Placer County California
Genealogy
Library Resources 

Auburn-Placer County Library, 350 Nevada Street, Auburn CA
(530) 889-4111

Following are some of the titles that are available at the Auburn-Placer County Library in book format or microfilm/microfiche format, on early Placer County history, people, newspapers, records, as well as early California titles that may help in your research. These are for your personal research only.

  1. Directory of the County of Placer for the Year 1861; Steele
  2. Gleanings from Alta, CA: Marriages and Deaths 1846-1850; Alsworth
  3. More Gleanings from Alta, CA: Vital Records 1851; Alsworth
  4. Index to History of Placer & Nevada Counties; Lardner
  5. Some Indexes: History of Placer Co; Hawkeye Heritage, misc-/Binder 29
  6. Those Who Make Memories - Auburn Centennial 1888-1988; Jobe
  7. Forbes of Forbestown and Stories and Poems; Forbes
  8. California Gold Camps: Geographical and Historical; Gudde
  9. California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology; Gudde
  10. 1000 California Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning; Gudde
  11. Local History and Genealogy Resources of the California State Library; Strong
  12. Searching in California- A Guide to Records; Sanders
  13. Western Placer County Atlas - 1970-1971 edition; Henry
  14. Register of Pioneer Inhabitants of California 1542-1848, Vol 1-5; Bancroft
  15. California Pioneer Register and Index 1542-1848; Regional Pub Company
  16. Personal Name Index to the 1856 City Directories of California; Parker
  17. Records of the Families of California Pioneers, Vol 1; DAR
  18. California DAR Ancestry Guide; DAR
  19. -Film- California Census of 1852, Vol 1-4; DAR
  20. -Film- California Census of 1852, Vol 5-9; DAR
  21. -Film- California Census of 1852, Vol 10-12; DAR
  22. -Film- Vital Statistics from Cemeteries in California, Vol 1-2; DAR
  23. -Film- Vital Statistics from Cemeteries in California, Vol 3-9; DAR
  24. -Film- Vital Statistics from Cemeteries in California, Vol 10-12; DAR
  25. -Film- Vital Statistics from Cemeteries in California, Vol 13-17; DAR
  26. Index to Biographies in 19th Century California County Histories; Parker
  27. California Records: Counties, Towns, Cemeteries, Churches; misc-/Binder 34
  28. Index to the 1850 Census of the State of California; Bowman
  29. 1860 California Census Index; Dilts
  30. First United Methodist Church, Roseville CA 1883--1906; Alexander -/Pamphlets Box
  31. Northern California Marriage Index 1850--1860; Morebeck -/Pamphlets Box
  32. Northern California Bounty Land Grantees. Acts 1874--1855; NGS -/Pamphlets Box
  33. Burial Records of Confederate Soldiers in California; UDC -/Pamphlets Box
  34. Placer County CA, Vol 4, Oest Cemetery Auburn; Landrith -/Pamphlets Box
  35. Index to Davis' Newcastle Gem of the Foothills; Landrith -/Pamphlets Box
  36. Volcano Catholic Cemetery, Volcano CA; Carey -/Pamphlets Box
  37. Index to History of Placer County CA (Thompson & West 1881); --
  38. Railway Passenger Lists of Overland Trains, Vol 1; Rasmussen
  39. Railway Passenger Lists of Overland Trains, Vol 2, Rasmussen
  40. San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Vol 1; Rasmussen
  41. San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Vol 2; Rasmussen
  42. San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Vol 3 1851-1852; Rasmussen
  43. San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Vol 4 1852-1853; Rasmussen
  44. California and Californians, Vol 2; Hunt
  45. California and Californians, Vol 4, Hunt
  46. Early History of the Yuba River Valley; Hanson
  47. California's 75 Historic Years: DAR 1891-1966; DAR
  48. Placer County Genealogical Society Research Correspondence; misc-/Binder 107
  49. -Film- California Historical Society Quarterly, Vol 1-30, 1922-1951; CAHS
  50. -Film- Directory of Nevada, Placer, Yuba + other counties 1892-1894; Rentschler
  51. -Film- 1860 U.S. Census Population Schedules, Placer County; U.S. Census Bureau
  52. -Film- 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedules, Placer County; U.S. Census Bureau
  53. -Film- 1880 U.S. Census Population Schedules, Placer County; U.S. Census Bureau
  54. -Film- 1900 U.S. Census Population Schedules, Placer County; U.S. Census Bureau
  55. -Film- 1910 U.S. Census Population Schedules, Placer County; U.S. Census Bureau
  56. -Film- 1920 U.S. Census Population Schedules, Placer County; U.S. Census Bureau
  57. -Fiche- Placer County Hospital Registers 1903--1930 and 1931--1938; Placer Co Hosp
  58. -Fiche- Index to Placer County CA Hospital Registers, Vol 10, 1903--1930; Landrith
  59. -Fiche- Index to Placer County CA Hosptial Registers, Vol 11, 1931--1938; Landrith
  60. -Bound- Auburn Journal: 1920, 1922, 1925, 1927--1933, 1935--1962; Newspaper
  61. -Bound- Auburn Journal: 1964--Jun 1971, 1972--1976; Newspaper
  62. -Film- Auburn Journal 13 Jul 1914--1941, 1963, Jul--Dec 1971; Newspaper
  63. -Film- Auburn Journal 1977--1992; Newspaper
  64. -Film- Colfax Sentinel Jul 1893--1907; Newspaper
  65. -Film- Dutch Flat Forum 21 Oct 1875--3 Oct 1878; Newspaper
  66. -Film- Placer Argus 1882--1888, Aug 1889--1897; Newspaper
  67. -Film- Placer County Leader 29 Sep 1898--1902; Newspaper
  68. -Film- Placer County Republican 20 May 1885--1898; Newspaper
  69. -Film- Placer County Republican Aug 1903--Nov 1918; Newspaper
  70. -Film- Placer Herald 11Sep 1852--Dec 1856; Newspaper
  71. -Film- Placer Herald 12 Sep 1857--Sep 1858, 1859--1888; Newspaper
  72. -Film- Placer Herald 1890--1902, 1904--1928, 1930--1931; Newspaper
  73. -Film- Placer Weekly Argus 12 Sep 1872--3 Sep 1881; Newspaper
  74. -Film- Republican Argus 1899--Jul 1903; Newspaper
  75. -Film- Stars and Stripes 3 Jul 1867--26 Jun 1871; Newspaper
  76. -Film- Union Advocate 6 Sep 1862--18 Aug 1863; Newspaper
  77. Newspaper Holdings of the California State Library; Leach
  78. Placer County CA Vol 9: Old Auburn Cemetery; Landrith
  79. Shelf List of Genealogy Materials in Auburn-Placer County Library; PCGS
  80. Placer County Genealogical Society Research Correspondence, Vol 2-/Binder 107.2
  81. Placer Trails: Newsletter of Placer County Genealogical Society -/Binder 112

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