Genealogical Research Libraries and Researchers
Santa Clara County, California

Santa Clara Family History Center

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 694
Santa Clara, CA 95052-0694

Location:
875 Quince Avenue
Santa Clara, California

The library entrance and parking are located on the north side of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building.
Quince Avenue is located off Homestead Road between Lawrence Expressway and Benton,
(between sidestreets Pomeroy and Pepper Tree).

Phone:
(408) 241-1449

Two or more volunteers available at all hours Center is open.

Tours available by appointment

Hours: (except Holiday Closed Schedule)
Tuesday through Friday - 9 am - 4 pm & 7 pm - 9:30 pm
Saturday - 12 noon - 4:00 pm
Closed on Sunday and Monday

Proposed 2008 Holiday Closed Schedule: - subject to change - please call for the posted dates

Independance Day---- Friday, July 4, 2008
Thanksgiving ------- Thursday, November 27, 2008
Christmas ---------- Thursday, December 25, 2008
-------------------- Friday, December 26, 2008
-------------------- Saturday, December 27, 2008
-------------------- Tuesday, December 30, 2008
-------------------- Wednesday, December 31, 2008
-------------------- Thursday, January 1, 2008

Research Help and Translations available:

Canadian Research - Friday 7 pm - 9:30 pm
Denmark Research - Wednesday 9 am - 12:30 pm
England Research - Friday 7 pm - 9:30 pm
England Research - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
Family Search - 1st Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
French Research/Translations - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
French Translations (limited) - Thursday 10 am - 2 pm
German Translations - Thursday 10 am - 2 pm
German Research/Translations - Wednesday 9 am -12:30 pm
German Research/Translations - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
Greek Research/Translations - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
Hungarian Research/Translations - call center and leave a message for Larry
Hungarian Research/Translations (limited) - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
Jewish Research - call center and leave a message for Larry
Latin Translations - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
New England Research - Thursday 12:30 pm - 4 pm
Norway Research - Wednesday 9 am - 12:30 pm
Old German Birth, Marriage, Death records read - Friday 7 pm -9:30 pm
Organizing Your Files - Tuesday 12:30 pm - 4 pm
Passenger lists - call center and leave a message for Larry
Russian Research/Translations - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
Scotland Research - Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
Spanish Speaking and Translations - 1st and 3rd Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
Sweden Research - Wednesday 9 am - 12:30 pm
Switzerland Research - Wednesday 9 am - 12:30 pm
TempleReady Help - Wednesday 7 pm - 9:30 pm
TempleReady Help - Thursday 9 am - 12:30 pm
TempleReady Help - 1st Saturday 12 noon - 4 pm
US Census - Tuesday 12:30 pm - 4 pm
US Research - Friday 7 pm - 9:30 pm
US Research, Beginning - Tuesday 9 am - 12:30 pm
US Research, Land and Court Records - (Alternate) Thursday - Call ahead for Barbara

Visit the Center for a list of language translators available:

Chinese
Danish
Dutch
French
German
Hungarian
Italian
Japanese
Latin
Mandarin
Medieval
Norwegian
Swiss

The Santa Clara Family History Center's Collection

LIBRARY HOLDINGS

Approximately 1,000 books, maps pamphlets, registers, research aids, reference pamphlets, census indexes, dictionaries, etc. on shelves.
Approximately 4,000 rolls of indefinite film.
Approximately 5,200 sets of microfiche on indefinite loan.
Four computers on a server with:
FamilySearch: Family History Library Catalog, International Genealogical Index and Ordinance Index plus Addendum, TempleReady, Ancestral File, Social Security Death Index, Korean & Vietnam Military Death Index, Scottish Church Records.
PAF (available in several languages).
Family History Resource Files: Vital Records Index for Australia (1766-1905), British Isles (abt.1538-1888), Middle America, Mexico, North America (abt.1620-1888) and Western Europe, Mormon Immigration Index (1840-1890), 1881 British and National Census for England, Scotland, Wales, Channel Islands, Isle of Mann and Royal Navy, plus others. Two shared printers.
A full subscription to: Ancestry.com
Equipment: Minolta RP605Z Reader/Printer for microfilm and microfiche, Royal Photocopier, 8 fiche readers, 12 film readers (3 with larger magnification), Computerized Card Catalog.

SPECIAL COLLECTIONS

Zabriske Collection , New York City Births, Marriages, Deaths,
North Carolina Index to Marriage Bonds, McCubbins’ Collection (NC),
Ohio-DAR Genealogical Records,
Oregon Death Index (1903-1970),
Pennsylvania Archives Series, 1-7, Pennsylvania Cemetery Records, Cope Collection (PA), Pennsylvania Genealogical Indexes, Pennsylvania German Families, Pennsylvania Marriage Licenses before 1790, Pennsylvania Persons Naturalized (1740-1773),
Rhode Island Vital Records (1636-1850),
South Carolina Collection of Family Files, South Carolina DAR Records,
Tennessee Civil War Veterans Biographical Questionnaires,
Texas Death Records Index (1903-1945),
Turner Collection (MD, DE, NJ),
United States Land Ownership Maps,
Washington Death Index (1907-1979),
West Virginia Genealogies,
Wisconsin Birth, Marriage and Death Indexes (pre 1907).

GREATER BAY AREA RECORDS

ALAMEDA COUNTY-Birth, Marriage and Death Records, Census Records (1860-1920), Great Registers, Church Vital Records, Naturalization Records Index, Probate Records.
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY-Brands & Marks (1850-1917), Cemetery Records, Census Records (1860-1920), Land Claim Records, Death Records (1873-1921), Estray Records (1851-1888), Great Registers, Marriage Index (1851-1941).
MARIN COUNTY-Birth Record Index (1868-1905), Census Records (1850-1920), Death Records Index (1873-1905), 1890 Great Register, Marriage License Index (1873-1934), Wills (1854-1923).
MONTEREY COUNTY-Birth Record Index (1857-19 42), Cemetery Records, Death Record Index (1887-1927), Great Registers, Marriage Record Index (1859-1923), Mission Register (1797-1937).
SAN FRANCISCO COUNTY-Census Records (1860-1920), Chinese & Early Settlers, Death Record Index (1865-1904), Church Vital Statistics, Marriage Record Index (1860-1973), Naturalized Voters (1850-1898), Naturalization Records, Pre-statehood Records (1838-1851), Probate Index, Early Land Records.
SAN MATEO COUNTY-Census Records (1860-1920), Cemetery Records, Great Registers, Marriage Index (1853-1899).
SANTA CLARA COUNTY-Marriage Index (1853-1899), Baptisms (1777-1855), Birth Index (1873-1901), Cemetery Records, Census Records (1860-1920), Death Index (1873-1905), Early Marriage Records (1859-1862), Marriage Record Index (1850-1917), Naturalization Record Index (1831-1933), Obituary Index, Will & Probate Index (1850-1912).
SANTA CRUZ COUNTY-Birth Index (1850-1980), Census Records (1850-1920), Death Index (1850-1980), Great Register, Marriage Index (1850-1978), Mission Register (1797-1937) Will Records (1851-1890).
SONOMA COUNTY-Birth Index (1858-1919), Census Records (1850-1920), Death Records (1873-1919), Declarations of Intention (1850-1901), Land Deeds (1857-1917), Marriage Index (1846-1934), Naturalization Index (1850-1985), Land Patents (1812-1903), Will Index (1852-1955).

INTERNATIONAL RECORDS

CANADA-Cemetery Records, Tanguay’s Dictionnaire Genealogique Des Familles Canadiennes Depuis La Fondation De La Colonie Jusqu’a Nos Jours, Loyalists Lists, Lower Canada Marriage Bonds.
New Brunswick- Cemetery Records, Church & Misc. Records, Marriage Register (1806-1889), Land Petitions (1763-1860) Probate & Court Records Index.
Nova Scotia-Death Information from Town Books, Planters & Pioneers, Staynor Collection, Vital Statistics from Newspapers.
Ontario-Biographical & Genealogical Card Index (1780-1869), Birth Index (1869-1899), Cemetery Records, Death Index (1869-1923), Marriage Register Index (1873-1912). Prince Edward Island-Baptism Index Prior to 1886, Death Index Prior to 1906, Marriage Index (1843-1892).
Quebec-1831 Census, Acadian Churches, Baptism Register (1825-1910), Marriage Index (1670-1964), Registres Paroissiaux (1662-1876).
ENGLAND-Boyd’s Marriage Index (1538-1837), Index to the Civil Registration of Births, Marriages & Deaths for England/Wales (1837-1900), 1881 Census Index, The Phillimore Atlas and Index of Parish Registers, England Ordnance Survey Maps, National Inventory of Documentation Sources in the UK.
GERMANY-Hamburg Passenger Index, Regular Direct (1850-1900), The Atlantic Bridge to Germany (10 vols.), German Immigrants.
IRELAND-Civil Registration-Births and Deaths (1864-1921), Marriages (1845-1921), Griffith’s Valuation, Householder’s Index, Irish Foreign Registration, Births, Deaths and Marriages (1864-1923) of Irish Citizens in Continental Europe, The Famine Immigrants, Vol.II-IV, 1841/1851 Census Abstracts (Northern Ireland & Republic of Ireland), Index to Irish Wills, A Guide to Irish Parish Registers.
SCOTLAND-1881 Census Index, Monumental Inscriptions, General Index to Births, Marriages and Deaths (1855-1900), Old Parochial Record Index OPR (prior to 1855), Scottish Church Records.
LDS RECORDS-Alphabetical Index to Ward & Branch Organizations, Church Records (1836-1845), Baptisms for the Dead (1840-1845), Early Church Information File, Emigration Records (1904-1914), European Mission (1849-1885, 1899-1923), Scandinavian Mission (1852-1920), Swedish Mission (1905-1932), European Emigration Card Index (1840-1925), Names of Persons and Sureties Indebted to the Perpetual Emigrating Fund from 1850-1877 inclusive, Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register, Records of Members, (1852-1946), Register of Family Group Sheets, Early to about 1950, Swedish Mormon Pioneers, Utah Immigration Card Index (1847-1868) plus many others.

For a detailed description of the Special Collections, Click Here.

The Special Collecions only represents a small portion of the Research Holdings location at the Santa Clara Family History Center.

Search the Salt Lake Family History Library Catalog here.

Find records on film and/or fiche. Take the numbers and description into the Santa Clara Family History Center, place an order and they will be shipped there for viewing.

OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC-NO MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED.
The SANTA CLARA FAMILY HISTORY CENTER, is a branch of the FAMILY HISTORY LIBRARY of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City, Utah. They have over 3,000,000 microfilms in their collection (listed in the FHLC) -- most of them available on loan through the Santa Clara Family History Center.
No fees or charges except for microfilm orders, copies, and genealogical brochures for sale.

San Jose Family History Center
4977 San Felipe Road
San Jose, California

The library entrance is located in the center of the front of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building.
Take Hwy 101 and exit east onto Yerba Buena. Turn right onto San Felipe Road. Church is on the right.

Phone:
(408) 274-8592

Hours:
Call for the current open hours

Los Altos Family History Center
Grant Road Los Altos, California

Santa Clara City Library
Central Library
Homestead Road
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Phone:
(408)984-3236

E-Mail Address: mhanel@ci.santa-clara.ca.us

Hours: (except City holidays)
Monday - Thursday:* 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Friday and Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

* The library is closed from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. on the first Wednesday of each month.

Online Library Catalog

Online Libraries for Santa Clara County:
- History and Genealogy Santa Clara County GenWeb
  
  Web Pages of Local Researchers:
  - Jakubany, Slovakia Church Records
    Slovakia, formerly Austria-Hungary
    Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths
  - Manley Mansion
    Canada - Antigonish and Pictou, Nova Scotia
    France, Germany, Ireland, Moravia, Poland, Scotland
    US - KY, MO, NC, NY, VA, St. Clair County, IL, Clarian County, Pennsylvania, Tucker County, WV, Wayne County, MI
  - PolandGenWeb Help Pages - Poland Catholic Records Microfilms
    Help for locating Polish records in Poland.
  Local Researchers for Hire:
  
  -INTERNATIONAL - (especially England, Netherlands, France, Sweden, Belgium and Catholic (Latin) records from most any country) -
  - LESLIE MAHLER -
    -For a list of his published articles, Click Here.
    -England Early Will and Probate Records transcribed by Leslie Mahler.
  -GENERAL-EUROPE-BRITISH ISLES-UNITED STATES -
  - Ancestry Experts Inc. (John Flora--Professional Family Research Services)
    + If you are already actively involved in your own research and are hitting some snags, I can help you with new ideas or new sources of information.
    + If you are interested in beginning a research project, I can perform a brief introductory record search and provide some recommendations to help get you started in the right direction.
    + If you aren't interested in doing your own research, I can conduct ongoing research while providing you with regular progress reports.
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Genealogical Research Libraries and Researchers Santa Clara County, California

Genealogical Research Libraries and Researchers
Santa Clara County, California