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)

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