Online Genealogy Databases

• Various Birth, Marriage, Death and Obituary databases for California that include Santa Cruz County
• Pre-1905 CA Death Index Project (Santa Cruz County)—FREE
• Included in the sfgenealogy.com search engine by permission
• 1896 - 1916 Birth & Death Index from The Mountain Echo—FREE

• Santa Cruz County Biographies—FREE by CalArchives4u
• Santa Cruz County Biographies—FREE (USGenWeb Archives)

• Attorneys and Bankers Directory, 1908-09—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
• California State Dental Association Members, Ninth District, Santa Cruz County, 1933-34—FREE

• 1850 Federal Census - Santa Cruz County (transcription)—FREE
• 1860 Federal Census - Santa Cruz County (transcription)—FREE  (A work in progress)
• Watsonville-Pajaro Township—FREE
• U.S. Federal Census Records (1860-1930)—FREE & $$$$

First Congregational Church Members of 50 Years' Standing -1917—FREE

• Santa Cruz
• Santa Cruz Lodge No. 38 (Freemasons) 1882—FREE
• Watsonville
• Pajaro Lodge No. 110 (Freemasons) 1882—FREE

1875 Santa Cruz County Directory (Images)—FREE

• Aptos
• 1916-1917 Aptos Directory—FREE
• Ben Lomond
• 1916-1917 Ben Lomond Directory—FREE
• Bonny Doon
• 1916-1917 Bonny Doon Directory—FREE
• Boulder Creek
• 1916-1917 Boulder Creek Directory—FREE
• Brookdale
• 1916-1917 Brookdale Directory—FREE
• Capitola
• 1916-1917 Capitola Directory—FREE
• Castle Rock District
• 1916-1917 Castle Rock District Directory—FREE
• Chittenden
• 1916-1917 Chittenden Directory—FREE
• Corralitos
• 1916-1917 Corralitos Directory—FREE
• Davenport
• 1916-1917 Davenport Directory—FREE
• Felton
• 1916-1917 Felton Directory—FREE
• Glenwood
• 1916-1917 Glenwood Directory—FREE
• Laurel
• 1916-1917 Laurel Directory—FREE
• Mt. Hermon
• 1916-1917 Mt. Hermon Directory—FREE
• Olympia (formerly Eccles)
• 1916-1917 Olympia Directory—FREE
• Santa Cruz
• 1898 Santa Cruz Telephone Directory (images)—FREE (Golden Nugget Library) (Pages 364 to 366 contain the City of Santa Cruz)
• 1898 Santa Cruz Telephone Directory (transcription)—FREE
• 1899 Santa Cruz Social Register—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
• 1935 Santa Cruz City Directory (images)—FREE
• Soquel
• 1916-1917 Soquel Directory—FREE
• Summit
• 1916-1917 Summit District (PO Los Gatos) Directory—FREE
• Swanton
• 1916-1917 Swanton Directory—FREE
• Watsonville
• 1898 Watsonville Telephone Book (images)—FREE (Golden Nugget Library) (Pages 389 and 390 contain Watsonville)
• Wrights District
• 1916-1917 Wrights District Directory—FREE
• Zayante
• 1916-1917 Zayante (Formerly Gibbs)Directory—FREE

• Mexican Land Grants - Santa Cruz County—FREE (UC Berkeley Earth Sciences & Map Library)
• Index to Federal Land Record - Santa Cruz County—FREE (USGenWeb Archives)

• World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, Santa Cruz County (1946)—FREE

• Notaries Public from California Blue Books, various years 1886-1909)—FREE(Golden Nugget Library)
• includes Santa Cruz County Notaries

• Newspaper Abstracts
• includes miscellaneous transcriptions from Santa Cruz area newspapers from 1859 to 1989
• Santa Cruz Sentinel Archives
• Obituaries from 1999 to present

• 1878 Great Register (images)—FREE
• California Voter Registrations (Santa Cruz County)—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
• 1900-1944 (most years)