This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: scwbcm Surnames: Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.california.counties.sonoma/6021.3.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: The Genweb site is great. You may also want to look at ancestry for California Voter Registers, California Voter Registration, California State Census which is for 1852. Also, go to the card catalog on ancestry and type in Sonoma for some book references. There is also a set of maps for the area for the years 1877 and 1898. Some of these are for a later time period but may be interesting. There is also a Civil War Registration for the area, also a bit later. Most of the newspapers for the area are not found online although there are a few tidbits at Newspaper abstracts. The newspapers may be found at the Healdsburg Museum or library or at the Sonoma county library which also has a website. Some of the newspapers are the Russian River Flag, Sotoyme Scimitar, Healdsburg Enterprise and Healdsburg Tribune. Good luck. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.