Santa Cruz County, CA History and Genealogy
Welcome to Genealogy Trails! This county website is in need of a permanent host. If you are interested joining our group as webmaster for this website, or any of our websites, view our Volunteer Information page and Email Kim. A desire to transcribe data and know-how to make a basic webpage is required. We'll be adding data to this site when we can. Subscribe to our mailing lists to get notification when we update this and our other western websites. Santa Cruz County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. In the original act, the county was given the name of "Branciforte" after the Spanish pueblo founded there in 1797; a major watercourse in the county, Branciforte Creek, bears this name. Less than two months later, the name was changed to "Santa Cruz" ("Holy Cross"). Mission Santa Cruz, established in 1791 and completed in 1794, was destroyed by an earthquake in 1857, but a smaller-scale replica was erected in 1931. (www.en.wikipedia.org) County Seat: Santa Cruz Year Organized: 1850 Square Miles: 446
Cities & Towns: Amesti Aptos Aptos Hills - Larkin Valley Ben Lomond Big Basin Bonny Doon Boulder Creek Brookdale Capitola Corralitos Davenport Day Valley Felton Freedom Interlaken La Selva Beach Las Lomas Live Oak Lompico Mount Hermon Mount Hermon Opal Cliffs Pajaro Paradise Park Rio del Mar Royal Oaks Santa Cruz Scotts Valley Sea Cliff Soquel Twin Lakes Watsonville Vital Records Resources 701 Ocean Street, Rm 500 County Courthouse Santa Cruz, CA 95060-4003 Phone: (831)454-2200	Cemeteries (locations) Boulder Creek IOOF Cemetery Calvary Cemetery Day Valley Cemetery Evergreen Cemetery Holy Cross Cemetery Home Of Peace Cemetery I.O.O.F  Cem I.O.O.F. Cemetery Oak Wood Cemetery Pajaro Valley Memorial Park Pioneer Cemetery Saint Francis Cemetery Soquel Cemetery Online Data [Coming Soon!] Births Biographies Cemeteries Census Deaths History Marriages Military Newspapers   Transcribed Obituaries   Library Locations: National Archives - San Francisco 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066-2350 Aptos Branch Library Boulder Creek Branch Library Branciforte Branch Library Capitola Branch Library Central Branch Library Felton Branch Library Freedom Branch Library Garfield Park Branch Library La Selva Beach Branch Library Live Oak Branch Library Scotts Valley Branch Library Watsonville Public Library
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