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American Local History Network - California

Ancestors: Resource Guide - California

Contact information for archives, libraries, genealogical & historical societies, church records and ethnic resources.

Ancestry.com - California Genealogy & California Family History Resources

The previous version can still be found here: Ancestry.com - California Genealogy - Databases, Sources, How To's

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 Free Ancestry

A easy to follow collection of free ancestry resources for each California County.

California Genealogy & History Archives

Devoted to California History only, Headstone & Cemetery Photos, Civil War files & Calif. Column rosters, GAR, news articles, & other pertaining to California.

California State Genealogical Alliance (CSGA) - Calendar of Events

Family Tree Connection - California Resources

Search the listings for free, view full details with a fee-based subscription.

FamilySearch - California Research Page ^FREE

Resources all on one-page for research in this state including links to the FamilySearch Wiki, the Learning Center, the Family History Library Catalog, and the Historical Records Collection.

Findmypast - Search All Record Sets - California $

Findmypast has searchable indexes; database results and some digitized images are available with a fee-based subscription.

Fold3 - California Records $

Fold3 is an online repository for original historical documents, combined with the ability for users to make comments, annotations, and upload their own documents. The focus of Fold3 is to be a comprehensive collection of U.S. Military records. Some areas of Fold3 are free to use, while others can be freely searched and then viewed with a paid subscription.

Genealogy Buff - Library - California Data

Data files for many counties including obituaries, death notices, marriage indexes, death indexes, baptisms, and births.

Genealogy Inc. - California Genealogy, Facts and Records Resources

Genealogy Quest - Free Genealogical Records for California

Genealogy Trails - California Genealogy Trails

Volunteers working together to transcribe records: biographies, cemeteries, court records, family Bibles, obituaries, newspapers, vitals, marriages, & more.

GenealogyBank.com - California $

GenealogyBank's collection includes modern obituaries, historical newspapers, books, pamphlets, military records, and government documents. The 13,000+ historical newspapers include letters, speeches, opinion pieces, advertisements, hometown news, photographs, illustrations and more. Searchable database results shown, images available with a fee-based subscription.

Internet Archive : Genealogy : Free Texts - California

The Archive's ever-expanding collection of genealogy resources includes items from the Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana; Robarts Library at the University of Toronto; the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library; Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah; the National Library of Scotland; the Indianapolis City Library's Indianapolis City Directory and Yearbooks Collection; The Leo Baeck Institute Archives of German-speaking Jewry Leo Baeck Institute Archives; and the Boston Public Library. Resources include among many things books on surname origins, vital statistics, parish records, census records, passenger lists of vessels, and other historical and biographical documents.

LDS Genealogy - California Genealogy

Directory of 18,000 California genealogy record sources including births, marriage, deaths, census, cemeteries, newspapers and obituaries, city directories, church, immigration, probate, land, military, and historical records.

Library of Congress - California: State Resource Guide

This guide provides access to digital materials related to the state at the Library of Congress, as well as links to external websites and a selected print bibliography.