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Library Reference Books

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Reference Books & Microfilm-Microfiche at the
Doris Foley Library for Historical Research

211 N. Pine Street

Nevada City CA 95945

www.mynevadacounty.com/library

Here are listed some Nevada County books that are available for you to use at this library. Sorry, these books do NOT have a look-up volunteer and they are to be used in the library only. This is a research library and books do not circulate. Check other branches of the Nevada County Library or order Inter-Library Loan from your local library.

NOTE: Items on microfilm--microfiche will be marked (Film)- or (Fiche)

bullet A Directory of Placer,Nevada, Yuba, Sutter, Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Tehema and Shasta Counties,1892-1894, G. W. Rentschler (sic:  a stamp placed over compiler's name; spelling now unclear).[Film]
bullet A French Journalist in the California Gold Rush 1850,
The Letters of Etienne Derbeg, edited by Nasatir
bullet A History of the New California, Its Resources and People Vol 1, Irvine, 1904.
bullet A Personal Name Index to Orton's "Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion 1861-1867" J. Carlyle Parker.
bullet A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy: Representative Citizens of Northern California, 1901, Chicago.
bullet An Index to the Biographies in 19th Century California County Histories,
J. Carlyle Parker.
bullet California 1850 Census Index,Jackson, Teeples.
bullet California State Gazetteer and Business Directory, 1890, R. L Polk & Co.'s [Film]
bullet Cornish Mining Families of Grass Valley California, Ewart, (no date).
bullet Directory of the City of Nevada and Grass Valley, 1861, Thompson.
bullet Great Register, County of Nevada, General Election Nov 7, 1882.
bullet Great Register, County of Nevada, General Election Nov 8, 1892.
bullet History and Directory of Nevada County, California, 1867, Edwin F. Bean.
bullet History of Nevada County California with Illustrations, 1880,Thompson & West, (1970 reproduction).
bullet History of Placer and Nevada Counties, California, Lardner and Brock, 1924.
bullet Index to California Historical Society Quarterly, Volumes 1-40, 1922-1961, CHS.
bullet Index to Roster of California Pioneers, by Native Daughters of the Golden West (no date)
bullet In Search of God's Gold: A Story of Continued Christian Pioneering in California, Loofbourow, pr 1950.
bullet Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, 1891, Lewis Pub Co
bullet Mormon Gold: The Story of California's Mormon Argonauts (1848-1850),
Davies, 1984.
bullet My Playhouse Was A Concord Coach,
1822-1888 (newspaper clippings etc), Boggs.
bullet Nevada City, Grass Valley, and Rough and Ready Directory For the Year Commencing January 1st, 1856, Brown and Dallison
bullet Nevada City Poll List, Nov 3, 1868 Election.
bullet Nevada County Deeds 1856-1928, County of Nevada official deed books on microfilm. Use Kitts' Index to obtain the book & page number [Film]
bullet Nevada County Directory for 1871-72, County Directory Publishing Company.
bullet Nevada County Mining and Business Directory 1895, John Edmund Poingdestre.
bullet Nevada County Probate Index 1856-1989 [Fiche]
bullet Nevada County Probate Records: [Film]
Probate Court Proceedings: Rolls 1-22 = 1856-1880;
Superior Court Proceedings: Files 1-5674 = 1879-1956;
* Old Probate Court Records 1939-1949;
* Nevada County Clerk Probates 3 rolls file 182-? =1883-1979.
* = Last two listings are not in the microfiche probate index
bullet Personal Name Index to the 1856 City Directories of California, N. C. Parker.
bullet Precinct Registers, County of Nevada, 1900 - 1966 (some on Film)
bullet San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists, Volume I, 1850-1864, Rasmussen.
bullet San Francisco Passenger Departure Lists, Volume II, 3 Jan - 14 Jun 1851,Carr.
bullet San Francisco Passenger Departure Lists, Volume III, 15 Jul - 31 Dec 1851,Carr.
bullet The Argonauts of California, A Pioneer, 1890, Fords, Howard & Hulbert, NY.
bullet The French Connection or The French in Nevada County California, Janicot.
bullet The Marysville Appeal Directory of Northern California For 1878: Butte, Colusa, Nevada, Placer, Sutter, Tehama and Yuba Counties, L. M. Mc Kenney. [Film]
bullet The New York Volunteers in California, Stevenson's Regiment 1848, Lynch & Clark.
bullet The Pacific Coast Business Directory for 1867
bullet Tourists Guide and Directory of the Truckee Basin, W. F. Edwards & C. D. Irons, 1883.
bullet Zamorano Index to Bancroft's History of California, Volume   1, A through L, 1890, UCLA.
bullet 1860 California Census Index, Dilts.
bullet 1870 California Federal Census Index (Except the City of San Francisco), Jackson, et al.


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