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Newspapers — Alphabetical (View chronologically)
- Alta California [Dates: 1849 - 1857]
- El Andar [Dates: 7/1989 - 12/1996]
- Aptos Post [Dates: 8/21/1981 - 5/18/1983]
- Aptos Times [Dates: 10/1992 +]
- Aptos Voice [Dates: 9/5/1973 - 9/3/1975]
- Balloon Newspaper Epoch [Dates: 1969]
- Black Mountain Press [Dates: 1965, 1967]
- California Star [Dates: 1/9/1847 - 6/10/1848]
- California Transcript [Dates: 2/26/1880]
- Capitola Courier [Dates: 6/1991 - 2/1994]
- Capitola Soquel Times [Dates: 6/2005 +]
- Capitola Times [Dates: 3/1998 - 5/2005]
- Capitolan [Dates: 8/3/1973 - 9/15/1973]
- Central County News [Dates: 9/19/1962 - 6/27/1967]
- Chamber Action [Dates: 4/1982 - 12/1988]
- City on a Hill [Dates: 9/30/1966 +]
- Coalicion Boletin [Dates: 1974, 1975, 1977]
- Coastal Courier [Dates: 3/1994 - 7/1995]
- County News (Aptos) [Dates: 6/14/1967 - 12/29/1969]
- County News (Santa Cruz) [Dates: 1/7/1976 - 7/7/1977]
- County Voice [Dates: 9/17/1975 - 10/29/1975]
- Courier Item [Dates: 5/26/1876 - 9/1889]
- Definitely Biased [Dates: 3/1974 - 10/1974]
- Downtown Connection [Dates: 12/1990 - 12/1998]
- East Santa Cruz Weekly Herald [Dates: 10/19/1889 - 8/23/1890]
- El Sol [Dates: 1/1/1998 - 2/28/1999]
- El Tenaz [Dates: 7/1970 - 4/1972]
- Evening Pajaronian [Dates: 4/1903 - 12/1930]
- Forum (Santa Cruz) [Dates: 10/1992 - 3/1996]
- Free Spaghetti Dinner [Dates: 10/31/1969 - 11/20/1970]
- Freedom Bell [Dates: 12/18/1952 - 2/5/1954]
- Frontier Gazette [Dates: 10/1957 - Winter 1983/1984]
- Good Times [Dates: 4/10/1975 +]
- Green Sheet [Dates: 7/1976 - 9/1986]
- Green Sheet and Cabrillo Times [Dates: 8/6/1970 - 12/29/1977]
- Growing Up in Santa Cruz [Dates: 5/1997 +]
- Independent Santa Cruz Record [Dates: 8/12/1980 - 12/2/1986]
- Journal News [Dates: 1/7/1970 - 3/28/1970]
- La Gazette [Dates: 6/1992 - 6/2002]
- Libre Expression [Dates: 1976]
- Lucha [Dates: 1972]
- Manifesto [Dates: 12/1996 - 7/2004]
- Matrix [Dates: 3/1976 - 8/1988, 9/1989 - 1/1992]
- Metro Santa Cruz [Dates: 4/14/1994 - 5/5/2005]
- Mid-County Post [Dates: 1/16/1990 +]
- Monterey Sentinel [Dates: 6/2/1855 - 5/31/1856]
- Monthly Planet [Dates: 3/1985 - 3/1994]
- Morning Star [Dates: 10/18/1976 - 12/7/1976]
- Mount Hermon Log [Dates: 1/1969 - 1/1976]
- Mountain Echo [Dates: 10/24/1896 - 9/9/1916]
- Mountain Echo (Los Altos) [Dates: 9/1974 - Fall 1998]
- News (Santa Cruz) [Dates: 3/1/1990 - 2/22/1996]
- North County Journal [Dates: 8/16/1967 - 8/20/1969]
- Noticiero [Dates: 1972]
- Pacific Sentinel [Dates: 6/1856 - 6/6/1862]
- Pajaro Times [Dates: 4/22/1863 - 4/15/1865]
- Pajaro Valley Times [Dates: 4/22/1865 - 10/27/1866]
- Pajaronian [Dates: 3/1/1868 - 2/27/1890, 2/1/1894 - 2/28/1914]
- Paper (Santa Cruz) [Dates: 11/26/1968 - 3/22/1969]
- Penny Press (19th c.) [Dates: 4/7/1895 - 12/30/1896]
- Penny Press (20th c.) [Dates: 1/1/1951 - 4/22/1961]
- Peoples Press [Dates: 1/18/1975 - 10/1/1976, 1/5/1979 - 4/23/1980]
- Phoenix [Dates: 2/28/1979 - 10/1983]
- The Post [Dates: 1/9/2009 - 12/31/2009]
- Press-Banner [Dates: 4/26/2006 +]
- Report (Scotts Valley) [Dates: 1/5/1965 - 8/30/1967]
- Riptide [Dates: 7/7/1938 - 8/1983]
- Rustler [Dates: 12/25/1891 - 2/5/1892]
- San Lorenzo Valley Press [Dates: 10/4/1946 - 7/1/1949]
- San Lorenzo Valley Reporter [Dates: 1/7/1954 - 12/29/1955]
- San Lorenzo Valley Sun [Dates: 7/15/1949 - 12/29/1950]
- Santa Cruz and Pajaro Times [Dates: 11/5/1866 - 2/16/1867]
- Santa Cruz County Times [Dates: 2/23/1867 - 10/15/1870]
- Santa Cruz Enterprise [Dates: 2/13/1874 - 3/26/1875]
- Santa Cruz Evening News [Dates: 11/1/1907 - 12/31/1941]
- Santa Cruz Express [Dates: 3/4/1981 - 4/10/1986]
- Santa Cruz Independent [Dates: 7/16/1976 - 5/17/1979]
- Santa Cruz Journal [Dates: 9/9/1868 - 1/27/1869]
- Santa Cruz Local Item [Dates: 4/16/1875 - 2/25/1880]
- Santa Cruz Magazine (1990) [Dates: 5/1990 - 8/1994]
- Santa Cruz News (19th c.) [Dates: 8/24/1859 - 7/13/1860]
- Santa Cruz News (20th c.) [Dates: 4/12/1920 - 9/11/1923]
- Santa Cruz Record [Dates: 1/7/1987-2/1/1994, 6/13/1995-12/31/1998]
- Santa Cruz Report [Dates: 9/1/1960 - 5/25/1962]
- Santa Cruz Semi-Weekly Sentinel [Dates: 6/13/1862 - 12/31/1867]
- Santa Cruz Semi-Weekly Times [Dates: 4/25/1863 - 12/29/1866, 2/28/1871 - 7/4/1871]
- Santa Cruz Sentinel [Dates: 6/1/1866 - 6/30/2009]
- Santa Cruz Surf (Daily) [Dates: 6/1883 - 5/1919]
- Santa Cruz Surf (Weekly) [Dates: 10/1889 - 12/1892, 1895 - 1899]
- Santa Cruz Times (19th c.) [Dates: 10/29/1870 - 2/25/1871]
- Santa Cruz Times (20th c.) [Dates: 2/22/1973 - 3/27/1975]
- Santa Cruz Weekly [Dates: 11/5/1980 - 4/6/1982]
- Santa Cruz Weekly [Dates: 5/6/2009 - 12/31/2009]
- Santa Cruz Weekly Sentinel [Dates: 6/1905 - 2/1908]
- SCAN [Dates: 5/25/1982 - 12/1/1995]
- SCAN [Dates: 1/1980 - 12/1999]
- Scotts Valley Banner [Dates: 10/1/1981 - 4/19/2006]
- Scotts Valley Times [Dates: 2/1999 - 6/2001, 1/2002 +]
- Soquel Press [Dates: 5/12/1939 - 3/28/1941]
- Sun (Santa Cruz, CA) [Dates: 9/25/1986 - 10/27/1989]
- Sundaz [Dates: 11/1/1970 - 5/31/1976]
- Town Crier [Dates: 12/21/1977 - 8/16/1978]
- TWANAS [Dates: 11/27/1979 - 5/31/1984]
- Valley Post [Dates: 7/1/2002 - 12/31/2008]
- Valley Press [Dates: 1/13/1965 - 4/19/2006]
- Westside Story [Dates: 10/1978 (#4) - 9/1983 (#50)]
- Westside Weekly [Dates: 9/7/1983 - 12/5/1984]
- Zeitgeist [Dates: 2/1980 (#1) - 9/1984 (#37)]
Directories
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California State Gazetteer and Business Directory
[Dates: 1888, 1890 Publisher: R. L. Polk & Co., 1888-] -
Coast County Directory Including Santa Cruz, San Diego, Ventura, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Los Angeles Counties: Giving Name, Occupation, and Residence of All Adult...
[Dates: 1884-1885 Publisher: L. M. McKenney & Co., 1884] -
Langley's San Francisco Directory for the Year Commencing 1894
[Dates: 1894 Publisher: Francis, Valentine & Co., 1880-] -
McKenney's District Directory for 1879, of Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey Counties, Including All Residents, with Sketch of Cities and Towns
[Dates: 1879 Publisher: L. M. McKenney & Co., 1878] -
Mercantile Guide: Business Directory of the Principal Cities and Towns of the State of California
[Dates: 1902-1903 Publisher: Mercantile Guide Co., 1891-] -
The Pacific Coast Business Directory
[Dates: 1876-1878 Publisher: H. G. Langley, 1867] -
San Jose City Directory Including Santa Clara, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, San Benito and Monterey Counties, Giving Name, Occupation and Residence of All Adult Persons in the Five Counties
[Dates: 1884-1885, 1887-1888, 1889 Publisher: McKenney Directory Co., 1884] -
Santa Cruz City Directory for the Year 1902: a General Directory of the Citizens of Santa Cruz, California
[Dates: 1902 Publisher: Press of K. E. Trish, 1902] -
Southern Pacific Coast Directory for 1888-9: Being a Business Directory of San Francisco, Central and Southern California
[Dates: 1888-1889 Publisher: McKenney Directory Co., 1888]
Maps
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Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps: Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Santa Monica, California
[Dates: Reel #64 1886, Reel #65 1928]
Miscellaneous
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Great Register of Voters, 1900-1944
[Dates: 1900-1944 Publisher: Santa Cruz County] -
Land Use Information System: County Assessor Parcel Information Report in Order by Situs Address for City of Santa Cruz, California
[Dates: 1996?] -
Santa Cruz County, California: Official Deeds
[Dates: 7/16/1850 - 1/29/1853] -
Santa Cruz Mission Records: Baptisms, Correspondence, etc.
[Dates: 1791-1814] -
Santa Cruz Mission Records: Baptisms, Correspondence, etc.
[Dates: Various Dates]
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