Research and Translation Assistance
The Sahyun Genealogical Library has thousands of books, periodicals, and other items that may aid your research.
Request Research and Translation Assistance
Can’t get to the Sahyun Library? Our Library Research Assistants perform limited Santa Barbara County research as time allows.
Extensive genealogical research cannot be performed, but they can assist you with:
- look-ups in our library’s physical collection including City Directories and local school yearbooks
- research of Civil War Veterans
- offsite research (land records, wills, etc.), which may incur a fee
Foreign Research and Translations
Genealogical Research for materials in:
- Dutch: Contact Mieke Hawner
- Polish: Diane Sylvester
Translations of handwritten and printed text in:
- Dutch: Contact Mieke Hawner
Research Assistance
Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society
316 Castillo Street
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
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