Sonoma County Board of Supervisors records, 1845-1995

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Sonoma County Board of Supervisors records, 1845-1995

Sonoma County Library

Overview of the Collection

Collection Title: Sonoma County Board of Supervisors records,

Dates: 1845-1995

Identification: SCG.00038

Creator: Sonoma County (Calif.). Board of Supervisors

Physical Description: 652 volumes

Language of Materials: English

Repository: Sonoma County Library Archives

Sonoma County Library

6135 State Farm Drive

Rohnert Park, CA 94928

URL: https://sonomalibrary.org

Email: http://ask.sonomalibrary.org/ask/

Phone: (707) 545-0831

Abstract: This collection contains records created by the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors, including records of special districts in Sonoma County.

Access Terms

This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.

Corporate Name:

Rio Campo Permanent Road Division (Sonoma County, Calif.)

Rohnert Park Community Services District (Rohnert Park, Calif.)

Sonoma County (Calif.)., Board of Supervisors

Sonoma County Fair, (Santa Rosa, Calif.)

Geographic Name:

Rohnert Park (Calif.) Politics and government

Sonoma County (Calif.) -- Appropriations and expenditures

Sonoma County (Calif.) -- Maps

Sonoma County (Calif.) -- Officials and employees

Sonoma County (Calif.) -- Politics and government

Sonoma County (Calif.) -- Trials, litigation, etc

Topical Term:

Advisory boards -- California -- Sonoma County

Bridges -- California -- Sonoma County

Budget -- California -- Sonoma County

Business enterprises -- California -- Sonoma County

Cemeteries -- California -- Sonoma County

Child welfare -- California -- Sonoma County

City planning -- California -- Sonoma County

Conflict of interests -- California -- Sonoma County

Contracts -- California -- Sonoma County

Education -- California -- Sonoma County

Fire protection districts -- California -- Sonoma County

Flood control -- California -- Sonoma County

Government liability -- California -- Sonoma County

Government property -- California -- Sonoma County

Government purchasing of Real property -- California -- Sonoma County

Government sale of Real property -- California -- Sonoma County

Hospitals -- California -- Sonoma County

Jails -- California -- Sonoma County

Labor contract -- California -- Sonoma County

Land subdivision -- California -- Sonoma County

Land use -- California -- Sonoma County

Leases -- California -- Sonoma County

Licenses -- California -- Sonoma County

Mosquitoes Control----California -- Sonoma County

Orphans -- California -- Sonoma County

Prisoners -- California -- Sonoma County

Public servitudes -- California -- Sonoma County

Public welfare -- California -- Sonoma County

Public works -- California -- Sonoma County

Real property -- California -- Sonoma County

records retention -- California -- Sonoma County

Recreation areas -- California -- Sonoma County

Registers of births etc.----California -- Sonoma County

Right of way -- California -- Sonoma County

Roads -- California -- Sonoma County

School districts -- California -- Sonoma County Appropriations and expenditures

School districts -- California -- Sonoma County records and correspondence

Schools -- California -- Sonoma County

Soil conservation -- California -- Sonoma County

Special districts -- California -- Rohnert Park

Special districts -- California -- Sonoma County

Storm sewers -- California -- Sonoma County

Street lighting -- California -- Sonoma County

Veterans -- California -- Sonoma County

Welfare recipients -- California -- Sonoma County

Zoning -- California -- Sonoma County

Important Information for Users of the Collection

Conditions Governing Access:

Materials stored offsite, but collection is open to research. In many cases, further details on individual volumes can be found by calling staff at the Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library. To view these materials, please call staff at 707 308-3212 to request they be brought from the Archives to the Library

Publication Rights

Property rights reside with the Sonoma County Library. The Sonoma County Library has made this collection available and believes that the collection is in the Public Domain under the laws of the United States, but a determination was not made as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. The Collection may not be in the Public Domain under the laws of other countries. Preferred credit line is: Courtesy, the Sonoma County Library. Please see additional reproduction and reuse information at https://sonomalibrary.org/locations/sonoma-county-history-and-genealogy-library/order-photo

Preferred Citation:

Sonoma County Board of Supervisors records, 1845-1995. SCG.00038, Sonoma County Archives, Sonoma County Library, Rohnert Park, California.

Arrangement of Materials:

Chronological

Scope and Contents

Official records

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.I

Cemetery districts 1932-1956

Scope and Contents

Record shows name, residence, sex, married or single, age, nativity, names of persons with whom petitioner lives, where said person resides, reason petitioner asks to be placed on Indigent List

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.II

Indigent record 1893

Accession no: 1112

Note:

Cabinet 27

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 v.

Scope and Contents

Record shows name, residence, sex, married or single, age, nativity, names of persons with whom petitioners live, where said person resides, reason petioner asked to be placed on Indigent List.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.III

Indigent petitions 1855-1919 (bulk 1844-1917)

Scope and Contents

2 boxes: A-K, L-Z (Row 14: Bin 17) Document types in this series Majority of docments are: Petition to be Placed on the Indigent List Other documents in this series include: <ul> <li> Certificate of Burial of Indigent Soldiers and Marines</li> <li> Application for Aid of Orphans</li> <li> Application for County Aid</li></ul> This has been reprinted in the Sonoma Searcher, Spring 1998-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.IV

Indigent fund 1925-1932

Scope and Contents

Inquire at Annex Reference desk for list of petitions

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.V

Index to road petitions 1845-1884

Scope and Contents

Arranged alphabetically by name of road. A and B missing: 1 Jan. 1945 - 16 Oct. 1956

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.VI

Index to Road District minutes 1898-1903

Scope and Contents

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.VII

Index of roads 1852-1859

Scope and Contents

For earlier information see Road book

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.VIII

Hospital districts 1943-1956

Scope and Contents

Minutes of Board of Supervisors meetings on road matters. For later information see Road minutes

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.IX

General index to road minutes 1888-1920

Scope and Contents

For contents inquire at Annex Reference Desk

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.X

Flood Control Districts 1936-1956

Scope and Contents

Bids received on county road projects and other county projects

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XI

Fire protection districts 1929-1956

Scope and Contents

7 July 1897-12 July 1915

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XII

Rio Campo Permanent Road Division 1955-1956

Scope and Contents

Amounts of money paid to individuals arranged by Supervisorial District

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XIII

Recreation Districts 1935-1956

Scope and Contents

For a list of audits inquire at Annex Reference Desk

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XIV

Record of burial of ex-Union veterans 1889-1916

Accession no: 2727

Note:

Row 31 (Cabinet 37)

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 v.

Scope and Contents

This has been reprinted in the Sonoma Searcher, Spring 1998 -. These are indigent veterans only.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XV

Petitions for Sonoma County Fair 1892-1916

Scope and Contents

Title varies

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XVI

Petitions for roads and bridges 1856-1929

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XVII

Lighting Districts 1924-1956

Scope and Contents

Records of special districts in Sonoma County

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XVIII

Rohnert Park Community Services District 1955-1956

Scope and Contents

Election return tallies included in volumes

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XIX

Roads accepted into the Sonoma County road system 1945-1956

Scope and Contents

Supervisorial and other district maps

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XX

Road warrant book 1873-1883

Scope and Contents

Inquire at Annex Reference Desk for names of subdivisions

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXI

Road minutes 1906-1938

Scope and Contents

Inquire at Annex Reference Desk for contents

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXII

Road book 1873-1906

Scope and Contents

Minutes on Board of Supervisors meetings on road matters. For later information see road minutes.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXIII

Storm Drain Districts 1916-1956

Scope and Contents

7 Sept. 1904 - 3 April 1906

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXIV

Sonoma Mosquito Abatement District 1935-1956

Scope and Contents

Record of orphans receiving County funds

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXV

Soil Conservation Districts 1945-1956

Scope and Contents

CAAR-0470

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXVI

Zoning files 1992-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0440

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXVII

Supervisor's estimate register 1929-1930

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0450

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXVIII

Indigent allowance books 1897-1917

Note:

Series content list:

1897-1899 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume 3 : Accession 1118

1899-1901 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume [???] : Accession 1117

1901-1903 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume [???] : Accession 1119

1908-1909 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume [???] : Accession 1113

1909-1915 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume 1 : Accession 1116

1915-1917 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume [???} : Accession 1121

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXIX

Certificate of allowances 1906-1908

Scope and Contents

Amounts of money paid to individuals arranged by Supervisorial District.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXX

Audits 1968-

Scope and Contents

Inquire at Annex Reference Desk for list of contents

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXI

Leases 1954-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0490

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXII

General index to the minutes of the Board of Supervisors 1857-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0130

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXIII

Easements 1994-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0100

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXIV

District records 1933-

Scope and Contents

CAAR-0610

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXV

General minutes of the Board of Supervisors 1906-

Scope and Contents

CAAR-0240

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXVI

Maps 1888-

Scope and Contents

CAAR-0350

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXVII

Liability claims 1967-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0240

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXVIII

Subdivision files 1937-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0630

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XXXIX

Deeds real property acquired and sold 1888-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0460

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XL

Contracts and agreements 1862-

Scope and Contents

CAAR-0360

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLI

Official reports 1876-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0350

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLII

Allowances (Indigent) 1897-1908

Accession no: 1497

Note:

Series content list:

1897-1899 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume 3 : Accession 1118

1899-1901 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume [???] : Accession 1117

1901-1903 : ARCHIVES CABINET 3 : Volume [???] : Accession 1119

1904-1906 : ARCHIVES CABINET 12 : Volume [???] : Accession 1497

1906-1908 : ARCHIVES CABINET 37 : Volume [???] : Accession 2728

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLIII

Records of orphans outside 1901-1902

Accession no: 2281

Note:

Cabinet 28

Physical Description:

Extent: 1 v.

Scope and Contents

Record of orphans receiving county funds.

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLIV

Records retention schedules 1988-

Scope and Contents

BDSU-0530

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLV

Permits and licenses 1918-

Scope and Contents

Includes Monthly report of prisoners in County Jail, Jan. 1924-July 1928

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLVI

Petitions 1955-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLVII

Policies procedures standards and plans 1967-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLVIII

Advisory boards 1946-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.XLIX

Road matters 1930-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.L

Real property acquired 1921-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LI

Appeals 1995-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LII

Backgrounds 1956-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LIIII

Budgets 1977-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LIV

Capital projects 1963-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LV

Claims 1935-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LVI

City selection committee 1970-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LVII

Conflict of interest codes 1978-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LVIII

Land use issues and hearings 1975-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LiX

Litigation files 1979-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LX

Memorandum of understanding 1983-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LXI

Miscellaneous petitions 1856-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LXII

Miscellaneous road matters 1930-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LXIII

School district files 1887-

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LXIV

School boundaries 1856-1889

SCL Special Collections Control Number: SCG.00038.Ser.LXV

Monthly reports on County Jail 1895-1931