California History and Research Guides
Are you stumped? We can help! The California History Room librarians have spent hundreds of hours developing research guides for specific California topics. You can see our current guides below. If you cannot find a guide to the topic you are researching or if you still have questions, please contact us.
- California Oddities (PDF)
- California in the 1960's (PDF)
- Yuba County (PDF)
- Railroads in California (PDF)
- California Oddities (PDF)
- California in the 1960's (PDF)
- Images of California (PDF)
- Remote Access: Vital Statistics and Indexes (PDF)
- Wildflowers in California (PDF)
- Guide to the collection (PDF)
- Resources for researching California land grants (PDF)
- Resources for researching California Native Americans (PDF)
- Mining in California (PDF)
- Horses and Horse Racing in California (PDF)
- Railroads in California (PDF)
- Remote Access: Vital Statistics and Indexes (PDF)
- Guide to sources for genealogy (PDF)
- Genealogy resources by date (PDF)
- Using federal census resources 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)
