California Biographies: Difference between revisions

The California State Library and the Bancroft Library at the University of California-Berkeley have major collections of [[Portal:California|California]] biographies. Between 1929 and 1962 the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) prepared a 26-volume biographical collection, ''Records of the Families of California Pioneers''. It is found at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and at the Family History Library on [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=234615&disp=Unpublished+records+of+the+families+of+C++ films 844436-46]. Each volume has an every-name index. An index to the principal persons in each biography is Robert L. Davignon, ''Pioneers of California Index'' (Salt Lake City, Utah: Family History Library, 1986; Family History Library book [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=210373&disp=Pioneers+of+California+index++ 979.4 D32pi] 1986; film [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=210373&disp=Pioneers+of+California+index++ 1421606] item 7; another copy on fiche [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titlefilmnotes&columns=*%2C0%2C0&titleno=210373&disp=Pioneers+of+California+index++ 6051447]).