Our library houses one of the finest family research and American history collections in Northern California. The collection covers the entire United States and many foreign countries.

Types of Records

Our library holds the following resources and much more:

• Napa County birth, marriage, and death records
• Napa County census, voter, church, funeral home, and cemetery records
• Napa State Hospital and Yountville Veterans Home indexes
• Napa County yearbooks
• Files on Napa County pioneer families (Indexed)
• Countless history books, including an early California collection
• A wide variety of historical atlases and maps, including Napa County
• Military resources, from before the American Revolution through the Civil War
• Religious resources, including Jewish, Quaker, and more
• Books and resources for every US state
• American Archives & American State Papers, Mayflower Society publications, National Archives and Library of Congress resources, Essex Institute collections, New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Hartford Times index, and more
• Large collection of published family genealogies
• Special Collections

Preview our holdings in our online catalog. Then plan your visit!