Major San Joaquin Co Local History Sources at the Library

Buildings & Businesses

Cultural Heritage Board Building Survey (LH 979.456 # Folders in filing cabinet in the Local History Room)

Historic Building Survey folders on houses in the Magnolia Historic District (Folders in filing cabinets near genR)

Inventory of Historic Resources: Central Stockton Redevelopment Area, 1991 (LH 363.6909794 CAL)

Downtown Stockton Historic Resources Survey for the City of Stockton (2 v.), 2000 (R & LH 363.690974 ARC)

Roberts, James Arthur. Stockton’s Manufacturing: Development, Effects, and Future of Manufacturing in Stockton, (LH 338.0979456 ROB)

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: City of Stockton, California (microfilm 912.78456 SAN) Maps for 1895 & 1917 with paste ups to 1950.  (In Storage)

Cemetery Records
Engh, Peggy Ward.  Remembrance of pioneers past : a walking tour of Harmony Grove Cemetery, Lockeford, California  (genR 929.379455 ENG)
Fickenwirth, Eric.  Partial transcription of Parkview Cemetery, Manteca, CA. (genR 929.5097945 FIC ) (Now at Interment.net)

Harmony Grove Cemetery, Lockeford, California (genR 929.379455 HAR)
Kennedy, Glenn Alvin. Remembered Men & Women in the Stockton Rural Cemetery (circ & LH 3939.0979456 KEN)

Linden Cemetery, an Alphabetical Listing of Those Buried, 1824-1951 (genR 929.379455 LIN)

Lodi Memorial Cemetery, Lodi, San Joaquin, Calif. (genR 929.50979455 LOD)
McComb, Delmar M. City of the Great Peace: An Historical Study of Stockton Rural Cemetery (LH 338.0979456 MACC)

*Old Cemeteries of San Joaquin County (3 vols.) (genR 929.50979456 SAN)

Census Records

*1850 Census, San Joaquin County (LH or genR 929.455 SAN)

Indexes to the 1850, 1860, and 1870 federal censuses of California (genR 929.3794 on census index shelves, north end)

California Census of 1852, incomplete copy typed by the DAR in 1934-35 (Microfilm in Storage Area) Index to each county at end of each county (Original images now at FamilySearch.org  or Ancestry.com with every name index)

California federal censuses, 1850-1920 (Microfilm in Storage Area)

Full U.S. federal censuses with indexing, 1790-1940 (Ancestry Library Edition in Library only)

Many U.S. federal and state censuses and international censuses  (See FamilySearch.org )

Directories
Stockton Directory and Emigrants' Guide to the Southern Mines. 1852 (In LH Storage)

Stockton City Directory for the Year 1856 (LH 979.456 STO)

Stockton & San Joaquin County directories of citizens, 1870-1936 (In LH Storage)

Stockton city directories, 1937 to present (In LH  Storage)

Lodi, Tracy & Manteca directories, periods vary (In LH Storage)

Land Records

*Grantor-Grantee Index of San Joaquin County, 1849-1859 (genR 929.379455 SAN) also 1860-68

*Grantee-Grantor Index of San Joaquin County, 1849-1859 (genR 929.379455 SAN) also 1860-68

Plat maps showing rural landowners of San Joaquin County, 1858, 1870, 1895, 1911, 1969, 1972, 1984 (See map list for call numbers and also catalog under San Joaquin County Calif -- Maps)

The San Joaquin Co. Historical Museum and the Haggin Museum have more complete sets of plat maps for Stockton and San Joaquin County. (See our list of plat maps at the SJ Co. Historical Museum in the LH & Genealogy Binder.)

1911 plat book for San Joaquin County (78 pages) at Ancestry.com under "U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918"  Searchable by name.


Major Local Histories

Davis, Olive. Stockton, Sunrise Port on the San Joaquin, c1998 (circ & LH 979.456 DAV 1998)

Gilbert, Frank. History of San Joaquin County, 1879 “Thompson & West” (LH 979.455 GIL)

Hillman, Raymond. Cities & Towns of San Joaquin Co. Since 1847, c1985 (LH 979.455 HIL)

An Illustrated History of San Joaquin County, California, 1890 (LH 979.455 ILL)

Kennedy, Glenn. It Happened in Stockton, 1900-1925, c1967 (circ & LH 979.456 KEN)

Martin, V. Covert. Stockton Album through the Years, c1959 (LH 979.456 MAR)

Spencer, Horace A. Guide to Historical Locations in San Joaquin County, c1967 (LH 979.456 SPE)

Tinkham, George H. History of San Joaquin County, California with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women, 1923 (LH 979.455 TIN)

Tinkham, George H. History of Stockton From Its Organization Up to the Present Time, 1880 (LH 979.456 TIN)

Wood, R. Coke. Stockton Memories, c1977 (LH 979.456 WOO)

Works Progress Administration. History of Stockton and San Joaquin County, 1938 (LH 979.456 WOR)

Also histories of other cities and towns including Escalon, Farmington, Lodi, Lockeford, Manteca, and Tracy.

Military Records

*Index to discharges of United States Service Men & Women, 1863-1944 Recorded in San Joaquin County (genR 929.379456 SAN)

Naturalization Records

Index to Declarations, San Joaquin County, California, 1851-1906 (genR 929.379455 SAN)

Newspaper Indexes

Card file subject index to Stockton newspapers, 1851-1990 (incomplete at points) (Ask at the Reference Desk)

*Gold Rush Days (9 vols.) Index to vital records and personal items from Stockton newspapers, 1850-1872

(genR 929.379456 SAN)

Images of the Lodi Sentinel/Lodi News-Sentinel from 1910 to present with keyword searching is available at http://news.google.com/archivesearch

Schools

Bloch, Charles. A History of the Public Schools of Stockton, California, c1962 (circ & LH 379.79456 BLO)

Bonta, Robert. Stockton’s Historic Public Schools, c1981 (circ & LH 371.01 BON)

Hollembeak, Jessie Ryan. A History of the Public Schools of Stockton, California (LH 379 HOL)

Public Schools of San Joaquin County, 1852-1990, c1991 (LH 379.79455 SAN)

Check the Appendices to the Journals of the Senate and the Assembly for occasional reports to the state from the

County Superintendent of Schools California documents in Storage Area)

High school year books, various schools and years (In Local History Room)

Vital Records—Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Obituary Card File—alphabetical index to obituaries in Stockton newspapers

1850-1990 (incomplete at points throughout) (Filing cabinets in Reference Work Room and at FamilySearch.org )

*Birth Records, San Joaquin County, California, Vol. II, 1859-1905 (genR 929.379455 SAN)

California Bride & Groom Indexes on microfiche, 1960-1985 (At the Reference Desk)

California Death Index on microfiche, 1940-1994 (At the Reference Desk)

*Certificates of Death, City of Stockton, 1893-1897 (genR 929.379456 SAN)

*Death Records of San Joaquin County, California: Compiled from the Register of Deaths, vol. II 1895-1905  (genR 929.379456 SAN)

*Gold Rush Days (9 vols.) (genR 929.379456 SAN) vital records and personal items from Stockton newspapers, 1850-1872

*Indexed Probate Records of San Joaquin County, Calif., 1850-1900 (genR 929.379456 SAN)

*Marriage Records of San Joaquin County (5v.) 1850-1925, 1933-1941 (genR 929.379456 SAN)
California Birth Index 1905-1995, at FamilySearch.org or Ancestry.com
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985 at FamilySearch.org  or Ancestry.com
California Death Index, 1905-1939, microfiche images at  FamilySearch.org or Ancestry.com
California Death Index, 1940-1997,  at FamilySearch.org  or Ancestry.com

Social Security Death Index, approx 1960 to present at FamilySearch.org  or Ancestry.com

Stockton Record Obituary Index, 1997-2006 http://obits.rootsweb.ancestry.com Use “Stockton Record” and name to search 

California Divorce Index, 1966-1984, at FamilySearch.org  or Ancestry.com

Miscellaneous Sources

Bancroft, Hubert Howe. California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542-1848, Including Inhabitants of California 1769-1800 (R 979.4 BAN)  Besides giving brief descriptions of early pioneers, this book references Bancroft’s History of California.

California State Library Information File, information on microfiche (Ask at the Reference Desk)

*Elkhorn Township San Joaquin County, California, Index to Court Record Books, 1874-1933 of the Justice, Criminal & Motor Vehicle Dockets. [Lodi/Lockeford area] (genR 929.379455 ELK)

Local History Index, a card index to people, buildings, places & events in local history books and magazines  (Card File at the Reference Desk)

Parker, J. Carlyle. An Index to the Biographees in 19^th Century California County Histories. (genR 929.3794 PAR)  This book indexes California county histories available in microfilm collection (In Storage Area)

Appendices to the Journals of the Senate and the Assembly [California Sate Government] each year contain special reports from state and county agencies that provide valuable local history. (California Documents in Storage Area)

*Books with an asterisk were compiled by the San Joaquin Genealogical Society. Many are still available for sale. See its homepage at http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~sjgs                                                                         2012