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U.S. - California
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- AccessGenealogy - California Genealogy Resource Center
- American Local History Network - California
- Ancestor Search - California Genealogy Search Engines
- Ancestors: Resource Guide - California
Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.
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 Ancestry.com - California Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- California State Genealogical Alliance (CSGA) - Calendar of Events
- ePodunk
Provides ancestral demographics & categorized links to other genealogy sites.
- Family Tree Connection - California Resources
Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.
- Footnote.com - California
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- GenealogyBank.com - California
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
- Genealogy Buff - Library - California Data
Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.
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 Genealogy.com: State Resources -- California
- Genealogy Trails History Group - California Genealogy Trails
Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.
- Geneasearch: A Guide to California Genealogy
Surname registry, female ancestors, ancestors archive, marriage records databases and links.
- Ghost Counties - Your Guide To America's Dead, Forgotten Counties
Remembering those counties across America that have been disbanded or discontinued.
- G's Adoption Registry - California
- Kindred Trails - California Genealogy Resources
- Lineages.com - California Research Room
- Linkpendium > Genealogy > USA > California
- Looking 4 Kin - California
- NORCAL Genealogy Index
A State-Wide Index to Genealogical Information in California.
- The Olive Tree Genealogy - California
- StateGenSites - U.S. Genealogy State by State - California
- Surname Navigator USA
A one window, megasearch engine for surnames. Can simultaneously search various databases using only one input screen. Includes CGI (LDS Mormons) USA, Ancestral File (LDS Mormons) USA, Geneanet USA, Google, genealogy USA, Google News Genealogy USA, Rootsweb message board USA, Ancestry.com, Email Finder USA, White Pages USA.
- Table of Dam Failures ~ California
Overall, there have been a least 460 deaths from dam failures in California.
- USGenWeb - CAGenWeb Project
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 Websites at RootsWeb
- William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster ~ California
The failure of the St. Francis Dam, and the resulting loss of over 500 lives in the path of a roaring wall of water, was a scandal that resulted in the almost complete destruction of the reputation of its builder, William Mulholland.
- WorldVitalRecords.com - California in Databases or California in Titles
An inexpensive, growing set of pay-for-use databases. Including vital records, and an extensive collection of newspapers.
- Ancestry.com - Search Directories & Member Lists
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- California City Directories
- Pacific Coast Directory, 1867
- U.K. and U.S. Directories, 1680-1830
Original source: Avero Publications. Biography Database, 1680-1830. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England: Avero Publications, 1998.
- U.S. City Directories
- U.S. Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002
Original source: 1993-2002 White Pages. Little Rock, AR, USA: Acxiom Corporation.
- U.S. Public Records Index
Original source: Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, comp. Historical Residential White Page, Directory Assistance and Other Household Database Listings. Merlin Data Publishing Corporation, 215 South Complex Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901.
- The western shore gazetteer and commercial directory for the state of California : containing the names of all the adult male c
- Circa 1930 City Directories Available at NARA - California
Listing of microfilmed city directories available at the National Archives.
- City Directories of the United States of America
A register of known city directories, their years, and repositories for the United States.
- Footnote.com - City Directories
Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- Glendale City Directories ~ California
- Online Historical Directories Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online city directories in one place, listed by location and in date order. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers. Included are county, rural, business, professional and other directories.
- U.S. City Directories on Microfilm in the Microform Reading Room - California
At the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
- 50states.com - California State Information Resource
A list of general information for each state, including a list of colleges, state symbols, links to maps, newspapers, and other miscellaneous state information.
- California Post Offices (1849-1935)
- California State Home Page
- Court Web Sites - California
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- FindLaw: California: Courts
Links to the web sites of various levels of judicial courts in the state.
- Historical Census Populations of Places, Towns, and Cities in California, 1850-1990
- NACo - About Counties - California
From the National Association of Counties. Includes links to county courthouse addresses and telephone numbers as well as links to official county government web sites.
- Official City Web Sites for the State of California
- Public Records Online
Links to available state & county Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices. Online public records may include copies of deeds, parcel maps, GIS maps, tax data, ownership information and indexes. Some Recorders' offices have marriage and birth records available online.
- USA CityLink Project - California
- Yahoo! Get Local...California Counties and Regions or Cities
Maps, yellow pages, white pages, newspapers and other local information.
- AlcatrazHistory.com
Designed to help introduce us to the rich history of Alcatraz during the penitentiary years, and many of the inmates who called "the Rock" home.
- Alcatraz Inmate Lists
A database with names and crimes of prisoners who were on Alcatraz Island between 1933 and 1963.
- The Bear Flag Revolt 1846
- California as We Saw It: Exploring the California Gold Rush
- California County Biographies and Histories
- California County History
Includes histories and maps.
- The California Earthquake of April 18, 1906
- California History Timeline
- California State Historical Landmarks
- California History Online
Scrollable timeline of eras and events.
- The California Reader: Eyewitnesses to History
- California Shipwrecks
California State Lands Commission.
- Civilian Conservation Corps Legacy
- Early California Population Project
Provides public access to all the information contained in California's historic mission registers, records that are of unique and vital importance to the study of California, the American Southwest, and colonial America. From the Huntington Library.
- Search the Database
Online searchable database of baptism, marriage, and burial records of each of the California missions from 1769-1850. An extraordinary wealth of unique information on the Indians, soldiers, & settlers of Alta California.
- User Guide
- El Camino Real and the Spanish Missions in California
- CMSA: California Missions Scholars
Devoted to the preservation of the 21 California missions and other early Hispanic sites. The web site also contains information and links concerning early California families.
- GenDisasters.com - Events That Touched Our Ancestor's Lives - California
GenDisasters.com, chronicles the events that touched our ancestors' lives - train wrecks, fires, floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, earthquakes, storms, mining explosions, ship wrecks, drownings, and accidents. Transcribed newspaper accounts, excerpts from historical books and photographs detail hundreds of life's tragedies that our ancestors' endured, from the 1800s to the 1950s. New material is being transcribed and added daily. Searchable.
- Ghost Towns of California
- Gold Ledge's Gold Rush Genealogy
California gold rush resources.
- The Gold Rush
From PBS Online.
- The Great 1906 Earthquake And Fire
From the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
- Who Perished
A list of persons who died as a result of the Great Earthquake & Fire in San Francisco on April 18, 1906.
- History, Culture, Economy & Natural Resources of California
- The History of California
Article by Rickie Lazzerini.
- The History of Sonoma Valley
Sonoma Valley Visitors Bureau.
- History Resources for California
- Junipero Serra and the California Missions
- Quake: 1906 San Francisco Quake
- Winton History
- Yahoo!...History...California
- @LA - Libraries in Southern California
- Autry Museum of Western Heritage ~ Los Angeles
- The Bancroft Library - University of California, Berkeley
- Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
- California Secretary of State - California State Archives
- California Digital Library featuring the Melvyl Catalog
Combined catalog of the University of California and Stanford University library collections.
- California State Library
- California State Library - Sutro
- California State Military Museum
Official military museum and historical research center of the State of California.
- California State Railroad Museum - Library& Collections
Holds records for: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, Western Pacific Railroad, Central Pacific, Southern Pacific Railroads.
- California Views Historical Photo Collection
- Carnegie Libraries of California
- Center for Iranian Jewish Oral History
- Central California Family History Centers
From the Lodi Family History Center. Includes addresses and phone numbers.
- Family History Centers in California
From the FamilySearch web site. Includes address, telephone number and hours of operation.
- Family History Library Catalog
From the FamilySearch web site, an online catalog to the holdings of the LDS Church in Salt Lake City, Utah. Also search for other localities by place name.
- FamilySearch - Family History Centers in California
A list of local LDS Family History Centers along with addresses and hours of operation.
- J. A. Freitas Library
Portuguese cultural resource center with a collection focusing on the California experience of immigrants from Portugal and the Azores.
- J. Porter Shaw Library ~ San Francisco
Holdings of Pacific coast commercial maritime history.
- LIBCAT: US - California
A directory of library resources on the Internet.
- LibDex - The Library Index - California
A worldwide directory of links to library homepages and web-based OPACs (Online Public Access Catalogs).
- Meriam Library - California State University ~ Chico
- Special Collections
- Historic Photographs
The rich visual heritage of northeastern California is documented in over 18,000 historical photographs, many dating from the nineteenth century and representing a wide variety of early photographic processes.
- Museum of Tolerance - Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves ~ Los Angeles
Exhibit on the family & personal histories of several noted Americans including Maya Angelou, Billy Crystal, Carlos Santana & Joe Torre.
- Newberry Library | Bibliography of African American History - California
- North Baker Research Library
Research library for the California Historical Society.
- Online Archive of California
A component of the California Digital Library, the OAC includes a single, searchable database of "finding aids" to primary sources and their digital facsimiles. Primary sources include letters, diaries, manuscripts, legal and financial records, photographs and other pictorial items, maps, architectural and engineering records, artwork, scientific logbooks, electronic records, sound recordings, oral histories artifacts and ephemera.
- California Heritage Collection
An online archive of more than 30,000 images illustrating California's history and culture, from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
- Orange Empire Railway Museum
OERM's purpose is to preserve and display rail transportation equipment used in Southern California, including street car equipment.
- Other Libraries and Organizations in Southern California
- Peninsula Library System ~ Northern California
- PublicLibraries.com - California
- Repositories of Primary Sources: California
A list of links to online resources from the Univ. of Idaho Library, Special Collections and Archives.
- Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace
- Ronald Reagan Presidential Library
- Silicon Valley Library System
- Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research Library ~ Burbank, California
- Stanford University Libraries & Information Resources
- Sons of the Revolution Library and Museum ~ Glendale
- Southern California Libraries on the Internet
- The Sutro Library - A Branch of the California State Library ~ San Francisco
- UCLA Oral History Program
- USC Libraries
- United Methodist Church - General Commission on Archives & History - Directory for Local and Regional United Methodist Archives
List of annual conference archive contacts for the state. For local Methodist church records, your best resource is the annual conference archives. The boundaries of the annual conference do not necessarily coincide with state boundaries, and some states may have several conferences within their borders.
- Western Jewish History Center || The Magnes
The Western Jewish History Center preserves the history of the Jewish community of the thirteen western states, with a special focus on California and its San Francisco Bay Area. It contains a lot of genealogical-related resources, especially in its holdings from various synagogues (especially marriage and death registers).
- WorldCat.org: The World's Largest Library Catalog
WorldCat is the world's largest network of library content and services. WorldCat.org lets you search the collections of libraries in your community and thousands more around the world. You can search for books, music CDs, videos, and many new kinds of digital content such as downloadable audiobooks. You may also find article citations with links to their full text; authoritative research materials, such as documents and photos of local or historic significance; and digital versions of rare items that aren't available to the public.
Mailing lists are interactive e-mail forums that are free for you to subscribe to and participate in. Click on the links below and be sure to follow the instructions provided exactly as shown in order to subscribe to the mailing list of your choice. Be sure to keep a copy of the welcome message that you receive. This message will contain details about the mailing list, the person who runs the list and instructions you will need in order to participate in the list, unsubscribe from the list, etc.
- CA-AfriGeneas Mailing List
To coordinate, network and strengthen the efforts of African ancestored family researchers within California.
- CA-CEMETERIES Mailing List
For anyone searching for their ancestors in California cemeteries and anyone interested in preserving historical information about California cemeteries and sharing information about them. Archives: browse or search. 
- CA-CENSUS-LOOKUP Mailing List
For anyone desiring a check of California census records for their ancestors. Requests should be as specific as possible and include county name, specific family of interest, and year whenever possible Archives: browse or search.
- CA-CORNISH
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the immigrants to California from Cornwall, England. Archives: browse or search.
- CA-DEATH-INDEX Mailing List
For anyone who desires lookups in the California Death Index (July 1905 to 1995) or who has access to the index and can do lookups for other subscribers. Archives: browse or search.
- CA-FREEDMEN Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in Freedmen in California from all ethnic backgrounds (e.g., African, Native American, Caucasian). Archives: browse or search.
- CA-FOOTSTEPS Mailing List
For the sharing of original California source material such as wills, deeds, bible records, tax lists, cemetery files, pension applications, obituaries, old letters, marriage lists, etc., with other California researchers. Archives: browse or search.
- CAGEN Mailing List
For discussing the creation of a single source for all California genealogy databases. Archives: browse or search.
- CA-GHOSTTOWNS Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical or historical interest in the ghost towns of California. Archives: browse or search.
- CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List
For anyone who is interested in early California miners and settlers, especially in northern California, 1848-1880. Archives: browse or search.
- CA-RECORDS Mailing List
For anyone conducting genealogical/historical research in California to discuss early California records and where they can be found and accessed. Archives: browse or search.
- CAROOTS Mailing List
Archives: browse or search.
- CA-SHOSHONI-TRAIL Mailing List
For anyone with a genealogical interest in the Shoshoni Trail which served as the transverse emigrant road to and from California from 1848-1851. Archives: browse or search.
- CA-SPANISH Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the ancestors and descendants of the California Spanish families and the tools employed to research them. Archives: browse or search.
- NA-CALIFORNIA Mailing List
For anyone who is researching their Native American ancestry in California. Archives: browse or search.
- NORCAL-L Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the genealogy and history of Northern California. Archives: browse or search.
- OREGON-TRAIL Mailing List
For those who want to research their family history concerning anything to do with the Oregon Trail. The history of the trail is an appropriate topic for discussion as well as postings of wagon train lists, and anything else genealogical including stories of life as a pioneer, diaries, queries, books, etc.Western states involved would mostly be Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington; maybe even California, Utah and others. Time periods include around 1840-1900. Archives: browse or search.
- SOCAL Mailing List
For the discussion and sharing of information regarding the genealogy and history of SOuthern CALifornia. Archives: browse or search.
- WESTERN-ROOTS-L Mailing List
Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, California, Nevada, Hawaii, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico.
- California Genealogy Yahoo! Groups
- 1895 U.S. Atlas - California
Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.
- American Memory Panoramic Maps 1847-1929 - California
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- American Memory Railroad Maps 1828-1900 - California
From the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
- Ancestry.com - Search Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - California
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- Ancestry.com - U.S. Map Collection, 1513-1990 - Southwestern States
A collection of a variety of maps created for different scopes and purposes, including political and geographical. The maps are categorized as follows: cadastral, discovery and exploration, military, panoramic, thematic, topographic, transportation.
- California 1922 Map
- California AHGP - Map of California Counties
Boundaries as of January 1, 1990.
- California County Data by the California State Association of Counties
Links for cities within each county, county websites, county maps, county history and more.
- California Geographical Survey
A resource of the Department of Geography at California State University, Northridge. It is the California Geographical Survey's intention to provide a variety of important geographic resources to the entire Internet community.
- California Secretary of State - California State Archives
- City of Los Angeles 1922 Map
- Color Landform Atlas: California
Including a map of counties and a map for 1895.
- Formation of the California Missions
Animated map showing the sequence of Mission foundings along the El Camino Real.
- Gleason's Old Maps Etc.
Photocopies of Old Maps, Prints and Articles of Historical and Genealogical Interest from California.
- Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)
From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.
- Map of California Counties (Northern) , (Southern)
- MapQuest: World Atlas: California
- The Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection - California Maps
From the University of Texas at Austin.
- RootsWeb Town Search - TownCo
Enter the name of a U.S. town to learn the name of the county where that town is located.
- South East California 1922 Map
- U.S. Census Bureau - State and County QuickFacts - California County Selection Map
- USGenWeb Archives, United States Digital Map Library
- Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS - California
Search the USGS Geographic Names Database. You can limit the search to a specific county in this state and search for any of the following features: airport arch area arroyo bar basin bay beach bench bend bridge building canal cape cemetery channel church cliff crater crossing dam falls flat forest gap geyser glacier gut harbor hospital island isthmus lake lava levee locale mine oilfield other park pillar plain ppl range rapids reserve reservoir ridge school sea slope spring stream summit swamp tower trail tunnel valley well woods.
- 1883 Pensioners on the Roll - Colusa County, California
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
- 1883 Pensioners on the Roll - Kern County, California
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
- 1883 Pensioners on the Roll - Lake County, California
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
- 1883 Pensioners on the Roll - Lassen County, California
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
- 1883 Pensioners on the Roll - Los Angeles County, California
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
- 1883 Pensioners on the Roll - Marin County, California
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
- 1883 Pensioners on the Roll - Monterey County, California
This list is taken from the official Pension Roll of 1883, the major genealogical source for Civil War and War of 1812 pensioners. Pensioners are listed by post office address, and in no apparent order after that.
- Ancestry.com - Search Military Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.
- California State Roster, 1899 Government and Military records
Original source: California Blue Book or State Roster 1899. Sacramento, CA, USA: State Printing Office, 1899 or 1900.
- California State Roster, 1909 Government and Military records
Original source: California Blue Book or State Roster 1909. Sacramento, CA, USA: State Printing Office, 1909.
- California State Roster, 1911 Government and Military records
Original source: .California Blue Book or State Roster 1911. Sacramento, CA, USA: State Printing Office, 1911.
- California Department of Veterans Affairs - The Veterans Home of California
- California in the Civil War
- The Civil War Archive - Union Regiments - California
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Civil War Rosters - California
List of links to web sites with rosters for each state.
- Escondido California: San Pasqual Battlefield
- Korean Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - California
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- Los Angeles National Cemetery - Los Angeles County, California
Originally for the burial of residents of the National Home of Disabled Volunteer Solidiers. Over 85,000 brief records of veterans buried in the West L.A. Veterans' cemetery.
- NARA | Pacific Region, Laguna-Niguel | Sawtelle Disabled Veterans Home, Los Angeles Case Files, 1888-1933
- Vietnam Conflict State-Level Casualty Lists - California
From the National Archives and Records Administration, Center for Electronic Records.
- The Vietnam Veterans Memorial - California
- ABYZ News Links - California - Newspapers and News Sources
- Ancestry.com - Search Newspapers & Periodicals Records
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Free articles and helpful research materials.
- Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
Search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1922 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present. Sponsored jointly by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Library of Congress as part of the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
- Footnote.com - California Newspapers
Catalina Islander, Chester Progressive, Cloverdale Reveille, Delhi Express, Exeter Sun, Geyserville Press, Gridley Herald, Independent Coast Observer, Indian Valley Record, Intermountain News, Julian News, Lindsay Gazette, Plumas National, Portola Reporter, San Francisco Chronicle, Westwood PinePress. Footnote is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. Some areas of Footnote are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.
- GenealogyBank.com - Historical Newspapers - California
GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 2,400+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.
- Home Town News - California
Directory of daily and weekly newspapers in the United States.
- NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | California
- Newspaper Abstracts - Finding Our Ancestors in the News! - California
- NewspaperLinks.com - California
- TheOldenTimes.com: Old California News
Historic newspapers online: births, deaths & marriages, notices, old news, legal notices, recipes & more, all scanned from original issues of 18th-20th century newspapers. Index of names, site search.
- Online Historical Newspapers Website
The purpose of the site is to have links to all online newspapers in one place, listed by county and city. It is meant to be used as an aid to genealogists, historians, and other researchers.
- OnlineNewspapers.com - Newspaper & Newspapers Online Directory: California
- ThePaperboy.com Newspaper Directory - California Newspapers
- The United States Newspaper Program - California
Cooperative national effort among the states and the federal government to locate, catalog, and preserve on microfilm newspapers published in the United States from the eighteenth century to the present.
- US Newspaper Links - California Newspapers, A-M and N-Z
- World-newspapers.com - California Newspapers
- Yahoo!...Newspapers...California
- Waterfront Workers History Project
Explores this vital history, focusing first on the men and women who have worked in the ports, the inland waterways, the fisheries, canneries, and other waterfront industries of California, Oregon, Washington, British Columbia, and Alaska. From the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies, University of Washington.
Adoptions, biographies, ethnic groups, famous people, immigrants, some family groups, etc.
- Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians
For Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington.
- AfriGeneas | African Ancestry in California
- The Assyrians: Settlers from the Near East
Article on Assyrian immigration to the United States and specifically their settlement in Turlock, California.
- Azoreans to California: A History of Migration and Settlement
Article by Robert L. Santos.
- "California As I Saw It" First-Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900
Library of Congress American Memory online exhibit.
- California Blacksheep Ancestors
Directory of links for prison and convict records, court records, executions, famous outlaws, criminals & bandits.
- California Cornish Cousins
- California Pioneer Project
- The Chinese in California, 1850-1925
From the Library of Congress. Illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials.
- GEDCOM Index .com - California
Index of GEDCOM files found online, arranged by surname and given name.
- Names of Early Portuguese Immigrants to California
- Spanish California Genealogy
- Tribes and Rancherias of California
Magazines, journals, quarterlies, newsletters, pamplets, leaflets
Photos, postcards, yearbooks, school memorabilia, and other ephemera of life
- Dead Fred Genealogy Photo Archive - Californina
Searchable database containing images of thousands of identified and mystery 19th & 20th century photos for genealogy enthusiasts looking for long-lost family. Search vintage school annuals, faculty & students,images & names. Upload your own vintage yearbooks so others can discover their ancestral images.
- FamilyOldPhotos.com - Californina
Old, antique, or vintage photos. User submitted with family history and details.
- Old-Yearbooks.com - Californina
Old high school & college yearbooks, graduation programs, reunion booklets, class rolls, alumni lists, school photos & memorabilia.
Links to professional researchers found on Cyndi's List are included as a courtesy. Unless otherwise stated, the existence of these links on Cyndi's List does not imply endorsement of the services or products provided by those professional researchers. See also: Disclaimers
- Accelerated Genealogy Research - Professional Genealogists - California
Our directory lists professional genealogists by education, experience, credentials, research specialty, international or U.S. region, and billing rate to help you find the researcher best qualified to find your ancestor.
- Adoption Search and Reunion
Professional searcher specializing in California adoption searches and reunions.
- American Records Research Services
An affordable genealogy research service providing federal census records, passenger arrival information, Revolutionary War pension records, California vital records and Sutro Library research.
- Ancestry Experts Inc. ~ Los Gatos, California
- Birthsearcher.com
Adoptee, birthparent, and birthfamily searches and reunions. Specializing in CA, OH, TX, KY, and also other state resources.
- Board for Certification of Genealogists - Roster of Those Certified - Residing in California or Specializing in California
- California Adoption Research - Nationwide Adoption Searches
- California Adoption Search
California adoption search and reunion specialist.
- California Genealogical Research
- Connect-Your-Dots Genealogical Services
Research in Southern California (San Diego, Imperial, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, and Los Angeles Counties). German/English English/German Translation. Data entry and organziational services.
- Desert Genealogy
Specializing in Pacific Northwest and Southwest United States research.
- Find Your Folk! Genealogical Research Services
Located in the San Francisco Bay area. Fifteen years of experience using a wide variety of sources in many different regions of the US and Europe. Specialties include Swedish, German, French, Jewish, New York City, North Carolina, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Kansas.
- genealogyPro - Professional Genealogists for Western and Mid-Western United States
Including the states of Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Ohio, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
- Genealogy Research Associates ~ Salt Lake City, Utah
Professional research and record look-up services. Salt Lake City, UT, Washington, D.C., California.
- Genealogy Research Services
- Mines Road Books - History and Genealogy References
Search the index online and order research to be done on the surname you find in the index.
- A Loving Journey, Adoption Reunion Searching
Discreet, compassionate searching available to reunite families separated by adoption. Serving states of California, Hawaii, Illinios, Ohio, Oregon, Texas and Utah.
- Random Acts of Genealogical Kindness - California
A list of volunteers who are willing to help you with your research in this locality.
- RECORDS.ORG -- American Records Research Services ~ San Francisco, California
- Researchers 4U
Professional research of archived newspapers & assesors records on microfilm in So.California.
- Rootz Genealogy Services
Research service specializing in American and British Ancestry, British Armed Forces & California Records.
- Ted Gostin, Professional Genealogist
Specializing in Jewish genealogy and Southern California resources.
- TreeTracer.com - Services ~ Studio City, California
Record searches and in-depth research.
- Utah Adoptee-Birthmother Searches/Reunions Help
Professional adoption and reunion searches specializing in Utah/California/Oregon connections.
- Your Family Connection ~ Yorba Linda, California
Specialty areas include Danish research, lineage research and application preparation, and family health history compilation.
The sites found in this category vary in content. Some sites have extractions or transcriptions of actual records. Other sites have helpful lists, articles, tips or guidelines. In a few cases there are scanned images of the original source documents themselves, with more of these types of records coming online each day. Keep in mind that extractions & transcriptions may have errors or may be missing certain portions of the original source material. Always refer to the original source material whenever possible and only use extractions & transcriptions as a starting point to help guide you in your research.
- 1872 Foreign-Born Voters of California
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 Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- Before the Needles - California
A detailed listing of executions that occurred under civil authority in California. Listing includes (when known) the convict's name, age, race, sex, occupation, crime, date of execution, method of execution and whether it was a single or multiple execution.
- BLM - California Electronic Reading Room
United States Bureau of Land Management.
- California's Great Registers
Article by J. Carlyle Parker.
- Genealogy.com - County Resources
- The Maritime Heritage Project
Stories and lists of ships, captains, passengers arriving in San Francisco during the Gold Rush through the turn of the century.
- NARA | US National Archives & Records Administration
- NARA | Genealogists/Family Historians
- NARA | Locations | Pacific Alaska Region
Records for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, Guam, American Samoa, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
- NARA | Locations | Pacific Region (Laguna Niguel)
Records for Arizona, southern California, and Clark County, Nevada.
- NARA | Locations | Pacific Region (Riverside)
Maintains temporary storage records from Federal agencies and courts in Arizona, southern California, and Clark County, Nevada.
- NARA | Locations | Pacific Region (San Francisco)
Our holdings are comprised of Federal records from northern and central California, Nevada (except Clark County), Hawaii, American Samoa and the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.
- NARA | Research | Order Online
- Native American Land Patents - California
A listing by state and Tribe of land patents.
- Native Daughters of the Golden West California Pioneer Project Master Surname Index
Online index to over 33,000 California Pioneers who resided or were born in California before December 31, 1869.
- Passenger Lists Published in the New York Daily Times
New York City to California via Central America, 1851 - 1856.
- Portuguese Voters of 1872 in California
- Public Records Online
Contact information for Tax Assessors' and Recorders' offices.
- Ranchos of California
Extracts from: Grants of land in California made by Spanish or Mexican authorities.
- Records Room: California Counties, United States
- San Francisco 1846 Passenger List for 'The Brooklyn'
- Slavery Era Insurance Registry
Links to the California Department of Insurance’s report on the insurance of slaves by insurers still doing business in California, including the database of slave and slaveholder names and identifying information from around the United States. The below links require the free Adobe Acrobat Reader software for viewing.
- Southern California Yearbooks - The Students of Southern California
Currently over 200 listings of Southern California students and faculty gleaned from high school and college yearbooks which are AT LEAST 50 years old. New alumni listings are added each week.
- USGenWeb Archives
- Ancestors at Rest - Death Records for California
Coffin plates, funeral cards, death cards, wills, memorial cards, cemeteries, vital stats, obituaries, church records, family bibles, cenotaphs and tombstone inscriptions.
- Ancestry.com
Ancestry.com has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription. Searching Ancestry's databases is free, and then viewing the final results in the genealogical datasets is available by paid subscription. A search serves up a "Ranked Search Result" based on your query. The displayed list of results indicates which of the many databases has a possible match, as well as suggestions to help you refine your search. Following the links for the search hits will result in one of two things: if you are already a paid subscriber you will see the database matches right away; if you are not yet a subscriber you are pointed to a "landing page" that gives you options to become a paid subscriber to one of Ancestry's membership packages.
- CA Death Records
Records: 9,366,786. Surnames: 498,701. Contains records from 1940 thru 1997.
- California Marriage Records and Certificates
Pay-for-use database for marriages in California (1949-1986) indexed by bride and groom.
- How to Order a Certified Copy from the State Office of Vital Records
Contact information, availability, and fees for vital records from California.
- I Dream of Genealogy - California Marriages
- MyVitalRec.com - California Vital Records
Information for ordering by mail or online: birth, death, marriage or divorce.
- Online California Vital Records Indexes - Birth, Marriage & Death Records
A directory of helpful resources for genealogy research and adoption searches.
- VitalChek Network - California
- vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - California
Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.
- Vital Records US - California Vital Records
Information and guidelines on acquiring vital records information in the United States. Includes state and county contact and pricing information.
- VitalSearch - California (USA): California State Vital Records
Free access to birth records for the period 1905-1955 by county. Members have access to other information.
- Western States Marriage Search Form
Index for marriages in western states, including mostly pre-1900 marriages in Arizona, Idaho and Nevada. Also some counties in California, western Colorado, Montana, Oregon, Utah, eastern Washington, and Wyoming.
- Where to Write for Vital Records - California
From the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
- American Civil War Association
A California Reenactment Organization.
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Central California Chapter ~ Fresno
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Golden Gate Chapter ~ Sunnyvale
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Lodi Chapter ~ Modesto
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Mt. Diablo Chapter ~ Moraga
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Sacramento Valley Chapter
- American Historical Society of Germans from Russia - Southern California Chapter ~ Huntington Beach
- California Cornish Cousins
- California Genealogical Societies
- California Genealogical Societies: Publications, Libraries and Research
- The California Historical Society
- California Mayflower Society
- The California Mennonite Historical Society
- California Mission Studies Association
- California Society of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
California State Children of the American Revolution
Links to local societies, plus a page with proven ancestor patriots in the American Revolution.
- California State Genealogical Alliance
- California State Society of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
- California Society of the Order of the Founders and Patriots of America
- Chinese Historical Society of Southern California
- Commission for the Preservation of Pioneer Jewish Cemeteries and Landmarks
Northern California.
- First California Company of the Jamestowne Society
California descendants of Jamestowne adventurers, founders and early settlers. See the Jamestowne Society's Register of Qualifying Seventeenth Century Ancestors.
- Grand Lodge of California Free and Accepted Masons
- The Huguenot Society of California
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs - Grand Lodge of California
- Independent Order of Odd Fellows - California
Jurisdictions for the IOOF, Independent Order of Odd Fellows and Rebekahs.
- Jewish Historical Society of Napa Valley
The society has conducted programs detailing the "Marranos" of the Spanish Inquisition, the history of the "Shanghai Jews" who were refugees from Europe fleeing Hitler; the California gold rush and the impact on Jewish society.
- JPL Genealogy Club
Employees of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California.
- Los Pobladores 200
Descendants of the Founders El Pueblo de Los Angeles, 1781.
- Mountain Meadows Association
Dedicated to the preservation of the memory of those who lost their lives in the Mountain Meadows Massacre and the preservation of all sites associated with the Baker-Fancher Wagon Train. Our members are from both sides of the event and have come together for understanding and forgiveness.
- Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States - California Commandery
- Native Daughters of the Golden West
- [The original link is broken. This link points to an archived copy on the Wayback Machine]
Oregon-California Trails Association
- Pacific Coast Chapter - Railway & Locomotive Historical Society ~ Folsom
- Polish Genealogical Society of California - PGSCA
- Railroad Historical and Technical Societies of California/Nevada
- Railway and Locomotive Historical Society - Pacific Coast Chapter ~ Sacramento
- Society Hill: California Genealogy
A list of addresses for genealogical and historical societies in the state.
- The Society of California Archivists
- Society of California Pioneers
- The Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
- Sons of the Revolution in the State of California
American Revolution and Colonial History packed with history of the War of Independence. Complete with battle chronologies and statistics. Includes background leading to the writing of the Declaration of Independence, galleries containing over 100 colonial flags, history of the stars and stripes.
- Southern California Chapter Association of Professional Genealogists ~ Brea
- Southern California League of Genealogical Societies (SCLGS)
The purpose of this web page is to provide information to those genealogical societies in Southern California to help the members improve their societies and ultimately provide all family historians information with which to do their genealogical work more effectively.
- Southwest Oral History Association
- Tri-State Genealogical Society - Arizona, California & Nevada
Bullhead, Arizona.
- União Portuguesa do Estado da California
A fraternal benefits society originally serving Portuguese immigrants to California.
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