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Published sources for multiple biographies of historical Santa Cruz County persons. The four main biography sources for persons active in their communities during the years 1879-1911 are Elliott (1879), Harrison (1892), Guinn (1903), and Martin (1911). Later sources tend to mainly refer back to these four for biographical information on those persons. The number of such biographies not only indicates the amount of information available on a person, but also provides a rough idea of that person's local prominence during the years 1879-1911. Persons became the subjects of these "personal notices" (Elliot's euphemism) mostly by paid subscription (sometimes by descendants), which financed publication of the books. Martin includes mostly first-time subscribers, so very few persons have biographies in all four books. We can categorize as:
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The five main biography sources for persons living before WWI are:
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*E. E. Elliott, [[Santa Cruz County, Calif. Illustrations, with Historical Sketch (1879 book)]],  
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*The Santa Cruz chapter of the Society of California Pioneers. Its member biographies are collected in ''[[Santa Cruz County History Journal Issue Number 4]]''
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*E. S. Harrison, [[History of Santa Cruz County (Harrison-1892)]]
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*James Miller Guinn, [[History of the state of California and biographical record of Santa Cruz...(Guinn, 1903)]]
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*[[Martin, Edward|Edward Martin]], [[History of Santa Cruz, California (Martin, 1911)]].  
  
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Later sources (e.g. ''Riptide Centennial'') tend to mainly refer back to one or more of these five. The number of such biographies provides a rough idea of a person's prominence during their lifetime. Persons became the subjects of these "personal notices" (Elliot's euphemism) mostly by paid subscription (sometimes by descendants), which financed publication of the books. We can categorize as:
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*[[:Category:Persons with 5 historical-source biographies]]
 
*[[:Category:Persons with 4 historical-source biographies]]
 
*[[:Category:Persons with 4 historical-source biographies]]
 
*[[:Category:Persons with 3 historical-source biographies]]
 
*[[:Category:Persons with 3 historical-source biographies]]
 
*[[:Category:Persons with 2 historical-source biographies]]
 
*[[:Category:Persons with 2 historical-source biographies]]
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Revision as of 18:20, 2 October 2023

The five main biography sources for persons living before WWI are:

Later sources (e.g. Riptide Centennial) tend to mainly refer back to one or more of these five. The number of such biographies provides a rough idea of a person's prominence during their lifetime. Persons became the subjects of these "personal notices" (Elliot's euphemism) mostly by paid subscription (sometimes by descendants), which financed publication of the books. We can categorize as:

Subcategories

This category has the following 6 subcategories, out of 6 total.

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