Category:Sources of historical biographies

Published sources for multiple biographies of historical Santa Cruz County persons. The four main biography sources for persons living at the time are Elliott (1879), Harrison (1892), Guinn (1903), and Martin (1911). Later sources tend to mainly refer back to these four for biographical information on persons who were mature adults living during the years 1879-1911. The number of such biographies not only indicates the amount of information available, but also provides a rough idea of a person's prominence during the years 1879-1911. We can categorize as:

• Category:Persons with 4 historical-source biographies
• Category:Persons with 3 historical-source biographies
• Category:Persons with 2 historical-source biographies