The California Historical Society holds one of the richest collections in the state on the social, cultural, economic, and political development of California.
The Early California Population Project (ECPP) 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. Within the baptism, marriage, and burial records of each of the California missions sits an extraordinary wealth of unique information on the Indians, soldiers, and settlers of Alta California from 1769 - 1850.
Useful links for those researching ancestors in Gold Country. Contains cemetaries, databases of California genealogy records, mailing lists, texts and manuscripts related to California genealogical history.
Family History Centers are branch facilities of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. Centers provide access to most of the microfilms and microfiche in the Family History Library to help patrons identify their ancestors. Everyone is welcome to come to the centers and use Family History Center resources.
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.
The Southern California Genealogical Society exists to foster interest in family history and genealogy, preserve genealogical materials, and provide instruction in accepted and effective research techniques.
Online directory of free genealogy search engines to allow you to search for ancestors. Review top local and global genealogy databases from one portal search site.
Free California Genealogy Records Lookups. Find CA genealogy societies, genealogy publications available from CA genealogical societies and individuals, lost female ancestors queries, and related CA links for genealogy research in California.
How to Request Vital Records Online, search census, voter and tax records.
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