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California History Research Guides
Guides to research on specific topics have been developed by California History Room librarians. Links to these guides are given below.
- Guide to the collection (pdf)
- Resources for researching the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and fire(pdf)
- Resources for researching California Native Americans(pdf)
- Resources for researching Sacramento buildings(pdf)
- Resources for researching Sutter’s Fort characters and other Sacramento pioneers (pdf)
Genealogy Research Guides:
- Guide to sources for genealogy (pdf)
- Genealogy resources by date (pdf)
- Using federal census resources in the California History Room (pdf)
- How to use the 1930 federal census in the California History Room (pdf)
- Using the 1852 California state census in the California History Room (pdf)
- Immigration and naturalization resources in the California History Room (pdf)
If you have questions about doing research, please contact us.
(Documents in PDF format can be viewed with the Adobe Acrobat Reader.