County records at California/Bay Area

• Santa Cruz County, Biographies (USGWarchives)
  
• Santa Cruz County, Biographies (GenealogyTrails)
  
• Santa Cruz County, Biographies (CAGenWeb)
  

• A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California, 1893

• Santa Cruz County, Attorneys and Bankers of California, 1908-1909

• Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, Federal Census, 1850
  
• Santa Cruz County, Watsonville Pajaro Township, Federal Census, 1860
  

• Santa Cruz City, Woodmen of the World - Officers, 1906
  
• Club Women of California, 1915
• Watsonville, Watsonville Woman's Club, 1961-1962
  
• Watsonville, Watsonville Woman's Club, 1963-1964
  

Find vitals information in Vitals

• Santa Cruz County; Index to Santa Cruz County Court of Sessions minutes, 26 April 1850 through 12 December 1863; 1850-1863
  
• Santa Cruz City, Mayors, 1876-2007
  
• Watsonville, Watsonville Police Chiefs/Town Marshalls, 1868-present
  

• Santa Cruz County, Great Register, 1867–1869, 1871–1873, 1875–1876, 1879, 1880–1884, 1888–1896 $ (Ancestry.com)
  
• Santa Cruz County, Great registers, 1868-1869, 1871-1873, 1880, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898 (FamilySearch.org)
  
• Santa Cruz County, Great Register, 1890
• Santa Cruz County, Great Register, First Supervisory District, 1930 (Excel)
  
• Santa Cruz County, Great Register, First Supervisory District 1, 1932 (Excel)
  

• Santa Cruz County Recorder
  • 1978-current Online Database
  • “The index for those documents recorded from 1978 to current are on the computer. From 1977 back to 1850 the indices are in handwritten volumes.”
  • 1847 to current (Alcalde records from 1779) ???

• University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) Maps
  • Land ownership maps
  • Aerial photographs
  • Historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1873-1920) (must have login access)
  • Historic Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1886-1909)
    
• David Rumsey Map Collection
  
• Historic Maps of the Bay Area
  
• Old Maps of California
  

• Santa Cruz County, Census Populations, 1850-2000
• Santa Cruz County, California Notaries, 1886-1909 (notary)
• Santa Cruz County, Commitments to State Mental Hospitals, 1862-1913
• Santa Cruz County, Summer Home Farms, Glenwood & Wegner Villa Guests, August 1901
• Santa Cruz County, To Know My Name, A Chronological History of African Americans in Santa Cruz County, various dates
• Watsonville Street Guide, 1916-1917
• Santa Cruz History Articles

• Santa Cruz County, List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883
  
• Santa Cruz County, World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, Santa Cruz County, 1946
  
• Santa Cruz County, World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, Santa Cruz County, 1946
  

• Santa Cruz County Clerk of Superior Court : 1850 to current
• Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History ( Naturalization Records, 1871-1927) Guide

• California Digital Newspaper Collection (as of Jan 2025)
  • Aptos Post (Aptos, 1981-1983)
  • Evening Sentinel (Santa Cruz, 1896-1907)
  • Santa Cruz Evening News (Santa Cruz, 1907-1941)
  • Santa Cruz Sentinel (Santa Cruz, 1884-2010)
  • Santa Cruz Sentinel (Weekly) (Santa Cruz, 1862-1894)
  • Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel (Santa Cruz, 1905-1908)

• Santa Cruz Sentinel Archives, 1896-2005 (requires Santa Cruz Public Library card)
• Santa Cruz City, Santa Cruz Sentinel,1884-2010
• Local News Index
  • “a collection of over 87,000 articles, primarily from the Santa Cruz Sentinel”
• Historical Newspaper Index
  • “index to the early years of newspapers published in Santa Cruz County, primarily 1856-1960. The Santa Cruz Surf, Pacific Sentinel, Santa Cruz Sentinel, and Mountain Echo are the main newspapers included.”
  • The Internet Archive provides another way to browse through the Mountain Echo births and deaths notices; however, it may be out-of-date.
• Santa Cruz City, Santa Cruz Sentinel Archives, 1999-current (requires Santa Cruz Public Library card, look in Newspapers section)
• Santa Cruz City, Santa Cruz Times, 1864-1867
• Watsonville, Register Pajaronian Index, 1890
• Watsonville, Register Pajaronian articles, 1864-current
• Santa Cruz County, Various Newspapers, various dates (GenealogyBank.com) $
• Santa Cruz County, Various Newspapers, various dates (NewspaperArchive.com) $
• Santa Cruz County, Various Newspapers, various dates (Newspapers.com) $

• Santa Cruz County, Recent Newspaper Obituaries, 2008 - Current (GenealogyBank.com) </wrap> $

• Riptide Newspaper’s Centennial Pioneer Edition (1950-1951)

• Santa Cruz City, Congregational Sunday School Officers, 1916
  
• Santa Cruz City, First Congregational Church Members of 50 Years' Standing, 1917
  

• Santa Cruz County, United States Internal Revenue Assessment Lists, 1862-1874
  

Find more vitals on-line at California/Bay Area Vitals

• Santa Cruz County Government
  • Santa Cruz County Recorder : Births, 1873 to current
  • Santa Cruz County Recorder : Marriage, 1851 to current
    • Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History : Marriage Applications, 1900-1975
  • Santa Cruz County Recorder : Death, 1873 to current
  • Santa Cruz County Clerk of Superior Court : Divorce
  • Santa Cruz County Clerk of Superior Court : Probate, 1850 to current
    • Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History : Probate Court Records (1850-1898) and Probate and Miner's Court Ledger (1850-1950)
  • Santa Cruz County Clerk of Superior Court : Will, 1850 to current
  • Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History : Burial Permits, 1897 – 1914

• Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz County Registrar’s Burial Permits, 1897–1914

• Santa Cruz County, FamilySearch databases
  • Delayed birth certificates 1850-1980 vol 1
  • Delayed birth certificates 1850-1980 vol 2
  • Delayed birth certificates 1850-1980 vol 3
  • Delayed birth certificates 1850-1980 vol 4
  • Birth registers 1850-1908 vol 1
  • Birth index 1850-1980 A-K
  • Birth index 1850-1980 L-Z
  • Marriage records, 1851-1905; index, 1850-1979
  • Death and burial permit index 1859
  • Death and burial permit index 1873-1878
  • Death and burial permit index 1889-1905
  • Death index 1850-1980 vol A2
  • Will records, 1851-1890
  • Santa Cruz Sentinel local news index, 1856-1884
  • Santa Cruz County, California, births & deaths from early newspapers; 1856-1919

• Santa Cruz County, Genealogy Trails databases
  • Santa Cruz County, Delayed Births, 1885-1905
  • Santa Cruz County, Birth notices, 1857-1887 various years
  • Santa Cruz County, Marriage Notices, 1873-1908 various years
  • Santa Cruz County, Obituaries

• Santa Cruz County, Pre-1905 California Death Index Project

• Santa Cruz County, Vitalsearch-ca databases $
  • Births (Delayed), 1943-1978
  • Marriages-Grooms (transcribed), 1865-1980
  • Marriages-Grooms (original documents), 1851-1905
  • Marriages-Brides (transcribed), 1865-1980
  • Marriages-Brides (original documents), 1851-1905