Category:Sources of historical biographies

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The five main biographical sources for persons living in Santa Cruz County before WWI are:

Later compilations of biographies (e.g. Riptide Centennial) tend to mainly refer back to one or more of these five.

With the exception of the Society of California Pioneers/HJ4, publication of these local history books was financed by selling subscriptions (sometimes to descendants, occasionally autobiographies) - a common and popular publication method in that era. The return to subscribers was inclusion of their "personal notice" (Elliot's euphemism for a short biography) in the book. Addition inclusion of a portrait presumably meant a larger subscription amount. Also, because much of the personal information was provided by the subscriber, historical accuracy is not guaranteed.

Another such book, not considered a "main source" because it includes fewer biographies of Santa Cruz County residents:

The number of biographies in these five sources provides a rough idea of a person's prominence during their lifetime, so additional categories include:

Subcategories

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

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