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  1. 1951.01 - Probate documents for Manuel Welch

    Surname: Welch Given name: Manuel Notes: Date: 1921 Total pages: 16 Probate record found in Folder CC248 XX000

    Record Type: Archive

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  2. 1951.01.01 - Probate documents of Contra Costa County from 18xx to 19xx.

    CCCHS maintains probate records from 18xx to xxxx. Our collection includes 000 volumes of over 00,000 cases. Our online index of each record includes most of this information. Surname: Given name: Notes: Date: Total pages: xx Probate record found in Folder XX000

    Record Type: Archive

  3. 1951.02 - Immigration and Naturalization records of Contra Costa County from 1850 to 2008.

    CCCHS maintains naturalization records from 1850 to 2008 for people who either started the process with the intent to naturalize or finished with the petition to naturalize. Our collection includes 107 volumes of over 13,000 cases only available with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. The online index of each record contains most of this information: Date naturalized Status Birthplace Date and place of US entry DOB City ...

    Record Type: Archive

  4. 1951.02.01 - Naturalization record of Jose Sanchez Rutia.

    Date naturalized: 1942FEB05 Status: Birthplace: Spain Date and place of US entry: unknown? DOB: City residence: New Surname (if applicable): Sanchez New Given name (if applicable): Jose Witnesses: Record found in: Volume XX, Page XXXX

    Record Type: Archive

  5. 1951.03 - Obituary Collection from 18xx to 19xx.

    The Contra Costa County Historical Society maintains an extensive collection of obituary clippings from approx. 18xx to 19xx. The attached media documents show the obituaries we have available and catalogued in alpha order. To view our obituary files, you may visit the History Center in person during regular business hours. To obtain a digital copy of an obituary, please contact us by phone (925) 229-1042, by email at info@cocohistory.org, or ...

    Record Type: Archive

  6. 1951.04 - West County Times clipped article collection.

    When the Contra Costa Times closed its West County office in Richmond, their extensive collection of clipped articles was donated to the Society. A table has been built showing the titles of the folders in this collection, along with the file drawer in which they are currently housed.

    Record Type: Archive

  7. 1951.05 - CCCHS List of General Subject Files A-Z (Index)

    The CCCHS History Center has a large collection of subject files in folders. The contents of these folders are not catalogued. The attached media documents will show the available Folder Names in alpha order. To view the contents of a particular folder, you may visit the History Center in person during regular business hours or you may hire one of our researchers to search the folder for you. Please send inquiries by email (info@cocohistory.o...

    Record Type: Archive

  8. 1951.06 - CCCHS Newspaper Clippings Folders by City A-Z (Index)

    The Contra Costa County Historical Society maintains a large collection of articles of interest from many local newspapers. These articles are separated and sorted by city, and in mnay cases, sorted by sub-categories within the city. The attached media documents will show the current list of available folders in our collection. To view the contents of a particular folder, you may visit the History Center in person during regular busines...

    Record Type: Archive

  9. 1984.10.1 - Orinda & Moraga Scrapbook Collection

    Miscellaneous newspaper clippings concerning the history of Moraga and Orinda, California. Included are some columns written by St. Mary's College history professor, Brother Dennis called "Lake of the Redwoods."

    Record Type: Archive

  10. 1984.14.1 - Lucille S. Arnon Collection

    This collection consists of brochures and newspaper clippings collected by Lucille S. Arnon about the East Bay Regional Park District in the 1970s. Also there are brochures from many of the developments in the area such as Rossmoor, Blackhawk, and Northgate.

    Record Type: Archive

  11. 1984.4.0 - Martinez Ferry Collection

    The box includes two books. One book has the Martinez Ferry accounting records from 1933-36 and daily trip logs from 1944-46, and the inside pocket holds employee work schedules. The other book has daily trip logs from 1939-41 and the inside pocket holds correspondence between the ferry owners and union, county, and state officials. The ferry books are a small part of a very large group of materials that were collected and donated in 1984 by Loui...

    Record Type: Archive

  12. 1984.4.1 - County Records Collection

    There is a wide variety of material ranging from ledgers to individual papers concerning several departments in county government. Generally the date range begins about 1850s to the early 1900s. The collection is a fragment of the overall possible collection. The majority of the records of the Board of Supervisors are located at county administration building, 651 Pine Street, Martinez, CA.

    Record Type: Archive

  13. 1984.4.11 - George Wolford Family Collection

    The collection is a scrapbook including newspaper clippings mostly about family members, with articles dating from 1860 to 1938. The cover of the scrapbook has the names George Wolford, Dr. John B. Tennent and Charlotte Wolford. The latter two married each other and settled in Martinez.

    Record Type: Archive

  14. 1984.4.12 - Oakwood Park Stock Farm Collection

    The collection includes daily business ledgers from 1889-91 from the Oakwood Park Stock Farm, and account ledgers from the Cook Farm related to the execution of the will of Seth Cook in 1891 (both farms were owned by the same extended family).

    Record Type: Archive

  15. 1984.4.14 - County Tax Assessor's Books

    These field books contain detailed descriptions of real, personal and other taxes collected by Contra Costa County. Some are labeled "duplicate copy". Others are labeled "Supplemental Assessment Book". Some volumes use separate empty pages within the volume to include "delinquent taxes", often for a previous year. Certain volumes are exclusively Poll Taxes; others include the Poll tax within the primary volume. All show internal evidence ...

    Record Type: Archive

  16. 1984.4.15 - Court Case Files Collection

    This collection contains approximately 7,750 folders housed in gray boxes. There are approximately 275 boxes. Each box is labeled with a number, i.e. "CC34" and inside each folder may have as little as one or two documents or in some cases hundreds of pages. They cover Criminal, Civil, and Probate proceedings. The early years contain document that are all handwritten. There are no typed transcripts of these records. Records from later years, afte...

    Record Type: Archive

  17. 1984.4.16 - Port Chicago Debris Collection

    The collection contains one piece of twisted metal debris which is labelled as debris from the Port Chicago explosion in 1944. The collection also includes a photograph of ruined buildings from the explosion, and a copy of an article on the explosion from the Contra Costa Gazette of July 17, 1944. The piece of metal was found in the hills 1.5 miles southeast of Port Chicago. No information is provided on the source of the metal, so it is ...

    Record Type: Archive

  18. 1984.4.17 - Borland, Robert Collection

    This is a collection of six scrapbooks of newspaper clippings and letters put together by Robert Borland concerning local politics. Robert Borland (1861-1933) was a manager at Pacific Telephone, a member of the Grand Jury, an advisory member of the Bank of Italy, and member of the Martinez Chamber of Commerce.

    Record Type: Archive

  19. 1984.4.18 - William F. Belding Collection

    This contains order books of the merchant, William F. Belding, of Giant & Pinole.

    Record Type: Archive

  20. 1984.4.2 - Elam Brown Bible Collection

    Elam Brown was an early settler in Lafayette, arriving in 1846. He was a farmer and built the first mill in the area.

    Record Type: Archive

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