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Richard Schellens collected materials on a variety of individuals and places mainly covering San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. A few volumes cover the state in general. [http://www.smcgs.org/sites/default/files/database_files/Schellens-California-name.pdf Name Index], [http://www.smcgs.org/sites/default/files/database_files/schellens-california-places.pdf Place Index] | Richard Schellens collected materials on a variety of individuals and places mainly covering San Francisco and San Mateo Counties. A few volumes cover the state in general. [http://www.smcgs.org/sites/default/files/database_files/Schellens-California-name.pdf Name Index], [http://www.smcgs.org/sites/default/files/database_files/schellens-california-places.pdf Place Index] | ||
There are many published statewide, regional, and county biographical collections. Many have been digitized and are available on Internet Archive. [ | There are many published statewide, regional, and county biographical collections. Many have been digitized and are available on Internet Archive. [https://www.archive.org/search.php?query=subject:%22California%20--%20Biography%22 (California Biography)] The FamilySearch Library has volumes both in print and on microfilm. Search [http://www.worldcat.org/ WorldCat] using names, biography and places to uncover books, articles, manuscript collections and more. Be sure to read mateials by those who were in the same place at the same time as your ancestors for background information. | ||
County Histories are a wonderful source of biographical information for those who settled in and remained in an area before they were printed. An index of biographies published in 61 county histories from 1855 to 1898 was compiled in 1979 by J. Carlyle Parker.<ref>An Index to the Biographies in the 19th Century California County Histories, Gale Genealogy and Local History Series, Volume 7 (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1979. FS Library book )</ref> | County Histories are a wonderful source of biographical information for those who settled in and remained in an area before they were printed. An index of biographies published in 61 county histories from 1855 to 1898 was compiled in 1979 by J. Carlyle Parker.<ref>An Index to the Biographies in the 19th Century California County Histories, Gale Genealogy and Local History Series, Volume 7 (Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1979. FS Library book )</ref> | ||
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