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• - Locate resources (online listings, books, CD-Rom, lookups and addresses) for vital records in each county within the state of California.
  
• - The story of California from the physical aspects to the historical is told in short articles accessed through a timeline, covering the state's history from the European exploration through the Great Depression of the 1930s.
  
• - Photos of old buildings, ghost towns, gold mines, and graveyards throughout the California Mojave Desert.
  
• - Profiles O. Henry Mace, author of 47 Down: The 1922 Argonaut Gold Mine Disaster; Collectors Guide to Early Photographs; and Between the Rivers: A History of Early Calaveras County.
  
• - Library of Congress site documenting the WPA ethnomusicology project in 1938-1940 to collect English and ethnic folk music of Northern California.
  
• - Historic photographs and drawings of the California gold rush. Prints are also available for sale.
  
• - List of past settlers in California who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880 obtained directly from individuals doing genealogical research.
  
• - H-Net group dedicated to discussing California culture and history. Features subject overview, archive, links to related resources, and subscription information.
  
• - This site lists all of the resources concerning the history of Isla Vista, California that are available to researchers at the Department of Special Collections at the Davidson Library, UCSB.
  
• - Project dedicated to locating, cataloging, and preserving newspaper publications published in California from 1846 to the present. Online catalog provides information on the location and condition of these publications.
  
• - Provides information on the history of the Southern Pacific, Union Pacific and the Santa Fe Railways.
  
• - Archive of images illustrating the state's history and culture from the collections of the Bancroft Library at the University of California, Berkeley.
  
• - A series of seven lectures done by the Bancroft Library at UC Berekley on California history. Topics include Mark Twain, Hiram Johnson, and the Gold Rush.
  
• - Brief history and genealogy of the Joaquin and Maria Carrillo family of early California includes information about their lives in San Diego and Sonoma. Also includes information about their grandson Romualdo Pacheco, California's first native born and on
  
• - Information on the history of railways in California.
  
• - Educator-developed site covering California history from Spanish settlement to statehood.
  
• - History, artifacts, and information about the California Zephyr passenger car.
  
• - First-person narratives of California's early years, 1849 - 1900.
  
• - Collection of information pertaining to California history and culture.
  
• - Information on John Fremont, explorer, mapmaker, and scientist.
  
• - An unofficial history of California Energy Commission power plant licensing cases from 1975 to 2001. Broken down by eras, the site describes over 70 different proceedings, with technologies such as geothermal, natural gas, solar, coal, and garbage burnin
  
• - An online resource about the history of the governors of California.
  
• - Sixteen letters written by Juan Bautista de Anza to Fernando Javier de Rivera y Moncada, Captain Governor of Upper California in the 1770's.
  
• - Located in the Tomas Rivera Library on the University of California, Riverside campus.
  
• - A division of the Office of the Secretary of State, provides a repository for the state's permanent governmental records as well as other materials documenting California history.
  
• - Books on California history and the history of the Old West, plus research and events.
  
• - Information on the historic Bear Flag and the stories surrounding it.
  
• - From the Napa Valley Vintners Association
  
• - Features the life and legacy of John Muir; naturalist, writer, conservationist, and founder of the Sierra Club.
  
• - Information on the earthquake of 1906 from the Museum of the City of San Francisco.
  
• - Essays on overlooked events and people in Bakersfield and Kern County history.
  
• - A collaboration between the California State Archives and the Golden State Museum that provides a portal for historical resources for children, teachers, and the general public.
  
• - A doctoral student's research into how the story of La Llorona (the Weeping Woman) echoes the conflicts of colonized California.