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Online Toolkit

Below are some of our favorite tools — ones we use when researching our own ancestors! Use the resources below to enhance your research:

Getting Started

Our Library: Learn all it has to offer — Watch us on the Tony Kilgallin Show! (26:58)
Beginner's Guide to Genealogy (presented with the Napa County Library, Jan 2021): Video | Handout
Getting Started in Genealogy: Handout
FamilySearch.org - Wiki
WorldGenWeb

Research Skills

Cemeteries

The Napa County Library has made local newspapers available online, including ones from American Canyon, Calistoga, Napa, and St. Helena. Dates begin as early as the mid-1860s but vary with each paper.

Click the link above. On the left side, scroll down and choose "Newspapers & Magazines". Then scroll down to Napa County Newspaper Archive.

Napa County Vital Records

Our Library has indexes to the birth, marriage, and death records held at the County Recorder's Office. Click the link above to order actual copies of these vital records directly from the Napa County Clerk-Recorder’s office.

Books

Periodicals

California Digital Newspaper Collection
Chronicling America
Periodical Source Index (PERSI)
Newspapers.com ($) - U.S. newspapers
FindMyPast.com ($) - British & Irish newspapers

Libraries

Other Genealogical & Historical Societies

Bay Area

FamilySearch wiki: List of California Societies
Find your local genealogical society: Search now

Special Interest

Napa Valley Genealogical Society

Library & Mailing Address:

1701 Menlo Ave

Napa, CA 94558

Corner of California Blvd and Menlo Ave
Street parking | Main entrance on Sonoma St

Info@NapaGenSoc.org

(707) 252-2252

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