California Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

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:California, rancho and Mexican era history, computer indexes to statewide records, Great Registers, miners, and early settlers.<ref name="DB1921" /><br><br>
:California, rancho and Mexican era history, computer indexes to statewide records, Great Registers, miners, and early settlers.<ref name="DB1921" /><br><br>


'''Los Angeles Public Library'''  
'''Los Angeles Public Library'''<br>


'''Los Angeles Family History Center'''  
:''The&nbsp;'' place for research in Southern California. Good genealogy collection and biographical indexes.<ref name="DB1921" /><br><br>


'''Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County'''  
'''Los Angeles Family History Center'''<br>


'''County of Los Angeles Public Library'''  
:One of the largest Family History Centers in America, including censuses, genealogies, and histories.<ref name="DB1921" /><br><br>
 
'''Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County'''<br>
 
:California Indians, pre-1900 southern California newspapers, southern California and Los Angeles history, Spanish and Mexican period history, seafarers.<ref name="DB1921" /><br><br>
 
'''County of Los Angeles Public Library'''<br>
 
:Californiana and Hispanic studies.<ref name="DB1921" /><br><br>


'''Napa Valley Genealogical and Historical Society Library'''  
'''Napa Valley Genealogical and Historical Society Library'''  
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Two helpful guides to California archives and repositories are:  
Two helpful guides to California archives and repositories are:  


Coy, Owen C. ''Guide to the County Archives of California. Sacramento, California: California Printing Office, 1919.'' ({{FHL|214891|title-id|disp=Family History Library&nbsp;film 962744}}.)  
*Owen C. Coy, ''Guide to the County Archives of California. Sacramento, California: California Printing Office, 1919.'' ({{FHL|214891|title-id|disp=Family History Library&nbsp;film 962744}}.)  
 
*''Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California''. Redlands, California: Beacon Printery, 1975. (Family History Library {{FHL|139908|title-id|disp=book 979.4 J54d; film 1036038 item 3}}.)<br><br>  
''Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California''. Redlands, California: Beacon Printery, 1975. (Family History Library {{FHL|139908|title-id|disp=book 979.4 J54d; film 1036038 item 3}}.)  
 
:To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of California counties, use the 16 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has 13 of these inventories. <br><br>


=== References  ===
=== References  ===
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