Society Digital Collections
It’s been a huge undertaking to digitize and index the thousands of records that the Society has amassed over the years for inclusion in our database. The following resources are not in the database, but are viewable here as PDF files.
Use the Google search bar below to search all PDF documents on the SBGEN website.
City Directories
In addition to the digitized directories below, the Sahyun Genealogical Library has on its shelves printed directories from 1886 through 1991 which cover many of the same cities plus Santa Maria and Lompoc. Search the Sahyun Genealogical Library Catalog for “Santa Barbara City Directories” for more city directories.
(38 pages)
(152 pages)
(89 pages)
(21 pages)
(128 pages)
(162 pages)
(85 pages)
(60 pages)
(21 pages)
Professional Directories
This a small sampling of the many directories that are available for viewing at the Sahyun Genealogical Library on the network drive under Digital Collections.
Local School Items
(3 pages)
(5 pages)
(3 pages)
Local Nursing School Items (coming soon)
(1 page)
Transcript taken from the 1929 yearbook documenting the history of the school.
(3 pages)
Alphabetical list of graduates containing surname, married name, given name, graduation year, and home town.
(1 page)
(20 pages)
Typewritten list of graduates’ surnames, given names, married names, and years of graduation; alphabetical by surname, and graduation year.
The list was compiled from yearbooks and the Knapp College of Nursing Alumni. The list is not complete because we were unable to locate yearbooks for all classes.
Compilers of this index were Emily Aasted, Rosa Avolio, and Kathie Morgan, retired nurses.
Other Collections
(125 pages)
Typewritten, non-alphabetical list of the first Spanish residents in California; index in front; includes narrative descriptions, lists of spouses and family members.
(78 pages)
Typewritten alphabetical listings of names with type and description of notice, and newspaper name; some notices have more detailed extraction summaries.
(69 pages)
Typewritten lists including handwritten annotations clarifying many names that appear throughout. Note: this census also can be found on Ancestry.com (home edition, membership required) or while at the Sahyun Library. Then scroll through the 29 online images.
(36 pages)
Typewritten records in alphabetical order by surname; includes names of parents and spouses when available, date of death, and register number.
Mission Santa Ines Baptismal Records
1805-1868
(98 pages)
Typewritten alphabetical listings of names with birthdate, baptism date, parents, siblings, and occasionally the officiant and location.
(38 pages)
Typewritten records in alphabetical order by surname; includes age, race, marital status, date of death, place of birth, miscellaneous (location of death, profession, etc.).
(27 pages)
Typewritten records in alphabetical order by surname; includes date of death, age, and burial location.
(32 pages)
Listed by surname with age, date and cause of death, birthplace, city of last residence, relatives and notes.
(65 pages)
Typewritten ledger in chronological order followed by 13 pages of typewritten index of surnames in alphabetical order.
(3 pages)
Typewritten records: 1 page of list of charter members, not alphabetized; 2 pages of members, alphabetical by surname, and date joined.
