California Archives and Libraries: Difference between revisions

These archives, libraries, societies, commission, and museums house sources, lists, and indexes, and provide services to help genealogists document their ancestors who lived in California.  

[[Bancroft Library]]{{·}} [[California State Library]]{{·}} [[Sutro Library]]{{·}} [[California State Archives]]{{·}} [[California Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Society of California Pioneers Library]]{{·}} [[State Lands Commission]]{{·}} [[California Genealogical Society and Library]]{{·}} [[Carlsbad City Library]]{{·}} [[Chinese Historical Society]]{{·}} [[Fresno City and County Historical Society Archives]]{{·}} [[Huntington Beach Central Library]]{{·}} [[Immigrant Genealogical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Long Beach Public Library]]{{·}} [[Los Angeles Public Library]]{{·}} [[Los Angeles FamilySearch Library]]{{·}} [[Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County]]{{·}} [[County of Los Angeles Public Libraries]]{{·}} [[Napa Valley Genealogical Society Library]]{{·}} [[Oakland California FamilySearch Library|Oakland FamilySearch Library]]{{·}} [[Sons of the Revolution Library]]{{·}} [[Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research Library]]{{·}} [[Tuolumne County Genealogical Society Library]]{{·}} [[National Archives at Riverside]]{{·}} [[National Archives at San Francisco]]{{·}} [[Family History Library]]

[[Image:NatlArchivesRiverside.jpg|right|250px|NatlArchivesRiverside.jpg]] '''[[National Archives at Riverside]]'''<br>23123 Cojaico Road <br>Perris, CA 92570<br>Telephone: 951-956-2000 <br>Fax: 951-956-2029<br>Internet: [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/riverside/ http://www.archives.gov/pacific/riverside/]<br><br>  

::Nearby '''Doe Library''' has a large collection of newspapers on microfilm.

'''[[California State Library]]'''<br>914 Capitol Mall<br>Sacramento, CA 95814 <br>Mailing address:<br>P. O. Box 942837<br>Sacramento, CA 94237-0001<br>Telephone: 916-654-0261<br>Fax: 916-654-0241 <br>E-Mail: [mailto:cslsirc@library.ca.gov cslsirc@library.ca.gov]<br>Internet: [http://www.library.ca.gov/ http://www.library.ca.gov/]<br>  

Mexican land and rancho grants.<ref name="DB1921" /><br><br>  

'''[[California Genealogical Society and Library]]'''<br>2201 Broadway, Suite LL2<br>Oakland, CA 94612-3031<br>Telephone: 510-663-1358 <br>Fax: 510-663-1596 <br>Website: [http://californiaancestors.org/ http://californiaancestors.org/]&nbsp;<br>Blog: [http://blog.californiaancestors.org/ http://blog.californiaancestors.org/]<br>  

:Emphasis is on the Gold Rush district, including the "Gone West Index" of early miners and California settlers, photos, church records, cemetery records, vital records, voter registrations, censuses, over 1000 books about all states and some nations, family histories, school yearbooks, and some periodicals.<ref name="DB1921" /> <ref>[http://www.tcgsonline.org/index.html  Tuolumne County Genealogical Society Home] in ''Tuolumne County Genealogical Society'' (accessed 10 November 2013).</ref><br><br>

'''[http://www.oac.cdlib.org/ The Online Archives of California]''' provides free Internet access to detailed descriptions (collection guides) of primary resource collections maintained by more than 200 contributing institutions including libraries, special collections, archives, historical societies, and museums throughout California and collections maintained by the 10 University of California (UC) campuses. Many of the repositories listed above are included in the collections. {{Click|Image:CA_ORP.png|California Online Genealogy Records|left}}{{DCfollowup}}<br><br>  

Two helpful guides to California archives and repositories are:  

*Owen C. Coy, ''Guide to the County Archives of California'' (Sacramento, Calif.: California Printing Office, 1919). {{WorldCat|13649944|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. {{FHL|214891|title-id|disp=FHL Film 962744}}.

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