Historical Sources

• Academic Info. – The American West, directory of online resources on the history of the American West.
• Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
• African American Genealogical Society of Northern California
• Alcatraz Penitentiary at Alcatraz Island
• Amador County Archives, Jackson, California.
• Amador Historical Society, Jackson, California.
• American Film Institute, Los Angeles, California.
• American Folklife Center - The Library of Congress' repository for American folk music and folklore and folklife collections.
• America Hurrah! presented by Bill Roddy. (San Francisco, California, and the World)
• American Life Histories - Manuscripts from WPA Writers’ Project (1936-1940), Library of Congress - American Memory.
• American Local History Network - California (genealogy and history resources)
• American Memory, Library of Congress - “The Library of Congress' gateway to primary source materials relating to the history and culture of the United States. “Mission : American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.”
  • Browse the American Memory Collection
• Angel Island, California, presented by the Angel Island Association.
  • Angel Islands Photo Stream on Flickr
  • Historic Sites to visit on Angel Island (Scroll down to the “Historic Sites” list.)
  • History of Angel Island
  • Map of Angel Island State Park
• Arcata, California – The Historical Sites Society of Arcata, Arcata, Humboldt County, California. (A few of the interesting links on this web site are listed below.)
  • Architectural Tours of Arcata
  • Historic Landmarks in Arcata
• Architecture of the United States, presented by Glass, Steel, and Stone.
• Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park, Located four miles north of St. Helena on Highway 29. (707) 942-4575.
• Berkeley Architectural Heritage Association (BAHA)
  • Berkeley Landmarks
  • Photo Gallery
  • Reference Links (including online books)
• Beverly and Jim Rogers Museum of Film History – Lone Pine Film History Museum, Lone Pine, California.

  According to the website, the mission of the museum is “to celebrate and preserve the movie history of Lone Pine, Death Valley and the Eastern Sierra areas. It also explores the interpretation and artistic expression of the western landscape.”)

• Bibliographies of Early California and Neighboring Territory Through 1846, presented by Bob Santos, Reference Librarian and University Archivist at California State University, Stanislaus.
• Biographies (listed by California counties), on California Genealogy and History Archives, presented by Peggy Hooper.
• "Building in California" (from The Manufacturer and Builder, April 1869, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 105-106, on the Cornell University, Making of America, Library of Congress web site. This is the main web address if you wish to search for other subjects: Library of Congress, American Memories, Nineteenth Century in Print.)
• Butte County Historical Society, Oroville, California.
• Butte Meadows-Jonesville Community Association. The History Committee of the Association is collecting and compiling information about the early history of the area from people who have been in the area since the early 1900s. Mailing address: 990 Normal Chico, CA 95928; (530) 345-3838.
• CAGenWeb, a Part of the USGenWeb Project, presented by Richard Wilson. This web site includes all of the California county GenWeb Project web site web addresses. The USGenWeb Project is not a commercial enterprise, and you will find many historical resources available on these web sites.
• Calanan Park Monitor and Drill Core Display, for information contact the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce, 132 Main Street, Nevada City, CA 95959-2520; (530) 265-2692. (This is an outdoor exhibit.)
• California - American Local History Network
• "California As I Saw It" – First Person Narratives of California's Early Years, 1849-1900, presented by the Library of Congress.
• California Bound (1848-1873): Ship Passenger Lists, Wagon Train Lists, & Isthmus of Panama Passenger Information
• California Buildings, Structures, & Architects on the Philadelphia Architects & Buildings Project (PAB) web site. You can search the database for buildings, structures, and architects either as a visitor or you can register free. You cannot search for specific cities, but you can search for county locations. There are no photographs presented, but the location and/or address and the name of the architect are included if known; and the historic registration information is also included
• California Cornish Cousins

• California County Maps and Atlases, presented by n2genealogy.

• California Cultural Resources, presented by California State Parks.
• California Delta History, web site created for the California Delta Chambers and Visitor Bureau by Hal Schell.
  • The Paddlewheeler Era - When Paddlewheelers Steamboats Sloshed Through Delta Waters
  • Ferries of the California Delta
  • Historic Drawbridges of the Delta
  • Historic Movies Filmed in the Delta
• California Digital Newspaper Collection (description from the web site) “The California Digital Newspaper Collection offers over 200,000 pages of California newspapers spanning the years 1849-191l: the Alta California, 1849-1891; the San Francisco Call, 1893-1910; the Amador Ledger, 1900-1911; the Imperial Valley Press, 1901-1911; the Sacramento Record-Union, 1859-1890; and the Los Angeles Herald, 1905-1907. Additional years are forthcoming, as are other early California newspapers: the Californian; the California Star; the California Star and Californian; the Sacramento Transcript; the Placer Times; and the Pacific Rural Press.”

• California Federal Land Records, Bureau of Land Management, U. S. Department of the Interior.

• California - Genealogical Societies, Historical Societies, and some Archives, presented by Carolyn Feroben.
• California Genealogy, Facts, and Records Resources, presented on n2genealogy.
• California Heritage Collection (This collection is an "online archive of more than 30,000 images illustrating California's history and culture, from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.")

• California Historical Research Aide – Melvyl® System - University of California, Worldwide Genealogy & Family History Research, presented by V. Chris & Thomas M. Tinney, Sr.

• California Historical Societies and Museums, presented by The California Historical Quarterly, formerly known as the Dogtown Territorial Quarterly.
• California Historical Societies and Museums, presented by the California Historical Society.
• California Historical Society, San Francisco, California.
  • Collections Overview
  • Publications Overview
• California History Articles, presented by Dogtown Territorial Quarterly now known as The California Historical Quarterly.
• California History - Books about California History and Culture. “This web site is a personal library of public domain e-texts and pictures about California and the old West.”
• California History Publications, the Bob Santos Home Page/CSU Stanislaus Library. This web site "contains California history publications of Bob Santos, Reference Librarian and University Archivist at California State University, Stanislaus."
• California Indian Museum and Cultural Center, Santa Rosa, California.
  • Resources and Links
• California Native American History, Access Genealogy.
• California Lighthouses – Through the Sea by Light, Touring California Lighthouses, by Bridget M. Rohrer, on About Travel.
• California Maps, presented by Humboldt State University Library. (“This research guide lists maps and atlases found in print in the HSU Library and on the Internet that graphically depict California themes using maps. Listings include static maps and map servers that dynamically produce custom maps based on the parameters you specify.”)
• California Missions - Virtual Tour
• The California Newspaper Project (CNP) The project is "managed by the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research, University of California, Riverside, under the direction of Dr. Henry L. Snyder, constitutes a major effort to identify and preserve the state's history and heritage as reflected in its newspapers. Offices of the California Newspaper Project are located at the University of California, Riverside, the University of California, Berkeley, and the California State Library."
• California Penny Postcards – This web site is a part of the USGenWeb Archives.
• California Pioneers of Santa Clara County
• The California Reader: Eyewitnesses to History, presented by Joel GAzis-SAx. The web site is described as "…a collection of eyewitness accounts, poetry, literature, postcards, photographs, and other documents telling the story (or tall tale) of California."
• California Research Outline, presented by Intellectual Reserve, Inc.
• California Resources at RootsWeb
• California Section of the USGenWeb (genealogy and history resources)
• California Ship and Wagon Arrivals (links to other web sites), presented by sfgenealogy.com.
• California Spanish Genealogy, presented by Ron Filion on the sfgenealogy.com web site.
• California State Museum Resource Center
• California Views: The Pat Hathaway - Collection of Historical Photos (Scope of the Collection: 1855 to Today), presented by Pat Hathaway, Photo Archivist.
• California’s Living New Deal Project, Berkeley, Alameda County, California.

  (From the web site) “The California’s Living New Deal Project is a growing collaborative effort to identify, map, interpret, and commemorate the 75th anniversary of the vast public works legacy of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s New Deal. The Project documents the cumulative impact of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Public Works Administration (PWA), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and other New Deal programs on the Golden State.”

• Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum - Links to Related Railroad, Photography and History Web Sites.
• Chaw-See Grinding Rock State Historic Park (AKA Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park). “ Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills eight miles east of Jackson. The park nestles in a little valley 2,400 feet above sea level with open meadows and large valley oaks that once provided the native Americans of this area with an ample supply of acorns. The 135-acre park was created in 1968 and preserves a great outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes -- the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America.”
• Chicago Historical Society, a major museum and research center for Chicago and American History.
• Chinese in California, Library of Congress, American Memory.
• Colma Historical Association, 1198 El Camino Real, Colma, CA   94014; (650) 757-1676.
• Columbia State Historic Park, three miles north of Sonora, off Highway 49; (209) 532-0150.
• Colusi County Historical Society “The Colusi County Historical Society is a Non-Profit Organization dedicated to the preservation, documentation and dissemination of the history of Colusa, Glenn and Tehama Counties which at one time, were part of Colusi County, one of twenty-seven original counties of California.”
• Contra Costa County Historical Resources, presented on the Contra Costa County Library web site.
• Courthouses Recorded by Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) and the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER)
• Discovery Museum History Center - The Sacramento Museum of History, Science, Space, and Technology, Sacramento, California.
• E Clampus Vitus (History of), presented by the Santa Cruz Public Libraries.
• Early California History: An Overview. This is a part of "California As I Saw It," presented by the Library of Congress.

• Exploring a Ghost Railroad, presented by Gary B. Speck, Ghost Town USA.  (From the web site:  “For 77 years, the Carson & Colorado narrow gauge railroad line ran along the east side of Owens Valley, in California's beautiful Inyo County.  It was lined with busy railroad stations, small towns, and faded mining camps. ….”

• Exploring Northeastern California History, presented by Tim I. Purdy.
• Folsom, El Dorado & Sacramento Historical Railroad Association, Inc. serving the City of Folsom, El Dorado County, Sacramento County, and connecting areas. 
  • Folsom Railroad Museum (The Folsom Railroad Museum is located by the Train Depot on the railroad block in Historic Folsom.)
• Folsom State Prison & the Retired Correctional Peace Officers Museum at Folsom State Prison Museum – Includes photographs and a video on the history and attraction of Folsom State Prison. Also included is an interview with Jim Brown, the Curator of the Museum.
• Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Located on a bluff overlooking Humboldt Bay; (707) 445-6567 or (707) 445-6547.
• Fort Ross State Historic Park, Located ten miles north of Jenner on Highway 1; (707) 847-3286.
• Fort Tejon State Historic Park – "Fort Tejon is located in the Grapevine Canyon, the main route between California's great central valley and Southern California." (661) 248-6692.
• Fraternalism in America, presented by Phoenixmasonry, Inc.
• Freemasons of California (Freemasonry)

• French Gold:  A virtual library of historical documents and visuals about California’s French Heritage, presented by Claudine Chalmers.

• Fresno City and County Historical Society - Archival Collections, Fresno, California.
• The Frontier in American Culture. "The Frontier in American Culture" is a traveling exhibition for libraries organized by the American Library Association and the Newberry Library, Chicago." The web site is presented by the University of Washington Libraries.
• Geography at Berkeley, University of California.
• Getty Research Library, Los Angeles, California. "The Research Library at the Getty Research Institute focuses on the history of art, architecture, and archaeology with relevant materials in the humanities and social sciences."
• Ghost Towns of California
• Golden Nugget Library (Searchable California databases), presented by Nancy Pratt Melton.
• Google Book Search: You can use Google Book Search to search for specific subjects in thousands of books available through the Google Book Search - both books under copyright and in the public domain. Hundreds of books are added regularly, so check back if you do not find books on the subject for which you are seeking information. ( Use the “Full view books” search to view the complete books.)
• Governor's Mansion State Historic Park, Sacramento, California.
• Griffith Quarry Park and Museum, Taylor and Rock Spring Roads, Penryn, CA 95663; (916) 663-1837; Tours: (530) 889-6500.
• H-California: Study of California History, presented by H Net Humanities and Social Sciences Online.
• Halsted N. Gray - Carew & English, Inc., Funeral Directors, San Francisco, California.
  • This company maintained the case records for the following San Francisco Funeral Firms: Gantner - Felder - Kenny; Gantner - Maisson - Domergue; H. F. Suhr Company; Godeau Funeral Home; Martin & Brown Funeral Directors; Quock Fook Sang Mortuary; Halsted and Company; Carew & English; and N. Gray & Company. (According to their web site, this company announces “...that in order to make this information more easily accessible, Halsted N. Gray - Carew & English has transferred the majority of funeral records to Researchity, a local internet-based firm and the San Francisco Public Library History Center   Plans are underway to ultimately have all the records digitized.  While the digitization project is estimated to take approximately a year or so,  www.researchity.com lists the funeral homes and year groups for which they are maintaining records along with a means for requesting information from them manually.  You may also visit the San Francisco Public Library History Center for information on earlier records (from the 1850s to approximately 1920).”

• Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record/Historic American Landscapes Survey, Library of Congress.  (Prints and photographs online catalog)

• Historical Construction Equipment Association
• Historical Newspapers – Digitized Historical Newspapers, presented on Chronicling America – Historical American Newspapers, Library of Congress.
  

  As of November 2011, the following California newspapers are available:  Amador Ledger, Jackson, Amador County, Calif., 1875-19??; The Call-Chronicle-Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., 1906-1906; Daily Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1876-1884; The Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1893-1900; Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., 1907-current; Imperial Press, Imperial, Cal., 1901-1901; The Imperial Press, Imperial, Cal., 1903-1906; Imperial Press and Farmer, Imperial, San Diego County, Cal., 1901-1903; Imperial Valley Press and The Imperial Press, El Centro, Calif., 1906-1907; Los Angeles Daily Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1873-1876; Los Angeles Daily Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.]; 884-1890; Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1890-1893; Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1900-1911; The Morning Call, San Francisco [Calif.], 1878-1895; The Record-Union, Sacramento, Calif., 1891-1903; Sacramento Daily Record-Union, Sacramento [Calif.], 1875-1891; The San Francisco Call, San Francisco [Calif.], 1895-1913; and The San Francisco Call and Post, San Francisco, Calif., 1913-1929.

• Historical Society of Long Beach Gallery & Historical Research Center, Long Beach, California.
• Historical Text Archives (Contains a wide range of primary sources and web links. Under “USA,” see special category entitled, “USA West.”)
• Historical Topographic Maps of California, presented by the Regents of the University of California.

• How to Research a San Francisco Building, presented by the San Francisco Public Library.

• Humboldt County Historical Society
  • Humboldt County “Quarries” (General Information File)
• Humboldt State University Library – Special Collections – Humboldt Room

  (The following description is from the web site.) “The Library’s Special Collections complement the resources of the general Library collections. They are acquired and maintained in support of the University’s curriculum with emphasis on the natural resources, Native peoples, and primary industries of Northwestern California, including the history of Humboldt State University. Access to the collections is provided primarily through the Library’s catalog and this webpage. Materials are available for use in the Humboldt Room by visiting scholars and the general public as well as HSU students, faculty and staff.”

• Jewish Historical Society of Southern California
• Immigration and Passenger List Research on the Ships List
• Immigration History Research Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• Independence Trail in South Yuba River State Park, Sequoya Challenge, P. O. Box 1026, Nevada City, CA 95959; (530) 432-3183. (The Independence Trail extends from Smartville to the Yuba River, and the trail follows the historic 17-mile Excelsior Mining Ditch, which was built in 1854.)
• Independent Order of Oddfellows
• Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park (AKA Chaw-See Grinding Rock State Historic Park). “ Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills eight miles east of Jackson. The park nestles in a little valley 2,400 feet above sea level with open meadows and large valley oaks that once provided the native Americans of this area with an ample supply of acorns. The 135-acre park was created in 1968 and preserves a great outcropping of marbleized limestone with some 1,185 mortar holes -- the largest collection of bedrock mortars in North America.”
• Industrial Archaeology in California, presented by Mark Lakata.
• Italian Legacy in the Mother Lode, courtesy of the Sacramento Italian Cultural Society.
• J. Porter Shaw Library, a part of the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park. The library “focuses on sail and steam on the West Coast and in the Pacific Basin from 1520 to the present.” Located in Building E, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, California 94123, 415-561-7030.
• The John Muir Exhibit, presented by the Sierra Club.
• The Journal of San Diego History – San Diego Historical Society Quarterly, presented by the San Diego Historical Society.
• Lassen County Historical Society, PO Box 321, Susanville, CA 96130.
• Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park, Sacramento, California.
• Library of Congress, American Memory

  Mission

  “American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience. It is a digital record of American history and creativity. These materials, from the collections of the Library of Congress and other institutions, chronicle historical events, people, places, and ideas that continue to shape America, serving the public as a resource for education and lifelong learning.”

• Library of Congress Digitized American Memory Collection
• Library of Congress - Special Collections: A Selective Guide
• Linkpendium - California (genealogy and history resources)

• Lone Pine Gem and Mineral Society (LPGMS)

• Los Californos ("Los Californianos was created for the purpose of preserving the heritage of the early Hispanic Californians in Alta California by conducting research on genealogy and civil, religious, military, social and cultural activities in Alta California in order to provide an accurate and authentic oral, written, and pictorial interpretation of the history of Spanish and Mexican Alta California.")
• Madera County Historical Society, Old Court House, 210 W. Yosemite, Madera, CA, 93639.
  • The Madera County Historian (Index of back issues) A complete set of the journal is available to view at the Madera County Museum Journals and may be purchased at the link (above)..
• Maidu Interpretive Center and Historic Site, Roseville, CA
• Making of America Project at the University of Michigan. (Books and journal articles in 19 th century American history. Presents some full-text articles and primary documents.)
• Map Collections: Geographic Location Index, American Memory, Library of Congress.
• Mariposa History and Genealogy Research, presented by Carolyn Feroben.
• Maritime Heritage Project
• Maritime Timetable Images, presented by Björn Larsson.
• Martinez Historical Society, Martinez, California.

• California Historical Research Aide – Melvyl® System – University of California, Worldwide Genealogy & Family History Research, presented by V. Chris & Thomas M. Tinney, Sr.

• Monterey County Historical Society Local History Website
• Mountain Democrat Online (El Dorado County)
  • Doug Noble, Mountain Democrat Columnist - Articles on the history of El Dorado County Indian Diggings stone quarry and other historical subjects. (This “Mountain Democrat” online version now charges a fee to search its Archive for past articles. Use the web site search to access Doug Nobles’ past articles, you would need to pay a fee, although there are various fee levels.)
• Napa County Historical Society
  

(from the web site)  “The Society’s Research Library houses books, city directories, many original manuscripts, thousands of old photographs, newspaper clippings, maps, videos architectural drawings and documents pertaining to the people and history of Napa County and its place in California’s history.”

• National Archives (NARA) – Pacific Region – San Francisco, 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066.
• National Union Catalog of Manuscript Collections (NUCMC) (NUCMC) “...is a free-of-charge cooperative cataloging program operated by the Library of Congress.”
• Nevada County Historical Society, P.O. Box 1300 Nevada CA 95959; (916) 265-5468.
• The New Perspectives on the West
• Newspaper Abstracts
• Newspapers – Digitized Historical Newspapers, presented on Chronicling America – Historical American Newspapers, Library of Congress.

  As of November 2011, the following California newspapers are available:  Amador Ledger, Jackson, Amador County, Calif., 1875-19??; The Call-Chronicle-Examiner, San Francisco, Calif., 1906-1906; Daily Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1876-1884; The Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1893-1900; Imperial Valley Press, El Centro, Calif., 1907-current; Imperial Press, Imperial, Cal., 1901-1901; The Imperial Press, Imperial, Cal., 1903-1906; Imperial Press and Farmer, Imperial, San Diego County, Cal., 1901-1903; Imperial Valley Press and The Imperial Press, El Centro, Calif., 1906-1907; Los Angeles Daily Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1873-1876; Los Angeles Daily Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.]; 884-1890; Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1890-1893; Los Angeles Herald, Los Angeles [Calif.], 1900-1911; The Morning Call, San Francisco [Calif.], 1878-1895; The Record-Union, Sacramento, Calif., 1891-1903; Sacramento Daily Record-Union, Sacramento [Calif.], 1875-1891; The San Francisco Call, San Francisco [Calif.], 1895-1913; and The San Francisco Call and Post, San Francisco, Calif., 1913-1929.

• The Nineteenth Century in Print: The Making of America in Books and Periodicals. A distributed digital library collaboration at the Cornell University Library - Library of Congress - American Memories.
• NorCal Genealogy Resource Center at sfgenealogy.com, (history and genealogy resources), maintained by Yvonne Bowers. (A state-wide guide to genealogical information in California. Formerly known as the NorCal Genealogy Index.)
  • Table of Contents
• North American Indian Annex, located in the historic Civic Center, formerly the Auburn Grammar School. (By appointment only: Call (530) 889-6500 or write 1225 Lincoln Way, Auburn, CA 95603.)

• North Bay Digital Collections, Sonoma State University Library (From the web site: “The North Bay Digital Collections feature resources from the Library’s Regional and Special Collections. Sonoma State University Library now provides digital access to selected archival and historical materials related to the region north of San Francisco known as the North Bay ...Collections include photographs, unpublished manuscripts, correspondence, clippings, and ephemera.”)

• Oakland, California, City Directories and Telephone Directories Available Online
  • Bishop’s Oakland directory for... (Volume 1875) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Containing a business directory, street guide, record of the city government, its institutions, etc.” (presented on the Internet Archive)
  • Bishop’s Oakland directory for... (Volume 1876-77) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Containing a business directory, street guide, record of the city government, its institutions, etc.” (presented on the Internet Archive)
  • Bishop’s Oakland directory for... (Volume 1876-77) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Containing a business directory, street guide, record of the city government, its institutions, etc.” (presented on the Internet Archive)
  • Bishop’s Oakland directory for... (Volume 1877-78) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Containing a business directory, street guide, record of the city government, its institutions, etc.” (presented on the Internet Archive)
  • Bishop’s Oakland directory for... (Volume 1880-81) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Containing a business directory, street guide, record of the city government, its institutions, etc.” (presented on the Internet Archive)
  • Bishop’s Oakland directory for... (Volume 1874) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Containing a business directory, street guide, record of the city government, its institutions, etc.” (presented on the Internet Archive)
  • Directory of The Township and City of Oakland: together with the townships of Brooklyn and Alameda, for the year 1869 (Volume 1869) - Stilwell, B. F. “Containing a comprehensive list of their inhabitants, with their places of residence and business; also, its public officers and their offices. Also, a complete list of all public societies and organizations, with their officers; also a comprehensive statement of all state and municipal legislation, affecting the city, in detail; also, a review of the history of the city of Oakland, with a detailed statement of the present and proposed operations of the “Water Front Company,” and the Pacific Railroad Company, with an account of the relations of those companies to the city in the past. Also a variety of other useful information.” (presented on the Internet Archive)
  • The San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Business Directory, 1880: containing a complete alphabetical list of names, location and business of every merchant, wholesale and retail, manufacturer and professional man engaged in business therein : a classified business directory in which they appear under their appropriate headings: also a general register of United States, state and city officers, banks, insurance and mining companies, hotels, public institutions, newspapers, etc.: together with new and reliable street directories (Volume 1880) (presented on the Internet Archive)
• Oakland History Room of the Main Library Oakland Library
• Old Sacramento State Historic Park, Old Sacramento, California.
• Online Archive of California (OAC), “(The OAC brings together historical materials from a variety of California institutions, including museums, historical societies, and archives. Over 120,000 images; 50,000 pages of documents, letters, and oral histories; and 8,000 guides to collections are available.”)
• Oregon-California Trails Association
• Overland Monthly, 1868-1900, University of Michigan in Making of America.
• The Pacific Tourist - Williams' Illustrated Guide of the Pacific Railroad to California, 1879, by Henry T. Williams, Publisher, 46 Beekman St., New York, A Complete Traveler's Guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, Omaha to San Francisco, presented on the America Hurrah web site by Bill Roddy.
• Panama Pacific International Exposition (PPI), San Francisco, California (February 20 to December 4, 1915)
• Panoramic Photographs (1855-1991) Taking the Long View, Library of Congress, American Memory.
• Paradise Genealogical Society & Library, Paradise, California.

• Pena Adobe / Mowers Goheen Museum, Vacaville, California, presented by the Pena Adobe Historical Society.  Pena Adobe is pre-Gold Rush era adobe.  Among the exhibits are Native American artifacts, adobe housewares, and maps from the mid-1800s.

• Penny Postcards of San Francisco County
• Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
• Placer County Archives and Research Center
• Placer County Historical Society, Auburn, California.
• Project Gutenberg - “Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books (eBooks or etexts) on the Internet. Our collection of more than 15.000 eBooks was produced by hundreds of volunteers. Most of the Project Gutenberg eBooks are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States.”
• Railtown 1897 State Historic Park, 5th Avenue to Railtown, Jamestown, California; (209) 984-3953.
• Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, Southern California Chapter, Pomona, California.
• Railways – A Summary of the State of Railroads in the United States, Including the Prospects for a Pacific Railroad, from the Report of the Superintendent of the Census for December 1, 1852 – Seventh Census. Web site presented by the Central Pacific Railroad Photographic History Museum.
• Raymond Museum, Madera County, California – The Raymond Museum was restored and operated by Lynn and Wayne Northrop. For information contact: Raymond Museum, 31956 Road 608, Raymond, CA 93653-9747; (559) 689-1886. (The museum includes a large collection of local historical artifacts that includes the history and photographs of the local granite quarries. The collection also includes the photograph collection donated by local historian Robert Casaurang, of Hill’s Pride Inn at Knowles, that includes many photographs of the local granite quarries, buildings, etc.)
  • Raymond Museum - Photograhic Tour, Raymond, California (photographs taken Sept. 2010)
• Resources for Historians - The History Guide, presented by Steven Kreis.
• The Rocklin Historical Society, Rocklin, Placer County, California.
• The Sacramento Archives and Museum Collection Center (SAMCC) (regional history) SAMCC is the repository and research center for the county and city historic collections.
• Sacramento Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento, California.
  • Old City Cemetery Archive
• Sacramento History Online - Transportation (Photographic Archive)
  • Maritime
  • Railroads
  • Structures
  • Timeline
• Sacramento Valley Historical Railways - the Southern Pacific Railway Depot in Woodland, Yolo County, California

  The Sacramento Valley Historical Railway (SVHR) is nonprofit, volunteer organization with the goal of educating the public about railroads and railroad history, and to the preservation and operation of historic railroad equipment and structures in the Sacramento Valley. The main emphasis is on the restoration of the former Southern Pacific Railroad depot now located at the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Sixth Street in Woodland. Since the depot was moved to this location in 1992, volunteers from SVHR have spent thousands of hours of time restoring the depot the what it looked like in the early 1920s.

• Railhead (past issues)
• San Diego History Center
• San Francisco Architecture, presented on Wikipedia.
• San Francisco Bay Area Earthquake (circa 1906) - Magazine article “Various Aspects of the San Francisco Disaster” in The Monumental News Magazine, Vol. XVIII, No. 8, August, 1906, pp. 555-558. (This article includes information on the following subjects during the time period just after the 1906 earthquake: Stanford University in Palo Alto; the Dewey Monument in Union Square and the Statue of Agassiz, both in San Francisco; the Odd Fellows and Laurel Hill cemeteries in San Francisco; and the Fairmont Hotel, et al.)
• San Francisco - Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire: Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916, Library of Congress, American Memory.
• San Francisco Biographies - Extractions from Journalism in California, by John P. Young, Pacific Coast and Exposition Biographies, Chronicle Publishing Company, San Francisco, California, 1915, transcribed by Beth Humphrey, presented on the San Francisco Genealogy web site.
• San Francisco Biographies & Databases, courtesy of: Nancy Pratt Melton, Golden Nugget Library. (Scroll Down to the “Biographies” section.)
• The San Francisco Call Database, (Index to available years: 1869-1895), presented by Jim W. Faulkinbury, CGRS.
• San Francisco Cemeteries (History), by John W. Blackett.
• San Francisco Cemeteries - Early Cemetery Index (1853) (1848-1863), presented on the San Francisco Genealogy web site. These are transcripts from the D.A.R.'s San Francisco Cemetery Records.
• San Francisco Cemeteries - Cemetery Information for the Counties of San Francisco and San Mateo, presented by San Francisco Genealogy.
• San Francisco City Directories with Research Tips, presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site.
• San Francisco City Directories and Telephone Directories Available Online
  • 1838 - Residents around the Bay of San Francisco, 1838 (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1846 San Francisco City Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1850 – The San Francisco City Directory (Volume 1850) – Kimball, Charles P. (Charles Proctor), 1821-1894, September 1, 1850.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1850 San Francisco City Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1852 San Francisco City Directory (transcribed and donated by Mike O'Brien)
  • 1852-1853 San Francisco City Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site. Transcribed and donated by Mike O’Brien)
  • 1852 – A. W. Morgan & Co.’s San Francisco City Directory, September, 1852 (Volume 1852) – A.W. Morgan & Co., Greenwood (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1852-1853 – The San Francisco Directory For The Year 1852-53: embracing a general directory of citizens, a street directory, a new and complete map of the city, and an appendix of general information, an almanac, etc.: first publication (Volume 1852-53) – Parker, James M Greenwood (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1854 – LeCount & Strong’s San Francisco City Directory For The Year 1854: embracing a general directory of the citizens: and a street directory, with an appendix, containing all useful and general information appertaining to the city, an almanac, etc (Volume 1854) 88 p. at end contain advertisements. (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1856 – San Francisco City Directory: For The Year Commencing October 1856: containing a general directory of citizens, a street directory, and an appendix of all useful and general information appertaining to the city (Volume 1856) – Harris, Bogardus and Labatt Greenwood. (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1856 – Colville’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1856) - Colville, Samuel “Being a gazetteer of the city, embracing a general and business register of citizens, with statistical tables, historical references, biographical notes, etc., prefaced by a history of San Francisco, and reviews of industrial enterprises, associations, etc.”
  • 1863 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1869 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1872 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1875 – The New City Annual Directory Of San Francisco (Volume 1875) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Embracing a complete general and business directory.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1877 – Annual directory of the City and County of San Francisco (Volume 1877) - D.M. Bishop & Co. “Embracing a general and business directory, street guide, city government, public institutions, churches, societies, etc., with a list of federal and state officers.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1878 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1878 – First Telephone Directory (for San Francisco) (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site. Transcribed and donated by Mike O'Brien)
  • 1880 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1880) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1880 – The San Francisco, Oakland and Alameda Business Directory, 1880: containing a complete alphabetical list of names, location and business of every merchant, wholesale and retail, manufacturer and professional man engaged in business therein: a classified business directory in which they appear under their appropriate headings: also a general register of United States, state and city officers, banks, insurance and mining companies, hotels, public institutions, newspapers, etc.: together with new and reliable street directories (Volume 1880) (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1880-1881 McKenney’s Pacific Coast Business Directory
  • 1881 – Langley’s San Francisco directory for the year commencing (Volume 1881) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1881 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1882 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1882) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...”
  • 1883 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1883) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1884 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1884) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1885 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1885) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1886 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1886) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1887 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1887) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city...” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1888 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1888) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1889 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1889) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1890 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1890) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1890 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1891 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1891) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1891 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1891) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1892 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1892) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1893 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1893) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1894 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1894) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1895 – Langley’s San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1895) “Embracing a general directory of residents and a business directory; a directory of streets, public offices, etc. and a reliable map of the city....” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1896 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1896) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1897 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1897) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1898 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco directory for the year commencing (Volume 1898) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1898 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1898 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Telephone Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1898 – California Telephone Directory
  • 1899 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1900) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1901 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1901) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1901 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1902 – Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. San Francisco Telephone Directory, presented by the Golden Nugget Library.
  • 1902 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1902) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.”
  • 1903 – San Francisco 1903 Telephone Directory (text and images) (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1903– Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1903) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1904 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1904 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1904) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1905 – San Francisco Social (Blue Book) Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1905 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1905) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1906 – Temporary Telephone Directory (May) (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site. Scanned images donated by Mildred Steele of each page from the original directory)
  • 1906 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1906 v.1) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1906 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 2-1906) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1906 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 3-1906) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1907 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1907) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1908 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume yr.1908) (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1908 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1908) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1909 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1909) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1910 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1910) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1911 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1911) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1912 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1912) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1913 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1913) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1914 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1914) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1915 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1915) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1915 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume yr.1915) (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1916 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1916) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1917 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1917) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1918 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1918) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1919 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco Directory For The Year Commencing (Volume 1919) “Containing an alphabetical list of business firms and private citizens; a directory of the city and county officers, churches, public and private schools, benevolent, literary, and other associations, banks, incorporated institutions, etc., and a complete classified business directory, a correct map and an improved street and avenue guide of the city.” (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1920 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory (Volume 1920) (on the Internet Archive web site)
  • 1920 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume 1920) (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1921 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory (Volume 1921) (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1921 – San Francisco, California, City Directory (Volume 1921) (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1922 – San Francisco City Directory (presented by Distantcousin.com)
  • 1923 – Crocker-Langley San Francisco City Directory (Volume 1923) (presented by the Internet Archive)
  • 1924 – San Francisco Blue Book and Club Directory (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • 1927 – San Francisco Social Register (by Nancy Pratt Melton, Golden Nugget Library)
  • 1932 – San Francisco Social Register (presented by the San Francisco Genealogy web site)
  • (Please Note: For San Francisco City Directories from the 1930’s onward, search for “San Francisco city directory” in the “Text” section of the Internet Archive.)
• San Francisco City Guides – The San Francisco City Guides is a 27-year-old non-profit organization that conducts free walking tours relating to San Francisco history, architecture, legend and lore. It is a program of the San Francisco Public Library and a project of the Tides Center.
• San Francisco – Historic Buildings, presented by dmoz.org.
• San Francisco History, presented by Ron Filson.
• San Francisco History (Links), presented on the San Francisco Genealogy web site.
• San Francisco - Landmarks, presented by dmoz.org.
• San Francisco Maritime National Historic Park, Fisherman's Wharf, Hyde and Jefferson streets, San Francisco;.(415) 556-3002.
• San Francisco Maritime Park Association
• San Francisco – Mid-Market Street Buildings - Up from the Deep (The Hotel Project): A personal exploration of the architecture and history of San Francisco's central city: Sixth Street, Mid-Market, and the Tenderloin.
• San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California.
• San Francisco State University - Labor Archives and Research Center
• San Jose Historical Museum in Kelley Park, San Jose, California.
• San Jose Public Libraries - California Room Collection
  • Digital Collections, King Library Special Collections
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (historical), presented by the Regents of the University of California.
• Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society
• Santa Cruz County, California - Architecture, presented by the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, CA.
• Seaver Center for Western History Research, a part of the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles. "The purpose of the Seaver Center for Western History Research is to collect, preserve, and make available to the general public research materials documenting the history of the trans-Mississippi West with special emphasis on Southern California and Los Angeles."
• Shasta State Historic Park, Shasta, California.
• Sierra Heritage Magazine: Gateway to the Sierra
• Ships and Passenger Lists, presented on Cyndi’s List
• Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco, California.
• Solano County History – “The Way It Was,” articles published in The Reporter, now available on the Vacaville Heritage Council web site.
• Sonoma County Historical Society, Sonoma, California.
• South San Francisco History Room, located in the South San Francisco Library.
• Stanford University Archives and Collections
• Steamboats, presented by the California Delta Chambers and Visitor Bureau.
• Trinity County Historical Society, mailing address: P.O. Box 333, Weaverville, CA 96093. Email: museum@tcoek12.org; (530) 623-5211.
• Twentynine Palms Historical Society Museum, 6136 Adobe Road, Twentynine Palms, CA 92277-2652; (760) 367-3445. (This museum includes exhibits relating to the local mining industry.)
• The Union Democrat Online (Tuolumne County)
• United States Surname Distribution, by Hamrick Software.
• The Valley of Heart's Delight - Santa Clara Valley Research: It's Histories, Biographies, Communities, Townships, Transportation, Newspapers, presented by Carolyn Feroben.
• Victorian Cemetery Photographs Gallery, by Bob Giles, Art & Music, San Francisco Bay Area (Use the “Victorian Cemetery” link at the bottom of the page to access the Victorian Cemetery Photographs Gallery.)
• Virtual Guide Books to California, presented by Don Bain.
• The West - American West PBS special produced by Ken Burns. Extensive site and links on many western topics.
• West Cliff - Millionaires' Row - Large Estates Once Lined Water's Edge, article by Ross Eric Gibson, presented by the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, CA.
• Western United States Migration Routes & Eastern United States Migration Routes
• Williams' Illustrated Guide of the Pacific Railroad to California - The Pacific Tourist, 1879, by Henry T. Williams, Publisher, 46 Beekman St., New York, A Complete Traveler's Guide of the Union and Central Pacific Railroads, Omaha to San Francisco, presented on the America Hurrah web site by Bill Roddy.
  • Pacific Tourist Time Table - Index to Towns on the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads: Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, and California (Pacific Tourist Time Table).

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