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Updated 6-22-08
HISTORY
Colton Hall, the first Capitol of California
at Monterey, California
Monterey County was one of the original counties
of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county were given to San Benito County in
1874.
The county derived its name from Monterey Bay. The word itself is composed of the Spanish words monte and rey,
which literally means "Hill" and "King". The bay was named by Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602, in
honor of Gaspar de Zuniga y Acevedo, Conde de Monterrey, the Viceroy of New Spain.
(www.en.wikipedia.org)
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Cities & Towns:
Aromas
Big Sur (Includes Lucia, CA & Gorda, CA)
Boronda
Bradley
Carmel Valley Village
Carmel-by-the-Sea
Carmel Highlands
Castroville
Chualar
Del Monte Forest (includes Pebble Beach)
Del Rey Oaks
Elkhorn
Fort Ord
Gonzales
Greenfield
Jolon
King City
Lockwood
Los Lomas
Marina
Monterey
Moss Landing
Pacific Grove
Pajaro
Parkfield
Presidio of Montery
Prunedale
Salinas
San Ardo
San Lucas
Sand City
Seaside
Soledad
Spreckels
Vital Records Resources
http://www.co.monterey.ca.us/Recorder
County Seat: Salinas
Year Organized: 1850
Square Miles: 3,322
Monterey County Website
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Cemetery Locations:
Castroville Moss Landing Cemetery
Chinese
Cemetery
El
Carmeto Cemetery
El
Encinal Cemetery
Garden
of Memories Memorial Park
Gonzales
Cemetery
Greenfield
Cemetery
Hambey
Cemetery
Imusdale
Cemetery
Independent
Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery
King
City Cemetery
Lockwood
Cemetery
Mission
Memorial Park
Monterey
County Cemetery
Parkfield
Cemetery
Queen
of Heaven Cemetery
Saint
Johns Cemetery
San
Carlos Cemetery
Soledad
Cemetery
Yamat
Cemetery
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Online Data
(Coming soon)
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Biographies
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Births
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Cemeteries
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Census
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Deaths
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History
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Marriages
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Military
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Obituaries
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Probate
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Archives Locations
National
Archives - San Francisco
1000 Commodore Drive
San Bruno, CA 94066-2350
Monterey Family History Center
1024 Noche Buena Street
Seaside, CA 93955
Library Locations
Aromas Branch Library
Big
Sur Branch Library
Bradley
Branch Library
Buena
Vista Branch Library
Carmel
Valley Branch Library
Castroville
Branch Library
Cesar
Chavez Library
El
Gabilan Library
Gonzales
Branch Library
Greenfield
Branch Library
Harrison
Memorial Library
King
City Branch Library
Marina
Branch Library
Monterey
Public Library
Pacific
Grove Public Library
Pajaro
Branch Library
Park
Branch Library - Harrison Memorial
Prunedale
Branch Library
San
Ardo Branch Library
San
Lucas Branch Library
Seaside
Branch Library
Soledad
Branch Library
Steinbeck
Library
Old Custom House
San Carlos Church
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