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Root Cellar Pioneer Certificates

For those with a pioneer ancestor who settled in California before the completion of the First Continental Railroad on May 10, 1869.

The Assyrians: Settlers from the Near East

Article on Assyrian immigration to the United States and specifically their settlement in Turlock, California.

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925

From the Library of Congress. Illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials.

The Chinese in California, 1850-1925

From American Memory at the Library of Congress. The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials. Included are photographs, original art, cartoons and other illustrations; letters, excerpts from diaries, business records, and legal documents; as well as pamphlets, broadsides, speeches, sheet music, and other printed matter.

Tribes and Rancherias of California