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Santa Barbara County highlights digitization of 1850–1863 minute books and expands public access
Summary
County staff announced that the Clerk of the Board has digitized the county's earliest minute books (1850–1863), housing originals at UCSB Special Collections and offering online access plus public kiosks and a public-facing window to increase accessibility as the county moves to fully digital records.
At a meeting addressed to Chair Nelson and members of the board, county staff announced that the Clerk of the Board has digitized the county's earliest minute books, dating from 1850 to 1863, and made them available online through a collaboration with UCSB Special Collections.
The digitization project, credited to former Third District Supervisor Doreen Farr and former Chief Deputy Clerk Mike Allen, moves historical county records from physical archives into an online format. Speaker 2, an unidentified county staff member, told the board that…
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