HOW OLD IS MY HOUSE ? Who lived in it ? Is it haunted ? These are some of the questions the volunteers at Searls Historical Library receive on a monthly basis . They may be able to answer the first two , as for the third , not so much . They deal in facts . It can be difficult playing house detective , so the more you know regarding location of your home , or even the name of a previous owner , the better . Come armed with information such as lot and block or township range and section .
The type of material found at Searls Library includes maps from the 1800s . Also available for research are old phone books , directories of people dating into the 1800s , an index of deeds by person and business from 1856 to 1922 and Grass Valley ’ s historical study of the original 1872 town site .
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Other resources include Nevada City assessor records and 700 volumes of county assessor ledgers . The county ledgers represent 100 years and go up to 1960 . The early ones include details about personal property such as jewelry , furniture and cattle – a great window into the lifestyle of local pioneers .
Searls Library concentrates on the history of Nevada County and the Gold Rush . It has 26,000 county photos , original documents , newspaper clippings and books , and a large collection of documents , as well as furniture from the Searls Law Firm dating from the 1800s . Niles Searls was chief justice of the California Supreme Court . His son Fred specialized in mining and corporate law , and was an advocate for those with limited means .
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SEARLS HISTORICAL LIBRARY
( Nevada County Historical Society ) 161 Nevada City Hwy ., Nevada City Corner of Ridge Road ( 530 ) 265-5910 nevadacountyhistory . org Monday-Saturday , 1:00 to 4:00 pm
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