...The Southern Tuolumne County Criminal Court Records in their original ledgers, dating back to 1920.
Back during prohibition, ol' Harry Moss got caught with some illegal liquor!! (As did a great number of other locals).
...A searchable database of all the marked graves at the Divide Cemetery (located on the ridge between Big Oak Flat and Groveland) with burial dates from 1864-mid 2004.
Copies of the Divide Cemetery database in book form are on sale for $10 at the museum bookshop.
...Information on the burials at Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Catholic Cemetery
in Big Oak Flat.
...A small but growing collection of oral histories, biographies, and family trees (some complete with photographs) spanning the lives of all residents of the area, from the original homesteaders to present inhabitants.
... a collection of books pertaining to the area (some written by local authors).
Older documents are preserved in archivally safe storage containers. Photographs are digitally scanned to produce a copy and then the originals are safely stored.
Whether you are your family historian and would like to search our records for information about your ancestors, or if you have information, documents, or photographs you'd like to share, we'd like to hear from you.
In the words of Mark Twain...
"There was never yet an uninteresting life. Such a thing is an impossibility. Inside of the dullest exterior, there is a drama, a comedy, a tragedy."
