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=== California State Archives  ===
=== California State Archives  ===


1020 "O" Street<br>Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Telephone: 916-653-7715<br>Fax: 916-653-7363<br>E-Mail: [mailto:ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov]<br>Internet: '''[http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/ http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives_e.htm]<br>'''  
1020 "O" Street<br>Sacramento, CA 95814<br>Telephone: 916-653-7715<br>Fax: 916-653-7363<br>E-Mail: [mailto:ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov ArchivesWeb@ss.ca.gov]<br>Internet: '''[http://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/ http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives_e.htm]<br>'''


=== National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside)  ===
=== National Archives—Pacific Region (Riverside)  ===
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=== California Genealogical Society and Library  ===
=== California Genealogical Society and Library  ===


[[California Genealogical Society and Library|California Genealogical Society and Library ]]
[[California Genealogical Society and Library|California Genealogical Society and Library]]


2201 Broadway, Suite LL2<br>Oakland, CA 94612-3031<br>Telephone: 510-663-1358 <br>Fax: 510-663-1596 <br>Website: [http://www.calgensoc.org/ http://californiaancestors.org/]  
2201 Broadway, Suite LL2<br>Oakland, CA 94612-3031<br>Telephone: 510-663-1358 <br>Fax: 510-663-1596 <br>Website: [http://www.calgensoc.org/ http://californiaancestors.org/]  


Blog: [http://blog.californiaancestors.org http://blog.californiaancestors.org/]
Blog: [http://blog.californiaancestors.org http://blog.californiaancestors.org/]  


=== California State Library  ===
=== California State Library  ===
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=== Society of California Pioneers  ===
=== Society of California Pioneers  ===


300 Fourth Street <br>San Francisco, CA 94107-1272<br>Telephone: 415-957-1849<br>Fax: 415-957-9858<br>E-Mail: [mailto:info@californiapioneers.org info@californiapioneers.org]<br>Internet: '''http://www.californiapioneers.org/<br>'''  
300 Fourth Street <br>San Francisco, CA 94107-1272<br>Telephone: 415-957-1849<br>Fax: 415-957-9858<br>E-Mail: [mailto:info@californiapioneers.org info@californiapioneers.org]<br>Internet: '''http://www.californiapioneers.org/<br>'''


To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of California counties, use the 16 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has 13 of these inventories.  
To learn more about the history and record-keeping systems of California counties, use the 16 inventories of the county archives produced by the Historical Records Survey around 1940. The Family History Library has 13 of these inventories.  
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''Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California''. Redlands, California: Beacon Printery, 1975. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=139908&disp=Directory+of+archival+and+manuscript+rep%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 979.4 J54d; film 1036038 item 3].)  
''Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California''. Redlands, California: Beacon Printery, 1975. (Family History Library [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=titledetails&titleno=139908&disp=Directory+of+archival+and+manuscript+rep%20%20&columns=*,0,0 book 979.4 J54d; film 1036038 item 3].)  


=== Web Sites<br> ===
=== Web Sites<br> ===


You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from California in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.  
You can find computerized research tips and information about ancestors from California in a variety of sources at local, state, national, and international levels. The list of sources is growing rapidly. Most of the information is available at no cost.  
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The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.  
The Family History Library and some Family History Centers have computers with FamilySearch™. FamilySearch is a collection of computer files containing several million names. FamilySearch is a good place to begin your research. Some of the records come from compiled sources; some have been automated from original sources.  
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