The SBCGS Research Assistants will perform limited Santa Barbara County research on an 'as time available' basis. We do not have a set charge for our research services, but do appreciate a donation made to the Society. Please use the link below to submit a request and the PayPal button below to submit a donation, or mail a check made out to SBCGS to the address below.
Extensive genealogical research cannot be performed. The type of assistance that is available includes
- obituary look-ups
- city directory look-ups
- look-ups in the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society library collection
- limited research in the UCSB genealogical collections
- cemetery and gravestone photographs
- Santa Barbara News Press searches
- Vital records from the Santa Barbara County Courthouse: Burial Permits, Marriage Records (applications, licenses, certifications)
- Civil War Veteran research
- naturalization documents
- probate files
- McDermott-Crockett Mortuary records 1914-1974
- Wills at Gledhill Library
- To come: Holland and Welch-Ryce-Haider Mortuary records - 1924-1960+ (in process of being indexed and digitized)
- Dutch Research Mieke Hawner
- land records: mortgages, preemptive claims, homesteads, mining claims
- Coroner's investigations
- doctors' periodic death reports
- Polish Research Diane Sylvester
Foreign to English Translation Assistance:
- German translation of handwritten and printed text. Contact Debbie Kaska
- Dutch translation of handwritten and printed text. Contact Mieke Hawner.
To help us continue to preserve local records, please click the Donate Button
316 Castillo Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101-3814
Phone: 805-884-9909
Helen Rydell, Volunteer Researcher
