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1000 California place names : their origin and meaning FamilySearch Library

1500 California place names : their origin and meaning FamilySearch Library

A History of California and An Extended History of Its Southern Coast Countries, 1907 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

A History of the New California, Its Resources and People, 1905 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

A Memorial And Biographical History of Northern California Ancestry

A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, Illustrated, 1891 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

A Memorial and biographical history of northern California, illustrated BYU Family History Archives

A Volume of Memoirs and Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern California, 1901 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

A Volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of northern California, including biographies of many of those who have passed away LDS Genealogy

A Volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of northern California, including biographies of many of those who have passed away Internet Archive

A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, Volume II LDS Genealogy

A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, Volume II Internet Archive

A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present Genealogy Gophers

A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, Volume I LDS Genealogy

A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, Volume I Internet Archive

A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, Volume II LDS Genealogy

A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, Volume II Internet Archive

A history of California: the American period Google Books

A history of California: the American period LDS Genealogy

A history of California: the American period Internet Archive

A history of California: the Spanish period Google Books

A history of pioneer Jews in California, 1849-1870 FamilySearch Library

A history of the new California, its resources and people; Vol I LDS Genealogy

A history of the new California, its resources and people; Vol I Internet Archive

A history of the new California, its resources and people; Vol II LDS Genealogy

A history of the new California, its resources and people; Vol II Internet Archive

A history of the new California: its resources and people Google Books

A memorial and biographical history of northern California, illustrated. Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its occupancy...and biographical mention of many of its most eminent pioneers and also of prominent citizens of today LDS Genealogy

A memorial and biographical history of northern California, illustrated. Containing a history of this important section of the Pacific coast from the earliest period of its occupancy...and biographical mention of many of its most eminent pioneers and also of prominent citizens of today Internet Archive

A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California LDS Genealogy

A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of Central California Internet Archive

A picture of pioneer times in California, illustrated with anecdotes and stores taken from real life Genealogy Gophers

A picture of pioneer times in California, illustrated with anecdotes and stores taken from real life LDS Genealogy

A picture of pioneer times in California, illustrated with anecdotes and stores taken from real life Internet Archive

American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) Ancestry

Bench and Bar In California, 1889 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

Bench and bar in California. History, anecdotes, reminiscences Genealogy Gophers

Bench and bar in California. History, anecdotes, reminiscences LDS Genealogy

Bench and bar in California. History, anecdotes, reminiscences Internet Archive

Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-2005 Ancestry

Biography & Genealogy Master Index (BGMI) Ancestry

Biography card index, California State Library, Sacramento, ca. 1890-1950 FamilySearch Library

Black California : the history of African-Americans in the golden state FamilySearch Library

California Biographical Collection: Responses to Vital Record Inquiries, 1822-1964 Ancestry

California Men and Events: Time 1769-1890 Google Books

California Pioneers, 1542-1848 Ancestry

California and the Californians and The Alps of King-Kern divide LDS Genealogy

California and the Californians and The Alps of King-Kern divide Internet Archive

California biographical dictionary : people of all times and all places who have been important to the history and life of the state FamilySearch Library

California blue book, 1954 FamilySearch Library

California chronology : a period of three hundred and fifty years, 1510-1860 FamilySearch Library

California gold book : first nugget, its discovery and discoverers, and some of the results proceeding therefrom LDS Genealogy

California gold book : first nugget, its discovery and discoverers, and some of the results proceeding therefrom Internet Archive

California men and events, time 1769-1890 FamilySearch Library

California of the South: Being a Complete Guide Book to Southern California LDS Genealogy

California of the South: Being a Complete Guide Book to Southern California Internet Archive

California pioneer register and index, 1542-1848 : including inhabitants of California, 1769-1800, and list of pioneers FamilySearch Library

California under Spain and Mexico, 1535-1847 Google Books

California, American Biography and Genealogy Ancestry

California, Biographical Index Cards, 1781-1990 Ancestry

California, Spanish Archive Records, 1784-1868 Ancestry

California, from the conquest in 1846 to the second vigilance committee in San Francisco [1856] Google Books

California, its history and romance Ancestry

California: An Intimate History Google Books

California; an intimate history LDS Genealogy

California; an intimate history Internet Archive

Compilation of Published Sources MyHeritage

Contemporary Biography of California's Representative Men, 1881-1882 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

Ghost towns and mining camps of California FamilySearch Library

Glimpses of California and the missions BYU Family History Archives

Historical And Biographical Record of Southern California MyHeritage

Historical and Biographical Record of Southern California, 1902 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

Historical and biographical record of southern California BYU Family History Archives

Historical and biographical record of southern California; containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century LDS Genealogy

Historical and biographical record of southern California; containing a history of southern California from its earliest settlement to the opening year of the twentieth century Internet Archive

History of California Genealogy Gophers

History of California, 1542 - 1800, Volume 1 MyHeritage

History of California, Volume 1 MyHeritage

History of California, Volume 2 MyHeritage

History of California, Volume I LDS Genealogy

History of California, Volume I Internet Archive

History of California, Volume II LDS Genealogy

History of California, Volume II Internet Archive

History of California, Volume III LDS Genealogy

History of California, Volume III Internet Archive

History of California, Volume IV LDS Genealogy

History of California, Volume IV Internet Archive

History of California, Volume V LDS Genealogy

History of California, Volume V Internet Archive

History of California, Volume VI LDS Genealogy

History of California, Volume VI Internet Archive

History of California, Volume XXII LDS Genealogy

History of California, Volume XXII Internet Archive

History of California: from its discovery to the present time Google Books

History of Oregon And California & the Other Territories of the Northwest Coast of North America (1844) MyHeritage

History of Pomona Valley, California MyHeritage

History of political conventions in California, 1849-1892 Google Books

History of the Bench and Bar of California, 1901 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

History of the Bench and Bar of Southern California, 1909 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

History of the State of California And Biographical Record of Coast Counties, California MyHeritage

History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties Part 1 SCCHGS

History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Counties Part 2 SCCHGS

History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Coast Countries, 1904 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

History of the State of California and Biographical Record of the Sierras, 1906 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

History of the State of California and biographical record of Coast Counties, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time LDS Genealogy

History of the State of California and biographical record of Coast Counties, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time Internet Archive

History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time LDS Genealogy

History of the state of California and biographical record of the San Joaquin Valley, California. An historical story of the state's marvelous growth from its earliest settlement to the present time Internet Archive

Illustrated Historical Sketches of California (1854) Internet Archive

Illustrated History of Southern California (1890) MyHeritage

Index to genealogical tables of Spanish and Mexican families of California FamilySearch Library

Index to roster of California pioneers FamilySearch Library

Indians and intruders in central California, 1769-1849 FamilySearch Library

Indians of California FamilySearch Library

Land in California, the story of mission land, ranches, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land scrip, homesteads LDS Genealogy

Land in California, the story of mission land, ranches, squatters, mining claims, railroad grants, land scrip, homesteads Internet Archive

Master Hands In the Affairs of the Pacific Coast, California, 1892 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

Memorial And Biographical History of Northern California (1891) MyHeritage

Memorial and Biographical History of the Coast Counties of Central California, 1893 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

Men of Achievement In the Great Southwest, California, 1904 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

Misrepresentations of early California history corrected LDS Genealogy

Misrepresentations of early California history corrected Internet Archive

Moreno's dictionary of Spanish-named California cities and towns Open Library

Mormons and Their Neighbors (biographical sketches of Mormons in Utah, Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico, southern California, Nevada, and Wyoming) Brigham Young University

Mormons and their neighbors : an index to over 75,000 biographical sketches from 1820 to the present FamilySearch Library

Northern California, Oregon, and the Sandwich Islands Making of America

Online Archive of California (detailed descriptions of historical resource collections for many institutions throughout California) OAC

Oregon and California in 1848, Volume 2 Google Books

Organizing and reporting on labor in the East Bay, California and the West, 1925-1987 Internet Archive

Periodical Source Index (index to 3.1 million articles in historical and genealogical publications) Allen County Public Library

Pioneer index file (California), 1906-1935 FamilySearch Library

Pioneers of California indexes : indexes to the Daughters of the American Revolution collection of 26 volumes of California biographies FamilySearch Library

Reel index for microfilm of California county and regional histories FamilySearch Library

Register of pioneer inhabitants of California, 1542 to 1848, : an index to information concerning them in Bancroft's history of Cali- fornia, volumes I-V FamilySearch Library

Representative and Leading Men of the Pacific, 1870 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry

So, This Is California! Ancestry

Sons of the Revolution in the State of California, centennial register, 1893-1993 FamilySearch Library

Stockton, California, California local history index, ca. 1850-1967 FamilySearch Library

The California pilgrim: a series of lectures LDS Genealogy

The California pilgrim: a series of lectures Internet Archive

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 1 Ancestry

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 2 Ancestry

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 3 Ancestry

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 4 Ancestry

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 5 Ancestry

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 6 Ancestry

The Compendium of American Genealogy, Vol. 7 Ancestry

The Early Days and Men of California Google Books

The Establishment of State Government in California 1846-1850 Google Books

The History of Oregon and California, and the Other Territories of the North-West Coast of North America Google Books

The Romantic Southland of California Ancestry

The Spanish Pioneers And The California Missions LDS Genealogy

The Spanish Pioneers And The California Missions Internet Archive

The Spanish press of California HathiTrust Digital Library

The conquest of California and New Mexico, by the forces of the United States, in the years 1846 & 1847 LDS Genealogy

The conquest of California and New Mexico, by the forces of the United States, in the years 1846 & 1847 Internet Archive

The history of Oregon and California & the other territories of the northwest coast of North America LDS Genealogy

The history of Oregon and California & the other territories of the northwest coast of North America Internet Archive

The missions of California and the old Southwest Ancestry

The natural wealth of California Making of America

The story of California Google Books

The story of the files: a review of California writers and literature Google Books

The transition period of California: from a province of Mexico in 1846 to a state of the American union in 1850 Google Books

Trails of Hope: Overland Diaries and Letters, 1846-1869 (accounts of voyagers on the Mormon, California, Oregon, and Montana trails) Brigham Young University

Volume of Memoirs And Genealogy of Representative Citizens of Northern California, Including Biographies of Many of Those Who Have Passed Away (1901) MyHeritage

Welsh people of California, 1849-1906 FamilySearch Library

Who's who in music in California Google Books

Who's who on the Pacific Coast Google Books

Woman's Work in the Civil War Ancestry

Women of the Century Ancestry


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