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== Online Resources == | == Online Resources == | ||
Revision as of 12:50, 15 March 2017
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| Beginning Research |
| Record Types |
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| California Background |
| Cultural Groups |
| Local Research Resources |
Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- California City Directories ($)
- San Francisco, California Directories, 1889-91 ($)
- California City Directories at DistantCousin.com
- California City Directories
History[edit | edit source]
Directories of heads of households were published for major cities of California.
Resources for Directories[edit | edit source]
Libraries and Archives[edit | edit source]
- The Los Angeles Public Library has the following with a few small gaps in the years available. The 1872 directory is a combination city-county one.
| 1872-1942 | Los Angeles Public Library microfilm |
| 1873-1942 | Los Angeles Public Library books |
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1929,1936,1938, 1939,1942 |
Los Angeles Public Library digital images www.lapl.org/resources/en/ |
Directories Online[edit | edit source]
- CSGA Research Guide - Directories Includes links to articles on using directories in your research as well as links to California directory bibliographies and online databases.
- Fold3.com ($) has Los Angeles Directories 1873, 1875, 1878-1924 (5 yrs. missing) and San Francisco Directories 1861-1923 (4 yrs. missing) available online. This database is sometimes free at libraries.
- Ancestry.com ($) has California directories available online in its U.S. City Directories collection.
The Family History Library[edit | edit source]
See specific counties for listings of directories for that county. The Family History Library, for example, has:
Los Angeles
| 1873-1935 | Family History Library films 1376980 |
| 1910, 1942, etc. | Family History Library book 979.493 E4LL |
San Francisco
| 1850-1861 | Family History Library fiche 6044468-83 |
| 1861/62-1934 | Family History Library films 1377422 |
| 1910, 1936, etc. | Family History Library films 1321020, |
| 1935, 1945-46, 1961,1962 | Family History Library films 1321020 |
Web Sites[edit | edit source]
- Los Angeles Public Library
- Ancestry.com($)
- Distant Cousin
- US City Directories This web site identifies printed, microfilmed, and online directories and their repositories.
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