Online Genealogy Databases

• 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
• "The search box on the left side of the page enables you to search the entire Local News database. If you want to limit your search to the Mountain Echo, click on 'Advanced Search,' then click on the drop down arrow under 'Limit the Search - By Source,' and choose Mountain Echo."
• Internet Archive's Wayback Machine's copy provides an easier way to browse through the database.
• Vital Records—$$$$ (Vitalsearch-ca.com)
• Births
• 1943 - 1978, delayed (original documents)
• Marriages-Grooms
• 1865 - 1980 (transcribed)
• 1851 - 1905 (original documents)
• Marriages-Brides
• 1865 - 1980 (transcribed)
• 1851 - 1905 (original documents)
• Various Birth, Marriage, Death and Obituary databases for California that include Santa Cruz County

• 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
• Congregational Sunday School Officers - 1916—FREE

• Santa Cruz
• Santa Cruz Lodge No. 38 (Freemasons) 1882—FREE
• Summer Home Farms Guest List Aug 1901—FREEby Jenna Fennell
• Woodmen of the World Officers - 1906—FREE
• Watsonville
• Pajaro Lodge No. 110 (Freemasons) 1882—FREE
• Watsonville Woman's Club 1961 - 1962—FREE
• Watsonville Woman's Club 1963 - 1964—FREE

1875 Santa Cruz County Directory (Images)—FREE
1880-81 McKenney's Pacific Coast [Business] Directory—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1907 Santa Cruz County Business Directory—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
• 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948 Santa Cruz City Directory—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
• Soquel
• 1916-1917 Soquel Directory—FREE
• Summit
• 1916-1917 Summit District (PO Los Gatos) Directory—FREE
• Swanton
• 1916-1917 Swanton Directory—FREE
• Watsonville
• 1898 Watsonville Telephone Book (images)—FREE (Golden Nugget Library) (Pages 389 and 390 contain Watsonville)
• 1939, 1940, 1941, 1948 Santa Cruz City Directory—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
• 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

• Mountain Echo Index
• published in Boulder Creek, California, from October 24, 1896 to December 23, 1916. Index includes births, deaths and "personal names".
• Santa Cruz Sentinel Archives
• Obituaries from 1999 to present
• Newspaper Abstracts
• includes miscellaneous transcriptions from Santa Cruz area newspapers from 1859 to 1989

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