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
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obituary look-ups
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city directory look-ups
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look-ups in the Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society library collection
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limited research in the UCSB genealogical collections
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cemetery and gravestone photographs
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Santa Barbara News Press searches
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Vital records from the Santa Barbara County Courthouse
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Civil War Veteran research
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naturalization documents
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probate files
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McDermott-Crockett Mortuary records 1914-1974
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Wills at Gledhill Library
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To come: Holland and Welch-Ryce-Haider Mortuary records - 1924-? (in process of being indexed and digitized)
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Dutch Research
Foreign to English Translation Assistance:
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German translation of handwritten and printed text. Contact Debbie Kaska
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Dutch translation of handwritten and printed text. Contact Mieke Hawner.
P.O. Box 1303, Goleta, CA 93116
Phone: 805-884-9909
Helen Rydell, Volunteer Researcher
