Sonoma County District Court records, 1850-1946 | Sonoma County Archives

By Mark Cooper

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Collection Overview

Title: Sonoma County District Court records, 1850-1946

Predominant Dates:1850-1878 (bulk)

Creator: Sonoma County (Calif.). District Court

Extent: 43.0 Volumes

Arrangement: Arrangement: chronological

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

Records reflect various aspects of the operations of the District Court. These include: registers of actions in civil and criminal cases heard in the District Court, and fees paid; liens for state and county taxes; lists of defendents and plaintiffs; minutes of each court session, court actions, and rules of the court

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be learned by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To see these materials, please call staff (707/545-0831, ext. 562) to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Use Restrictions: No restrictions

Preferred Citation: Sonoma County District Court records, 1850-1946. Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library, Santa Rosa, CA

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series: Civil Register, 1850-1859],
[Series: Fee book and register, 1850-1878],
[Series: Docket book, 1851-1880],
[Series 6: Judgment book, 1855-1879],
[Series: Calendar, 1857-1879, 1857-1862 (bulk)],
[Series: Minute book, 1857-1879],
[Series: Index, 1859-1946],
[Series: Complaints in equity, 1864-1871],
[Series: Register of tax suits, 1864-1871],
[Item: Records, 1857-1859],
[Item: Decree book A, 1864-1869],
[All]

Series: Judgment book, 1855-1879

Extent: 6 v

Note: Series content list:

1855-1858 : Cabinet 13 : Volume B : Accession 1545

1857-1860 : Cabinet 13 : Volume C : Accession 1538

1860-1866 : Cabinet 13 : Volume D : Accession 1534

1866-1876 : Cabinet 13 : Volume E : Accession 1534

1876-1878 : Cabinet 13 : Volume F : Accession 1537

1878-1879 : Cabinet 13 : Volume G : Accession 1546