Historical Research


Ancestry


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Resources for genealogical and historical research. Access at library locations. More

 

HeritageQuest


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Thousands of family and place histories, genealogical books, Census archives, documents, and official records.More

HeritageHub


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U.S. obituaries and death notices for genealogical research, from 1704 to today. More

FIMo


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Historical California maps with high definition, color and gray-scale images. More


A to Z eResources

Ancestry Library Edition

Resources for genealogical and historical research. Access at library locations. More

Archival Collections

A list of archival collections created by local government agencies (primarily the County of Sonoma) and by the Library. More

Archives Unbound

Primary source material on topics of importance to U.S. and California history. More

California Digital Newspaper Collection

Contains over 400,000 pages of California newspapers published from 1846 to 1922. More

Calisphere

The University of California's free public gateway to primary sources. Offers more than 200,000 digitized items, including photographs, documents, newspaper pages and more. More

Digital Collections Databases & Historical Research

Digital Collections includes a number of databases and other resources for historical research. More

Digital Public Library of America

eBooks, maps, pictures, and other digital library items from libraries, museums, and archives across the country. More

FIMo - Fire Insurance Maps Online

Historical California maps with high definition, color and gray-scale images. More

HeritageHub

U.S. obituaries and death notices for genealogical research, from 1704 to today. More

HeritageQuest

Fully indexed and searchable, full-page online views of Census archives for the complete U.S. Federal Census, from 1790 to 1930. Thousands of family and place histories, genealogical books, documents, and official records. More

Historical Magazine Archives from EBSCO

Full text historical runs of select major magazines dating from the 1800s forward including Architectural Digest (1922-2011), The Atlantic (1857-2014), Bloomberg Businessweek (1929-2000), Forbes (1917-2000), Fortune (1930-2000), Life (1936-2000) and U.S. News & World Report (1926-1984). More

ImageQuest

Find images for personal and educational purposes. More

International Wine Research Database

Current and historical wine literature; plus the Charles L. Sullivan Wine Index of historical research. More

Local History Index

Research Sonoma County people, places, organizations and events referenced in books, journals and newspapers found primarily in the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. More

National Geographic Archives 1888-2015

Magazines issues, images and maps produced by National Geographic from 1888 to 2015. More

The New York Times - At Library Access

Free access to unlimited New York Times articles and content for Sonoma County Library cardholders while using library computers or WiFi. More

The New York Times - Remote Access

72-hour remote pass to New York Times articles and content. More

Newspapers.com

Digital archive of local newspapers including Cloverdale Reveille, The Petaluma Newspapers, The Press Democrat and Sonoma West Times and News. More

Online Archives of California

Detailed descriptions of primary resource collections maintained by the Sonoma County Library, plus more than 200 other contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and the University of California. More

ProQuest eLibrary

More than 11,000 research topic pages with information on people, places, historical events and eras, literary genres, current events, broad curricular themes and more. More

ProQuest Newspapers

Articles from over 2,800 newspapers, newswires, blogs, and other publications in 14 languages from around the world including:

  • The Guardian, 1992 to present
  • The New York Times, 1980 to present
  • La Opinión, 1992 to present
  • Petaluma Argus-Courier, 2008 to 2009
  • Santa Rosa Press Democrat, 1994 to present
  • Reforma, 1995 to present
  • El Universal, 2005 to present
  • The Wall Street Journal, 1984 to present
  • The Washington Post, 1987 to present More

San Francisco Chronicle 1865-1922

For genealogists and local historians. Search full text of early issues and see exact copies of articles as printed on original pages of the San Francisco Chronicle. More

Sonoma County Historical Newspaper Collection

Historical newspapers from Sonoma County. More

Sonoma County Local History & Culture

A guide to collection depicting Sonoma County's local history and culture through photographs, postcards, oral histories and more. More