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Livermore-Amador Genealogical SocietyMaster Index of Local NamesIntroduction |
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There are many publications about the genealogy and local history of the Tri-Valley area of eastern Alameda County, California. Many of them are online with free access on the Web site of the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society [L-AGS] at:
From that home page, the databases can be found by clicking on the link titled "Searchable Local Records - Cemetery, Census, etc." All of these databases (in fact the whole site) can be searched using the search engine on the home page. Some of the online databases have browsable indexes.
What has been needed in addition is a browsable master index of names from all of these databases. Such a master index allows a researcher to browse through all entries for an individual from all sources, spanning all spelling variations of the surname and all forms of abbreviation of the given name, while also grouping other individuals of similar surnames. The index presented here attempts to fill that need.
This compilation goes further by including index entries from databases not online on the L-AGS Web site.
The full list of sources from which the master index was compiled is:
| Title | Key in Master Index | Names |
| "The 1860 Federal Census for Murray Township, Alameda County, California. Transcribed from handwritten records and published on the World Wide Web by Edward A. Black, Sr." Extracted from Mr. Black's transcription for all of Alameda County at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1860/ | 1860 | 489 |
| "The 1870 Federal Census for Murray Township, Alameda County, California. Transcribed from handwritten records and published on the World Wide Web by Edward A. Black, Sr. Republished in print with permission by The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society." Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Also online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/census1870/census1870.html. Mr. Black's transcription for all of Alameda County is at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cenfiles/ca/alameda/1870/ | 1870 | 2242 |
| "Residents of Murray Township, Alameda County, California, on June 1, 1880, as recorded in the Federal Census of 1880. Compiled with permission from compact disks released June 1, 2001 by the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." George Anderson, Compiler. Not available in print. Online in full text at: http://www.L-AGS.org/census1880/census1880.main.html | 1880 | 4085 |
| "California 1890 Great Register of Voters." California State Genealogical Alliance. 2002. Published on compact disk by HeritageQuest, 669 West 900 North, North Salt Lake, UT 84054 Call number in L-AGS CD collection HQ1. | 1890 | 1069 |
| "The 1900 Federal Census for Murray Township, Alameda County, California." Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1900 | 6889 |
| "The 1910 Federal Census for Murray Township, Alameda County, California." New update [11 Aug 2006] includes all persons enumerated, not just Heads of Household. Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1910 Murray | 4722 |
| "The 1910 Federal Census for Pleasanton Township, Alameda County, California." New update [11 Aug 2006] includes all persons enumerated, not just Heads of Household. Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1910 Pleasanton | 3767 |
| "The 1920 Federal Census for Murray Township, Alameda County, California." Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1920 Murray | 4477 |
| "The 1920 Federal Census for Pleasanton Township, Alameda County, California." Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1920 Pleasanton | 2534 |
| "The 1930 Federal Census for Livermore Town, Alameda County, California." Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1930 Livermore | 3069 |
| "The 1930 Federal Census for Murray Township, Alameda County, California." Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1930 Murray | 2906 |
| "The 1930 Federal Census for Pleasanton Township, Alameda County, California." Partial transcription by Ancestry.com online. Available by subscription, or for free at the Pleasanton Library and LDS Family History Centers. | 1930 Pleasanton | 2689 |
| Jose Maria Amador," by Mary Crosley-Griffin. Crosley Books, c1993. | Amador | 53 |
| "The Anza expeditions to Alta California, 1774-1776," By Janet Newton. Livermore Bicentennial Organization, 1975. | Anza | 135 |
| "100 Years of Service, 1867-1967: Asbury Methodist Church, Livermore, California." 1967. | Asbury | 61 |
| "Happenings: a series of sketches of the great California out-of-door," by W. P. Bartlett. Porterville, CA. 1927. Only Tri-Valley-related names indexed. | Bartlett | 16 |
| "Dublin Reflections and bits of valley history." Virginia Smith Bennett. 1977. | Bennett | 39 |
| "Juan Pablo Bernal," by Herbert L. Hagemann, Jr. Reprinted from Volume VIII; Number 4 of the Pacific Historian | Bernal | 104 |
| "Early Days in the Livermore-Amador Valley." Merilyn Calhoun. 1973. Unindexed. Hayward, CA: Alameda County School Department. | Calhoun | 280 |
| "Records of the Callaghan Mortuary, Livermore, California." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, David Abrahams, Project Leader. 2004. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Also online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/callaghan/mort_main.html | Callaghan | 1458 |
| "People of Carnegie." Dan L. Mosier. 2003. A list of residents of the now extinct town of Carnegie, California, during the time around 1910, giving name, occupation and year. Online in full text at http://teslacoalmines.netfirms.com/CarnegiePeople.html | Carnegie | 332 |
| "A Century of Faith : 100 Years in the Catholic Community of Pleasanton." Centennial History Committee. 2001. Unindexed. Printed by the Catholic Community of Pleasanton, California. | Catholic | 344 |
| Person Name Index to "The Chinese experience in the Livermore area," by G.B. Drummond ; Chinese translations by Dorothy Quock. 2002. | Chinese | 137 |
| "Corridor Country, An Interpretive History of the Amador-Livermore Valley. Volume I, the Spanish-Mexican Period." Reginald R. Stuart and Grace D. Stuart. 1966. The Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, 601 Main Street, Pleasanton, California 94566. | Corridor | 111 |
| "Crane Ridge lookout--1931," by Herbert L. Hagemann ; illustrated by Evelyn Moller. Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, c1976. | Crane | 42 |
| "A Pictorial History of Pleasanton." Dorothy Davis, Editor; Pleasanton Bicentennial Heritage Committee. c1976. Unindexed. [Pleasanton, CA.]: The Committee. | Davis | 232 |
| "Sombras de la Noche; the Agustin Bernal adobe, its inhabitants & heritage," By James P. Delgado. Smith & McKay Printing Co. | Delgado | 78 |
| "Robert Livermore and the development of Livermore Valley to 1860," by Flora De Nier. Tri-Valley Herald, 1974. Originally published as thesis at University of California in 1927. | DeNier | 360 |
| "Postal history of Murray Township, Alameda County, California; postal routes and cities," by Grace E. Devnich, M.D., Western Express, July 1987. | Devnich | 18 |
| "Guide to the architectural styles in the Livermore-Amador Valley," by Drummond, G. B. c1978. | Drummond | 19 |
| "Images of America: Dublin," by Mike Lynch and the Dublin Heritage Center, Arcadia Publishing, 2007. | Dublin - Arcadia | 496 |
| "Fages-Crespi Expedition Of 1772," compiled by Janet Newton and Virginia Bennett. Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, 1972 | Fages | 27 |
| "Murray, Fallon, Scanlon, Coppinger and Allied Families of the Livermore and Amador Valleys, Alameda County, California." Linda E. Scanlon-Hayton, Compiler. 1997. Published by The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. | Fallon | 193 |
| "Faulkner's business and residence directory of Murray Township, Alameda County, Cal.," by Wm. B. Faulkner. Livermore [Calif.], Livermore Herald Steam Printing House, 1887. Reprinted by the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, 2006. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. | Faulkner | 1987 |
| "Heritage Families: Descending Genealogies of Early Tri-Valley Settlers." Richard W. Finn, 2008. A private, unpublished database being compiled by Mr. Finn from documentary sources and from interviews with living descendants of persons who came to the Livermore, Amador and Sunol Valleys before about 1910. Mr. Finn will answer queries, especially if the inquirer is willing to share information that can be added to the database. | Finn | 16,138 |
| "The Foxworthy-Fallon Saga." Donald F. Foxworthy. 1989. Reprinted with permission of the author by The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society and available from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. | FoxSaga | 1086 |
| "The Foxworthy-Fallon Siblings." Donald F. Foxworthy. 1997. Reprinted with permission of the author by The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society and available from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. | FoxSibs | 2035 |
| "Alameda County, Past and Present," by Leslie J. Freeman. Press of the San Leandro Reporter. 1946. Tri-Valley names only. | Freeman | 19 |
| "Dublin gold : the Story of Gold Creek." Dan Mosier and Page Finney. c1980. Unindexed. Available from Mines Road Books, P.O. Box 3185, Fremont, CA 94539. | Gold | 17 |
| "A History of the City of Pleasanton." Herbert L. Hagemann, Jr. 1994. The Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society, 601 Main Street, Pleasanton, California 94566. | Hagemann | 211 |
| Livermore: "California '46 to '88," by Jacob Wright Harlan. San Francisco: Bancroft Company, 1888. Only Tri-Valley-related names indexed. | Harlan | 5 |
| "Harrisville and the Livermore coal mines," by Dan L. Mosier. Mines Road Books, c1978. | Harrisville | 346 |
| "The Morning Side of Mount Diablo. An illustrated account of the San Francisco Bay Area's historic Morgan Territory Road." Anne Marshall Homan. 2001. Hardscratch Press, Walnut Creek, California. Also available at Tri-Valley bookstores and history societies. | Homan | 165 |
| "Historic Livermore, California: illustrated A-Z," by Anne Marshall Homan. Walnut Creek, CA: Hardscratch Press, 2007. Also available at Tri-Valley bookstores and history societies. | Homan_A-Z | 2183 |
| "The Uncounted Irish in Canada and the United States. Chapter 12. California: The Lure of Gold and Soil." Margaret E. Fitzgerald and Joseph A. King. 1990. P. B. Meany Publishers, Toronto. | Irish | 152 |
| "125 Years: a History of the First Presbyterian Church, Livermore, California, 1871-1996." Julia A. Kleineke; expanded and updated by Garrett B. Drummond. 1996. Unindexed. Livermore, CA: First Presbyterian Church of Livermore. | K&D | 305 |
| "The Klondike News : The Adventures of Livermore Area Residents from 1897 to 1906 during the Alaska Gold Rush." G.B. Drummond and Anna T. Siig, Editors. c1998. Indexed. Livermore, CA: Livermore Heritage Guild. | Klondike | 205 |
| "The Amador-Livermore Valley, A Pictorial History." Bob and Pat Lane. 1988. The Donning Company, Publishers. New York/Virginia Beach. Also available at Tri-Valley bookstores and history societies. | Lane | 255 |
| "Lawman: the life and times of Harry Morse, 1835-1912," by John Boessenecker. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, c1998. Tri-Valley names only. | Lawman | 190 |
| "Our valley yesterday [and] today," Written and published as a class project by members of California history, periods 1 and 2, Livermore High School, Livermore, California; June, 1979. | LHS | 218 |
| "Four Cemeteries in Livermore, California. Oak Knoll Pioneer Cemetery; Roselawn Memorial Park, formerly Masonic Cemetery; St. Michael Catholic Cemetery; Memory Gardens Odd Fellows Memorial Park." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, Margaret Stoneking Fazio, Project Originator. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Also online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/cem_liv/livintro.html | LivCem | 5759 |
| "Images of America: Early Livermore," by The Livermore Heritage Guild. Arcadia Publishers, 2006. | Livermore - Arcadia | 437 |
| "A self-guided walking tour: historic downtown Livermore," Garrett B. Drummond; updated by the City of Livermore's Redevelopment Project Area Committee July, 2004. Livermore, California: Livermore Heritage Guild, c2004. | LivTour | 12 |
| "Jack London's boyhood in Livermore," by Janet Newton ; assisted by Russ Kingman. Livermore Heritage Guild, c1980. | London | 30 |
| "Echoes of School Bells: A History of Amador-Pleasanton Public Schools, 1864-1988." A Project of the School History Committee, La Vern Walker, Chairperson. Written by Jerri Pantages Long. 1989. Quali-Type, Inc. - Publisher, Livermore. | Long | 358 |
| "William M. Mendenhall: The Story Of The Founder Of The Town Of Livermore, California," Drummond, G.B., Livermore, California, Livermore Heritage Guild, 1996. | Mendenhall | 40 |
| "Burial Records of Memory Gardens Cemetery, Livermore, California, 1940-2000, partial listing." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society. 2001. Not published in print. Online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/MemoryGardens/mgdata.html | MGBur | 1182 |
| "Sheriff Harry Morse and Murray Township desperadoes: (1850-1870)," by John S. Sandoval. Hayward, California: Mt. Eden Publishers, 1989. | Morse | 188 |
| "Records of the Robert Graham Mortuary, Livermore, California, 1878-1893, with gaps." Typed transcription of original handwritten records in possession of The Livermore Heritage Guild, P.O. Box 961 Livermore, CA 94551-0961. Online full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/grah_mort/grahintr.html | Mort | 352 |
| "Las Positas, the Story of Robert and Josefa Livermore." Janet Newton. 1969. Ralph and Janet Newton, Publishers. Livermore, California. | Newton | 232 |
| "The Early Pioneers in the Livermore Valley, California were One Big Family" by Isabel Whann Nolte. Data was mostly researched by obituaries and Social Security. Published and distributed by The Livermore Heritage Guild. | Nolte | 980 |
| "Early Livermore, California, Obituary Information." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, David Abrahams, Project Leader. 2004. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Also online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/obits/obits_intro.html | Obits | 1551 |
| "The Ohlone way : Indian life in the San Francisco-Monterey Bay Area," by Malcolm Margolin ; illustrated by Michael Harney. Heyday Books, c1978. | Ohlone | 28 |
| "Alameda County Place Names." Page Mosier and Dan Mosier. 1986. Available from Mines Road Books, P. O. Box 3185, Fremont, CA 94539. | Places | 96 |
| "Images of America: Pleasanton," by Mary-Jo Wainwright and the Museum on Main. Arcadia Publishers, 2006. | Pleasanton - Arcadia | 261 |
| "Cemeteries of Pleasanton and Dublin, California. Pleasanton Memorial Gardens Cemetery, St. Augustine Catholic Cemetery, Dublin Cemetery. A complete survey of gravestone inscriptions, current to January 15, 1990, and partial list of mortuary and burial records." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, Beverly Ales, Project Leader. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Also online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/cem_pd/cemtitle.html | PleDub | 4620 |
| "Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church of Livermore, California." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, Project Leader: Richard Finn. 2004. Indexed. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Also online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/Presby/Presby_main.html | Presby | 920 |
| "Real estate development in Livermore history," by G. B. Drummond. Livermore, California: Livermore Heritage Guild, c1979. | Property | 12 |
| "Abstract of Title - Rancho El Valle de San Jose," by Herbert L Hagemann, Jr. Reprinted from May and August 1965 of the Pacific Historian. | Rancho | 51 |
| "Burial Records, 1920-1999, for Roselawn Cemetery, Livermore, California". A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, George Anderson and Jon Bryan, Compilers. 2001. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/Roselawn_Burials/RL.burials.html | RLBur | 2241 |
| "The history of the Livermore Valley," By Elmer Rowley, editor. Livermore, California, Las Positas Parlor, No. 96, Native Sons of the Golden West, 1931. | Rowley | 163 |
| "Images of America: San Ramon Valley; Alamo, Danville, and San Ramon," by Beverly Lane and Ralph Cozine for the Museum of the San Ramon Valley. Arcadia Publishers, 2005. | San Ramon - Arcadia | 761 |
| "Index to the Richard N. Schellens Collection of Historical Materials for Alameda County." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, David Abrahams, Project Leader. 2002. Available in print from L-AGS, P.O. Box 901, Livermore, CA 94551-0901. Also online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/schellens/schellens.html | Schellens | 2692 |
| "Historical sketches of southern Alameda County," by Charles Howard Shinn. Alameda County Historical Society, 1991. Only Tri-Valley-related names indexed. | Shinn | 6 |
| "Burial Records of St. Michael Cemetery, Livermore, California, 1881-2000." A project of The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society, Linda Trudeau, Project Leader. 2001. Online in full text at http://www.L-AGS.org/St.Michael/stm.intro.html | SMBur | 2447 |
| "Recollections : Early Life in the San Ramon Valley as Related by James Dale Smith, Headmaster, Livermore College." G. B. Drummond, Editor. c1995. Indexed. Oakland, CA: GRT Book Printing. | Smith | 450 |
| "A hundred years of Pleasanton, : 'the most desperate town of the West'," Patricia Soito ; sketches by Raymond Safreno; photos by Bene Jesse and others. Printed by Phillips & Van Orden Company, c1949. | Soito | 183 |
| "People, bricks, and timbers: the story of St. Michael's Parish, Livermore, California, 1878-1978." Published on the occasion of its Centennial. 1978. | St. Michael's | 1967 |
| "A Place Called Sunol. A collection of pictures, interviews, facts and stories about a town with a strong community spirit and sense of place." Connie DeGrange and Allen DeGrange. 1995. DeGrange Publishing. Sunol, California 94586. | Sunol | 346 |
| "Images of America: Sunol," by Victoria Christian. Arcadia Publishing, 2007. | Sunol - Arcadia | 327 |
| "Official Historical Atlas Map of Alameda County." Compiled, Drawn and Published from Personal Examinations and Surveys by Thompson & West. c1976, 1878. Indexed. Oakland, CA: Thompson & West. | T&W | 682 |
| "History of Tesla: A California Coal Mining Town." Dan L. Mosier and Earle E. Williams. 1998. Available from Mines Road Books, P. O. Box 3185, Fremont, CA 94539. | Tesla Book | 1189 |
| "People of Tesla." Dan L. Mosier. 2003. A list of residents of the now extinct town of Tesla, California, during the time around 1900, giving name, occupation and year. Online in full text at http://teslacoalmines.netfirms.com/TeslaPeople.html | Tesla Web | 1749 |
| "Pleasanton, Being a self-conducted tour of the major commercial and residential architectural styles prevalent before 1910, compiled by the Amador-Livermore Valley Historical Society." Available at the Museum on Main Street, Pleasanton. | Tour | 27 |
| "The Livermore Valley, 1878, 1889 : an imaginary tour through the town as it was when a panoramic map of it was published ... ," by Janet Newton; assisted by Larry and Treva Mauch. c1988. | Valley | 195 |
| "The Vintner's Tale," Drummond, G.B., Livermore, California: Livermore Valley Winegrowers Association, 1999. | Vintners | 30 |
| "Alameda, California crossroads, an illustrated history," Ruth Hendricks Willard; pictorial research by David Lewis Wright; "Partners in progress" by Frederick J. Monteagle. Northridge, California: Windsor Publications, 1988. Only Tri-Valley-related names indexed. | Willard | 33 |
| "Stories Of The Vineyards And The Wineries Of The Livermore Valley." Janet Newton. 1983. Name index without page numbers. Published by the Livermore Heritage Guild, P. O. Box 961, Livermore, CA 94551-0961. | Wines | 355 |
| "History of Alameda County, California." M. W. Wood, Publisher, J. P. Munro-Fraser, Historian. 1883. Sections dealing with Murray Township extracted and published online by The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society at http://www.L-AGS.org/wood/wood_main.html. Index to full contents of book published in print by L-AGS with description at http://www.L-AGS.org/wood/wood.html | Wood | 302 |
| Total names | 102,243 | |
There are many duplicates deliberately included in the master index. How many different individuals are represented is not known.
An important caution is this: All of the names have been transcribed at least once, namely, for this compilation. Some went through several generations of transcribing before reaching the publications listed above. Skimming the index shows many names with unlikely spellings, but verifying the names against the primary original was not attempted.
Another caution is that some of the persons in the various indexes were probably not residents of our Valley. No attempt was made to research this point for each name - all were accepted for the compilation.
When the source already contained an index, that index was reformatted as necessary and merged into the master index. Page numbers were not included because they could be found in the source index.
When the source did not include an index, one was created for this compilation. These new indexes, including page numbers, are published on this Web site at Page Indexes to Selected Books.
Transcriptions of local historical documents continue. The master index can be useful to transcribers who are struggling with bad handwriting: if a few letters of an illegible name can be made out, the full name may be recognized as one listed in the index.
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