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• 1895 U.S. Atlas - California (Wayback Machine)

  Scanned images of county and state maps, index of towns.

• Ancestry - California County Message Boards

• Ancestry.com - U.S. Federal Census Collection

  Browse by census year, state, county, township. Census images available with fee-based subscription.

  • 1850

  • 1860

  • 1870

  • 1880

  • 1900

  • 1910

  • 1920

  • 1930

• Ancestry.com Wiki - California Family History Research ^FREE

  The Ancestry.com Wiki includes helpful content from two classic genealogical publications--The Source: A Guidebook to American Genealogy, and the Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.

• California State Association of Counties - California's Counties

  Links for cities within each county, county websites, county maps, county history and more.

  • California County History

    • California County Seats From 1850 to Present, County by County

    • Chronology

    • How Did Our 58 Counties Get Their Names?

    • Original 27 Counties

    • The Creation of Our 58 Counties

• Census Online - Links to Online Census Data - California

• FamilySearch - FamilySearch Center Locator: California

  From FamilySearch.org - Find a FamilySearch Center

• FamilySearch Catalog - California

• FamilySearch Wiki - California Cemeteries

• Find a Grave - Browse Cemeteries by US County - California

  Information for over 300,000 cemeteries in over 170 different countries. Find the graves of ancestors, create virtual memorials, add 'virtual flowers' and a note to a loved one's grave. You can also try the Find A Grave Search Form.

• Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

  From the USGS. Provides cemetery location information, as well as other physical features within a county and state.

• Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names

• Local Government Records at the California State Archives

  Held by the California State Archives.

• The Political Graveyard: Index to Cemeteries in California

• USGenWeb - California

• USGenWeb Archives - California

• vitalrec.com - Vital Records Information - California

  Resources to help you obtain a birth certificate, death record, marriage license and more by mail or online.

• Yale Peabody Museum: GNIS Database - Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)