Santa Clara County, California Online Historical Directories
Santa Clara County, California Online Historical Directories
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1860s - 1890s
California Voter Registers, 1866-1898 - $ (Ancestry)
San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, and Monterey County Directories, Paulson, 1875 - Free (Google Books)
San Jose Telephone Directory, Sunset Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1893 - Free (San Francisco Genealogy)
- transcribed
California State Government and Court Directory, unknown, 1898 - $ (Ancestry)
1900s - 1920s
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1926 - Free (DistantCousin - available through the Wayback Machine - may "disappear" over time)
1930s
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1936 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto, Ravenswood, and Stanford University
San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directories, Polk, 1936 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto, Ravenswood, and Stanford University
Santa Jose City and Santa Clara County Directories, Polk, 1937 - $ (Ancestry)
- filming ends with Los Gatos City Directory listing for Erwin, Simeon W.; pp. 888-9
- the rest of the directory can be viewed here; begins with pp. 888-9
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto, Ravenswood, and Stanford University
San Jose City Directory, 1938 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1939 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto, Ravenswood, and Stanford University
1940s
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
Los Gatos City Directory, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto and Stanford University
San Jose City Directory, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
- filming ends with San Jose Householders Directory listing for Magnolia Avenue; pp. 538-9
- the rest of the directory can be viewed here; begins with pp. 538-9
Santa Clara County Directory, Polk, 1940 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Agnew, Alma, Alviso, Campbell, Coyote, Cupertino, Gilroy, Gilroy Hot Springs, Holy City, Lawrence, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Madrone, Milpitas, Moffet Field, Morgan Hill, Mount Hamilton, Mountain View, Naval Air Station, Redwood Estates, San Martin, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sargent, Sunnyvale, and Wrights
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1941 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto and Stanford University
San Jose City Directory, Polk, 1941 - $ (Ancestry)
Santa Clara County Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Agnew, Alma, Alviso, Campbell, Coyote, Cupertino, Gilroy, Gilroy Hot Springs, Holy City, Lawrence, Los Altos, Los Gatos, Madrone, Milpitas, Moffet Field, Morgan Hill, Mount Hamilton, Mountain View, Naval Air Station, Redwood Estates, San Martin, Santa Clara, Saratoga, Sargent, Sunnyvale, and Wrights
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto and Stanford University
- scanned at one page per image
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry) - another copy
- includes North Palo Alto and Stanford University
- scanned at two pages per image
San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directories, Polk, 1942 - $ (Ancestry)
- filming ends with San Jose City Directory listing for Machado, Mary A.; pp. 300-1
- the rest of the directory can be viewed here; begins with pp. 300-1
San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directories, Polk, 1943 - $ (Ancestry)
Los Gatos City Directory, Polk, 1944 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1944 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes North Palo Alto and Stanford University
San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directories, Polk, 1944 - $ (Ancestry)
Santa Clara City Directory, Polk, 1944 - $ (Ancestry)
Los Gatos City Directory, Polk, 1945 - $ (Ancestry)
San Jose City Directory, Polk, 1945 - $ (Ancestry)
Santa Clara City Directory, Polk, 1945 - $ (Ancestry)
Santa Clara County Directory, Polk, 1945 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1946 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes East Palo Alto, North Palo Alto, Menlo Park, and Stanford
Los Gatos City Directory, Polk, 1947 - $ (Ancestry)
San Jose City Directory, Polk, 1947 - $ (Ancestry)
Santa Clara City Directory, Polk, 1947 - $ (Ancestry)
Santa Clara County Directory, Polk, 1947 - $ (Ancestry)
Palo Alto City Directory, Polk, 1948 - $ (Ancestry)
- includes Menlo Park and Stanford
San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directories, Polk, 1949-50 - $ (Ancestry)
1950s - 1970s
California Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 - $ (Ancestry)
San Jose City and Santa Clara County Directories, Polk, 1952 - $ (Ancestry)
- excludes Palo Alto
San Jose and Santa Clara County Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1964 - $ (Ancestry)
San Jose and Santa Clara County Telephone Directory, Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1972 - $ (Ancestry)