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=== Contact Information  ===
=== Contact Information  ===


'''Email:'''<ref name="Contacts">[http://www.archives.gov/riverside/contacts.html Address, Hours, Directions &amp;amp;amp;amp; Contacts] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 30 October 2013).</ref> [mailto:riverside.archives@nara.gov riverside.archives@nara.gov] <br>  
'''E-mail:'''<ref name="Contacts">[http://www.archives.gov/riverside/contacts.html Address, Hours, Directions &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Contacts] in ''National Archives'' (accessed 30 October 2013).</ref> &nbsp;[mailto:riverside.archives@nara.gov riverside.archives@nara.gov] <br>  


'''Address:'''<ref name="Contacts" />  
'''Address:'''<ref name="Contacts" />  
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:National Archives at Riverside<br>23123 Cajalco Road<br>Perris, CA 92570-7298 <br><br>
:National Archives at Riverside<br>23123 Cajalco Road<br>Perris, CA 92570-7298 <br><br>


'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Contacts" /> 951-956-2000<br>'''Fax:''' 951-956-2049<br>  
'''Telephone:'''<ref name="Contacts" /> &nbsp;951-956-2000<br>'''Fax:''' &nbsp;951-956-2049<br>  


'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Contacts" /> Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Textual research room closes at 4:00 P.M. (last pull is 3:00 P.M.) <br>  
'''Hours and holidays:'''<ref name="Contacts" /> &nbsp;Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Textual research room closes at 4:00 P.M. (last pull is 3:00 P.M.) <br>  


'''Directions and map:'''<ref name="Contacts" /> [http://www.archives.gov/riverside/contacts.html#directions Click here]. <br>  
'''Directions and map:'''<ref name="Contacts" /> &nbsp;[http://www.archives.gov/riverside/contacts.html#directions Click here]. <br>  


'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
'''Internet sites and databases:''' <br>  
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'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Similar Collections'''''<br>  


*[http://www.archives.gov/st-louis/military-personnel/ National Personnel Records Center], St. Louis, MO., has millions of military personnel, health, medical records of discharged and deceased veterans of all services starting with World War I, and federal employee records.
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*[https://www.familysearch.org/en/library/ FamilySearch Library], Salt Lake City, 450 computers, 3,400 databases, 3.1 million microforms, 4,500 periodicals, 310,000 books of worldwide family and local histories, civil, church, immigration, ethnic, military, and records pertaining to members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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*[[Bancroft Library]], Berkeley, premier Western Americana, and Latin Americana collections, including Native Americans, Spanish encounter and colonial settlement, exploration of western America, maps and atlases, the Mexican War, westward migration, the Gold Rush, mining, land surveys, religious and Utopian communities, and ethnic communities.
*[http://www.library.ca.gov/collections/sutro.html Sutro Library], San Francisco, most extensive genealogy collection west of Salt Lake City.


'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  
'''''Neighboring Collections'''''<br>  


*[http://www.asrclkrec.com/ Riverside County Clerk-Recorder] births, marriages, deaths, deeds, military discharge papers.
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*[http://www.riverside.courts.ca.gov/ Riverside County Superior Court] civil records, adoptions, probate, family, and criminal records.
*[https://www.facebook.com/pages/GSOR-Genealogical-Society-of-Riverside/131177760295092 Genealogical Society of Riverside] Facebook page.
*[http://riversidehistoricalsociety.org/ Riverside Historical Society] new, calendar, journal, and contact.
*[http://www.tvgs.net/ Temecula Valley Genealogy Society] events, forum, library, and researchers.
*Repositories in '''''surrounding counties:'''''  [[Imperial County, California Genealogy|Imperial]], [[Orange County, California Genealogy|Orange]], [[San Bernardino County, California Genealogy|San Bernardino]], [[San Diego County, California Genealogy|San Diego]], and [[Yuma County, Arizona Genealogy|Yuma AZ]].
*[http://www.oaklandlibrary.org/locations/african-american-museum-library-oakland African American Museum and Library at Oakland] interprets their experience in CA and the West.
*[http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/ California State Archives], Sacramento, has county records, such as court records, prison records, wills, deeds, as well as military records, state census records, and school records.
*[http://www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/ California Historical Society], San Francisco, economic, social, political, and cultural heritage including 50,000 books, 4,000 manuscripts, photos, maps, newspapers, and artifacts.
*[http://www.californiaancestors.org/ California Genealogical Society and Library], Oakland, family, local, and state histories, maps, reference books, periodicals, the Bay Area, Gold Rush, New England, mid-Atlantic states and others.
*[http://www.chsa.org/ Chinese Historical Society], San Francisco, Chinese-American history, including art, and artifacts.
*Repositories in '''''other surrounding states:''''' [[Arizona Archives and Libraries|Arizona]], [[Hawaii Archives and Libraries|Hawaii]], [[Nevada Archives and Libraries|Nevada]], [[Oregon Archives and Libraries|Oregon]], [[Baja California]], [[Sonora]].
*[http://www.azlibrary.gov/is/genealogy/ State Library of Arizona], Phoenix, censuses, genealogical periodicals, immigration and naturalization records, New England town vital records, DE PA and NJ Archives, Internet sites.
*[http://hawaii.sdp.sirsi.net/client/default/rw$003d0$0026rm$003dHAWAII$002bSTATE$002bL0$00257C$00257C$00257C1$00257C$00257C$00257C0$00257C$00257C$00257Ctrue$0026pv$003d-1$0026ic$003dfalse$0026dt$003dlist$0026sm$003dfalse$0026 Hawaii State Library], Honolulu, federal documents, Hawaii and Pacific, language, and history.
*[http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/ Nevada State Library and Archives], Carson City, births, marriages, deaths, censuses, military.
*[http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/pages/records/genealogy/index.html Oregon State Archives], Salem, country records and histories, territorial papers, early settlers database, adoptions, census, land, military, naturalization, probate, and vital records.
*[http://www.agn.gob.mx/ Archivo General de la Nación] (AGN), Mexico City, church, civil, census, court, history, military, migration, land.


=== Sources  ===
=== Sources  ===
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Revision as of 03:43, 30 October 2013

National Archives at Riverside
NatlArchivesRiverside.jpg

Contact Information[edit | edit source]

E-mail:[1]  riverside.archives@nara.gov

Address:[1]

National Archives at Riverside
23123 Cajalco Road
Perris, CA 92570-7298

Telephone:[1]  951-956-2000
Fax:  951-956-2049

Hours and holidays:[1]  Monday through Friday, 8:00 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Textual research room closes at 4:00 P.M. (last pull is 3:00 P.M.)

Directions and map:[1]  Click here.

Internet sites and databases:

Collection Description[edit | edit source]

Over 60,000 cubic feet of archival holdings from l850 to the l990s including textual records, maps, and photos. These records were created by federal courts and nearly 80 federal agencies in:

  • southern California
  • Arizona
  • Clark County, Nevada.

Research areas include history, life and culture of 50 Native Americans groups, ethnic diversity, Chinese Exclusion, immigration and naturalization, land, settlement and development of the American West, World War II, military buildup, civilian defense and Japanese Removal, maritime history.[2] Of special interest to genealogists are federal censuses 1790-1940, military post returns from California and Arizona, the Five Civilized Tribes, Revolutionary War service records and bounty land warrants, selected American Civil War records, passenger arrival lists, Mexican and Canadian border crossing records, passport applications, California Indian enrollment applications, postmasters, Freedmen's Bureau records, Asian immigration, naturalizations, federal land records for southern California and Arizona, sailors and merchant marines ported in southern California, tax list of Territorial Arizona, and federal District Court records.[3]

Tips[edit | edit source]

  • No appointment is necessary, however, you can be better served if you call in advance of visiting.[1]

Guides[edit | edit source]

Alternate Repositories[edit | edit source]

If you cannot visit or find a source at the National Archives at Riverside, a similar source may be available at one of the following.

Overlapping Collections

  • National Archives I, Washington DC, census, pre-WWI military service & pensions, passenger lists, naturalizations, passports, federal bounty land, homesteads, bankruptcy, ethnic sources, prisons, and federal employees.
  • National Archives II, College Park, MD, Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Energy, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Justice, Labor, State, Transportation, and Treasury all after 1900.
  • National Archives Pacific Region (San Francisco) holding records of California (north & central), Nevada (except Clark County), Hawaii, American Samoa, Guam, Marshall, Caroline, and Northern Mariana Islands, overseas Pacific naval bases, Asian-Pacific immigration, American Indians.
  • California State Library (Sacramento) censuses, great registers, city directories, CA historical newspapers, genealogical periodicals, death index 1905-1995, marriage index 1949-1986.
  • Nixon Presidential Library, Yorba Linda, White House tapes, textual records, and office files.
  • Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, textual records, photos, papers and speeches.

Similar Collections



Neighboring Collections

Sources[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Address, Hours, Directions &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Contacts in National Archives (accessed 30 October 2013).
  2. Welcome to the National Archives at Riverside in National Archives (accessed 30 October 2013).
  3. Genealogy Research in Riverside in National Archives (accessed 30 October 2013).