Placer County Record Indexes
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Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1852-1885, from the Placer Herald Newspaper, Auburn, California
INDEX TO BIRTHS, MARRIAGES & DEATHS, 1852-1885
From the Placer Herald Newspaper, Auburn, California
A Placer County Genealogical Society indexing project.
Abstracted and indexed by Roscoe Ashton, Jan Catalano, Annabelle Chandler, Harry Grady, Henrietta Gustka, Barbara Leak, Louise Pilger, and Rita Santos.
Index to Birth Notices 1852-1885
Name of father, full date and place of birth, and sex of child are usually given in the newspaper notices.
Last Names starting A through D
Last Names starting E through K
Last Names starting L through R
Last Names starting S through Z
Index to Marriage Notices 1852-1885
Name of bride, name of groom, and full date and place of marriage are usually given in the newspaper notices.
Last Names starting A through D
Last Names starting E through K
Last Names starting L through R
Last Names starting S through Z
Index to Death Notices 1852-1885
Name of deceased, age, and full date and place of death are usually given in the newspaper notices.
Last Names starting A through D
Last Names starting E through K
Last Names starting L through R
Last Names starting S through Z
Requests for Copies
Copies of birth, marriage & death notices from the Placer Herald may be obtained by writing to:
Placer County Genealogical Society
Research Committee
PO Box 7385
Auburn, CA 95604-7385
Search fee: $5.00 for first notice, $3.00 each additional notice ordered at the same time. Send event type, name(s) and year from this index. Please include a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). Allow at least 4 weeks for a reply to your request.
Marriages, 1851-1905, from Placer County Marriage License Books Vols. A-G
INDEX TO PLACER COUNTY MARRIAGES, 1851-1905
(From LDS Microfilms # 1295539; 1295540; and 1295541)
Extracted and indexed by Doug Brown.
The marriages indexed here are abstracted from microfilm copies of the Placer County Marriage License Books, Vols. A-G. Digital images of the records are available online at FamilySearch.org.
Registered Voters in Placer County in 1890, from the Placer County Great Register of Voters
NAMES OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN PLACER COUNTY IN 1890
From the Placer County Great Register of Voters
A Placer County Genealogical Society indexing project, extracted by Barbara E. Leak and Margaret "Missy" Wilson.
The 4,046 names listed in this index appear in the Placer County Great Register of Voters for the year 1890. In addition to name, the Great Register gives age, nativity, residence, date and place of naturalization, and date of registration.
Last Names starting A through D
Last Names starting E through K
Last Names starting L through R
Last Names starting S through Z
World War I Service Men and Women of Placer County, from the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, Caifornia
WORLD WAR I SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN OF PLACER COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
From the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California, by Lardner & Brock
This index is compiled and placed on-line by the Placer County Genealogical Society through the volunteer efforts of Barbara Leak, Jerry Unruh and Ron Young.
The following names of men and women from Placer County who gave military service in World War I is taken from the History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California, by W.B. Lardner and M.J. Brock (Los Angeles: Historic Record Co., 1924). Lardner and Brock extracted the names from listings originally published in the Placer Herald newspaper of March 8, 1919.
The names were published in six categories:
1. Names of the Enlisted
2. Names of the Inducted
3. Student Army Training Camp
4. Somewhere in France
5. Casualty List
6. Honor Roll
The category "Somewhere in France" names those who saw service on foreign fields. Most served in Europe, but a few were with the forces in Siberia and are so noted.
For ease of searching, the Placer County Genealogical Society has consolidated the names from all six categories into a single, alphabetical listing. There is some duplication of names. However, approximately 665 Placer County service men and women are identified.
Index to World War I Service Men and Women
Last Names starting A through D
Last Names starting E through K
Last Names starting L through R
Last Names starting S through Z
New Auburn Cemetery Records, from the Auburn Public Cemetery District
INDEX TO NEW AUBURN CEMETERY RECORDS
From the Auburn Public Cemetery District, 1040 Collins Drive (Office), P.O. Box 4357 (mailing), Auburn, California 95604
A Placer County Genealogical Society indexing project.
PCGS Cemetery Project volunteers doing data entry of the New Auburn Cemetery data from 3 by 5 cards were Jan Bishop, Gloria Horsey, Linda Sword Johnson, and Joyce House. PCGS Cemetery Project volunteers providing photographs were Joyce House, Jacqui Marcella, John Knox, and Jerry Unruh. This project was started in April 2004 and reached this stage April 2009. Italicized data is transcribed from burial markers/gravestones or additional resources such as the Social Security Death Index. The first burial in the New Auburn Cemetery was in November 1962. The location is N/C-"block"-"lot"-"grave".
The Auburn Public Cemetery District is not liable for any erroneous information posted on the PCGS web site.
Index to New Auburn Cemetery
Last Names starting with A-D
Last Names starting with E-K
Last Name starting with L-R
Last Name starting with S-Z
Cemetery Map
Higher resolution photographs of burial markers/gravestones may be obtained by writing to:
Placer County Genealogical Society
Research Committee
PO Box 7385
Auburn, CA 95604-7385
Research fee: $4.00 for the first photograph ordered and sent via e-mail and $2.00 for each additional photograph ordered at the same time; for 4x6 inch photographs sent via regular USPS mail an additional postage and handling fee of $5.00 for the first photograph ordered and $2.00 for each additional photograph ordered at the same time will apply. Send name, location, death date from this index and include your e-mail address. Please allow at least 4 weeks for a reply to your request. Photographs will be added to this web site as they become available.
Old Auburn Cemetery Books, from the Auburn Public Cemetery District
INDEXES TO OLD AUBURN CEMETERY BOOKS
From the Auburn Public Cemetery District, 1040 Collins Drive (Office), P.O. Box 4357 (mailing), Auburn, California 95604
A Placer County Genealogical Society indexing project.
The Old Auburn Cemetery is located at 170 Fulweiler Avenue, Auburn, California.
A collection of cemetery records from Auburn Cemetery District was transferred to the Placer County Archives (Archives) in 2004. Before transfer, the Placer County Genealogical Society (PCGS) made two copies of all the documents and placed them in binders. One set of binders was given to Auburn Cemetery District and the other remains in the collection of PCGS. The originals are housed at the Placer County Archives.
Several of the original ledgers were very fragile and were in scattered fragments. Often one page would have four or more fragments with handwriting on both sides. When the PCGS volunteers copied the originals they carefully copied them in the order they found them, fragments and all. Archives volunteer Donna Dimmick painstakingly replaced hundreds of fragments with their matching fragments in sleeves to reconstruct the original page. Therefore the binders at the Auburn Cemetery and PCGS are somewhat different from the originals.
The collection of originals at the Archives was given accession numbers 2004. 15.1 through 2004.15.10. PCGS and Auburn Cemetery binders have numbered their binders 1-10.
Books 3, 8 and 9 were entered into a database by genealogical society volunteers Jacqui Marcella, Alora Lipsmeyer and Carmel Barry-Schweyer.
The Oddfellows Book is housed in the Auburn Oddfellows Lodge. The book was photographed and transcribed by Archives volunteer April MacDonald.
May Perry's Cemetery Albums are housed at the Placer County Archives and were indexed and transcribed by Archives volunteers Sherry Shackner and Coralee Arnold.
Placer County Deed Book 97 is housed in the Placer County Archives and was indexed and transcribed by Archives volunteer Carmel Barry-Schweyer.
Indexes to Old Auburn Cemetery books:
Auburn Old Cemetery, Oddfellows Book
Auburn Old Cemetery, May Perry's Albums
Auburn Old Cemetery, Placer County Deed Book 97
Placer Herald Newspaper Files, at the Placer County Archives
INDEX TO FILES OF THE PLACER HERALD NEWSPAPER
From the Placer County Archives
A Placer County Archives indexing project, extracted and indexed by Archive volunteers including PCGS Members.
Updated September 2014
The Placer Herald was the leading newspaper in Placer County for more than 50 years. Copies of the newspaper are held by the Placer County Archives. This index, containing 12,206 records, covers the years 1852 to 1887. For more information from the files, contact Bryanna Ryan, Curator of Archives, email her at bryan@placer.ca.gov. PCGS can also research these files, please see our research policy.
Index of Files
Names starting with A
Names starting with B
Names starting with C
Names starting with D
Names starting with E
Names starting with F
Names starting with G
Names starting with H
Names starting with I
Names starting with J
Names starting with K
Names starting with L
Names starting with M
Names starting with N
Names starting with O
Names starting with P
Names starting with Q
Names starting with R
Names starting with S
Names starting with T
Names starting with U
Names starting with V
Names starting with W
Names starting with Y
Names starting with Z
Files Containing Biographies, Oral Interviews, Newspaper Articles, etc., of People Who Have Lived in Placer County
INDEX TO FILES CONTAINING BIOGRAPHIES, ORAL INTERVIEWS, NEWSPAPER ARTICLES, ETC. OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE LIVED IN PLACER COUNTY
From the Placer County Archives
Extracted and Indexed by Joyce House, updated April 2021.
Placer County Archives has files of biographies, genealogical information and newspaper articles of people who lived in Placer County at one time in their lives. PCGS members Joyce House, Carmel Barry-Schweyer, Anne Thompson, Beverly Russell and Jacqui Marcella have been indexing these files which will be updated periodically. (Currently 23,727 Records.)
Key to References in the Biography Database:
Date of Info* -- Approximate period of time in Placer County
AA - Auburn Area Families (Hebuck) R-5:7
AA - News - Auburn Area News Items (Hebuck) R-5:7
Auburn--Memories - "Auburn - A Century of Memories" by PC Historical Society 1st Issue R-4:2
Auburn & Placer - "Auburn and Placer County Crossroads of a Golden Era" by A. Thomas Homer R-5:7
Binders #1-6 Local Native Americans, Shelf R-4:3
Binders #6 - Local Native Americans (unknown/Unrelated): Consists of General Stories, Cemetery listings, unknown Native Americans appearing in Placer County documention including Native people from outlining areas.
Cemetery Tour - Auburn Cemeteries & Maidu Indian Burial Grounds (Obituaries & Biographies) R-5:6
Colfax - Colfax/Iowa Hill/Alta/Dutch Flat/Blue Canyon/Foresthill R-5:7
ED Co. - Cool/Pilot Hill/Coloma/Greenwood/Georgetown/Kelsey/Gold Hill/Rescue/Latrobe/Shingle Springs/Salmon Falls/Mormon Island/American River Families to Folsom Area (Hebuck) R-5:7
Hancock, R. J. - Tin Man with Heart of Gold (Biography) R-5:7
Japanese History - "Placer County Japanese American History in Retrospect: The Story of Immigrants 1869 to Current Generation 2011" R-6:3
NA - Newcastle Area Families (Hebuck) R-5:7
Obituaries - Newspaper articles (includes CPRR/SPRR/RR/WPRR employees and train accidents) Newspapers.com or Archives
Old Fruitvale School - Schools-Placer County, "Places" File
P&L - Penryn & Loomis Area Families (Hebuck) R-5:7
Those Who Make Memories
If you would like further information on any of these files, contact Kelsey Monahan, Curator of Archives, Email: Kmonahan@placer.ca.gov
Index to the Files
Last Names starting with A
Last Names starting with B
Last Names starting with C
Last Names starting with D
Last Names starting with E
Last Names starting with F
Last Names starting with G
Last Names starting with H
Last Names starting with I
Last Names starting with J
Last Names starting with K
Last Names starting with L
Last Names starting with M
Last Names starting with N
Last Names starting with O
Last Names starting with P
Last Names starting with Q
Last Names starting with R
Last Names starting with S
Last Names starting with T
Last Names starting with U
Last Names starting with V
Last Names starting with W
Last Names starting with Y
Last Names starting with Z
Military Discharge Records
INDEX OF MILITARY DISCHARGE RECORDS
From the Placer County Archives
The index contains 7,971 records.
If you would like further information on any of these files, contact Bryanna Ryan, Curator of Archives, email her at bryan@placer.ca.gov
Index:
Last Names starting with A-D
Last Names starting with E-H
Last Names starting with I-L
Last Names starting with M-P
Last Names starting with Q-T
Last Names starting with U-Z
Bill of Sale Records
INDEX TO BILLS OF SALE
From the Placer County Clerk/Recorder's Office
A Placer County Archives indexing project.
This index contains 1,666 records from the following Bill of Sale record books:
Volume A, 1866-1893
Volume 1, 1893-1915
Volume 2, 1911-1920
Volume 3, 1919-1945
These are records of sold property that includes a description of the property, the property value, the names of the seller and the buyer, and the date of filing. The original documents are housed at the Placer County Archives and Research Center.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological
ACCESSION NUMBER: 2230.11.19
NOTE: A microfiche copy of all, or a portion, of this record is available at the Placer County Clerk/Recorder's office
Index to Buyers
Last Names starting A through D
Last Names starting E through K
Last Names starting L through R
Last Names starting S through Z
Index to Sellers
Last Names starting A through D
Last Names starting E through K
Last Names starting L through R
Last Names starting S through Z
Additional Placer County research is available from PCGS. Please see our Research Policy.