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Archives and Research Center

11437 D Avenue West
DeWitt Center
Auburn, CA 95603
Mailing address:
101 Maple Street
Auburn, CA 95603
530-889-7789 | Fax: 530-889-7708
Email - Curator of Archives

Hours - Mondays and Tuesdays, 9:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Please call for appointments.

Museums Office: 530-889-6500

The Placer County Archives and Research Center is a repository for records generated by the county and a local history and genealogy research center. The original collection of county records was removed from the courthouse during the renovation of the building in the early 1980s and includes records dating from the beginning of the county in 1851. Several collections of maps, documents and letters have been transferred to the Archives and Research Center from the Placer County Museums Division Collections Management Facility where some have been housed since the establishment of the county museum in the late 1940s. The collection also includes original bound copies of the Placer Herald newspapers, Placer County's first newspaper, from 1852 through 1965.

Contents of the Archives and Research Center

  • 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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