Museums Archives & Collections Facility
11526 C Avenue
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Archives
Open Monday and Tuesday
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Please call for appointments
530-889-7789 Fax: 530-823-3406
Email - Debbie Poulsen
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Collections
Open by appointment only
530-889-7705
Fax: 530-889-3356
Email - Kasia Woroniecka
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The Placer County Archives is a repository for records generated by the county and a local history and genealogy research center.
The collection of county records includes records dating from the beginning of the county in 1851. This includes over 15,000 photographs, as well as original bound copies of Placer County's first newspaper, the Placer Herald.
The searchable index for our collection of transcribed Oral Histories is now online!
Contents of the Archives and Research Center Include:
Probate 1851-1960
Court Case Files 1851-1925
Assessment Rolls and Maps 1851-1961
Record of Wills 1874-1963
Board of Supervisor's Minutes 1852-1980
Naturalization Papers 1852-1939
Deed Books 1851-1960
Great Register of Voters 1867-1974
Department of Education Records 1895-1997
Mining Records 1856-1947
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The Placer County Collections is where thousands of artifacts that chronicle several hundred years of life in the county are stored. The temperature and humidity controlled storage facility is engineered to keep our history safe and intact.
In addition to storing and caring for artifacts, we also actively collect items that help tell the story of the county. Our Collections policy is online.
Interested in donating something from the recent past? We have created a new guideline for collecting contemporary objects.
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