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The California State Library’s Genealogy Hub offers helpful links, suggestions, and tools for your family history research.

Demographics in the California Legislature:

November 2018 Election Update

EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PROCLAMATIONS

from every governor since California became a state in 1850 through 2007

Breaking Up California:
A History of Many Attempts


PRESS RELEASE

New York Times Access Now Available for Free in All California Public Libraries


CALIFORNIA’S K-12 ONLINE CONTENT PROJECT


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Gavin Newsom

California Governor
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Greg Lucas

California State Librarian
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California Public Library Statistics

154M+

library visits

231,824

children's programs

7.4M+

children's program attendance

278M+

total collection use

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