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California Genealogy & History Books: General Interest

California County- or Town- Specific History Books: A - L, M - RS - Y

California Folks & Families: Biographies, Autobiographies, Genealogies, etc., by Surname

California Patriots:  Military History

Uniquely California: Vintage Postcards, Gifts, Cookbooks, Maps & More

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  California Genealogy CD's
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CD: History of the California Central Coast

AZ, CA, ID & NV, 1850-1951 Marriage Index CD

U.S. States - Marriage Index (1728-1850) CD
Arkansas, Texas, California, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, and Oregon

1860 U.S. Federal Census Index: CA, ID, IA, KS, NE, NV, NM, TX, UT, WA
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San Francisco CA Blue Book (1907) (on CD)

San Francisco CA Blue Book (1908) (on CD)

California Genealogy & History Books: General Interest:

California Cemetery Inscription Sources: Print & Microform icon

California Wagon Train Lists icon

Los Paisanos: Spanish Settlers on the Northern Frontier of New Spain icon

La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State

Tales the Western Tombstones Tell [Historic Graves of the Old West; Second in a New Series] [Washington; Oregon; California; Idaho; Montana; Wyoming; Utah; Colorado; Dakota; Nevada; New Mexico; Arizona] icon

Census Records for Latin America and the Hispanic United States icon

Old-time Cattlemen And Other Pioneers Of The Anza-Borrego Area

Permanent Californians: An Illustrated Guide to the Cemeteries of California

The Golden Gazette: News From the Newspapers of 1848-1857: Hundreds of Events Reported From the Exciting Years Following the Great California Discovery of Gold

Walker's Directory of Directors. 18th Number, 1929-30 Edition

Search for a back issue of the Quarterly of the Society of California Pioneers. icon

California Colony: Genealogy, Land Grants, And Notes Of Spanish Colonial California

Spanish-Mexican Families of Early California...

Old-Timers of Southeastern California icon

The Slovenes of Northern California 1860-2001 icon

Sold! Yugoslav Survey of California

The Beckoning Hills a Story of the Italians in California icon

Pioneer Links / a Narrative of the Establishment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows on the Pacific Coast and a History of the Odd Fellowship in Washington to 1880 icon

California Odd Fellowship; Early History of Odd Fellowship in California-Including Founding of California Lodge No. 1 in 1849 and Information About All Individual Odd Fellow Lodges Instituted Between 1849 and 1987 icon

Overland: the California Emigrant Trail of 1841-1870 icon

Sold! My Inherited Destiny: Ten First Families of California

Sold! Slavonic Pioneers of California

San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists

Register of the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution icon

Personal Name Index to the 1856 City Directories of California

 A Pictorial Story of the Oregon - California Trail

Railway Passenger Lists of Overland Trains to San Francisco and the West (Volume 1) icon

Railway Passenger Lists of Overland Trains to San Francisco and the West, Vol II. November 14, 1871 To April 23, 1873

Around the Horn to California in 1849 icon

Pacific Coastal Liners: All the Color and Stark Drama of the Ships That Steamed Offshore From Baja California to Nome icon

The Course of Empire: First Hand Accounts of California in the Days of the Gold Rush of '49 icon

California Firearms, 1542-1870 icon

Paper Trails a Guide to Public Records in California icon

Native Americans of California and Nevada

Santa Monica in Vintage Postcards (Postcard History: California)

Santa Catalina Island, Ca (Postcard History)

Catalina! Wish You Were Here

America's Historic Steam Railroads: California Western Railroad VHS

Discover Historic California: A Travel Guide to over 1,800 Places You Can See icon
"It's all in Discover Historic California...the men and women who took the risks and made the sacrifices, the great landmarks in the state's history, the birthplace of new ideas...the living history of California. Find out where you can visit historical museums, monuments, ghost towns, and retired naval warships. Visit the locations of all the State Historic Landmarks. Plan exciting trips to explore the old trails of the West and the Pony Express. Learn the history of California's early settler - Pio Pico, Kit Carson, John Sutter, Pedro Fages, and many more! Plan visits to the missions established by Father Junipero Serra. Ideal for travelers and local residents. Over 1800 sites are described in words and pictures with places from the past divided into 76 travel regions. Easy-to-follow maps allow for fascinating day trips or family vacations. This fifth edition is a complete revision that includes additional sites, an expanded selection of photos and updated maps. This book is invaluable as a resource that guides the reader not only to registered state historic landmarks, but also to many additional sites that have played an important role in California's past."

Early California Hospitality: the Cookery Customs of Spanish California, with Authentic Recipes and Menus of the Period icon
(1938)

Searching in California: A Reference Guide to Public and Private Records icon

Local History and Genealogy Resources of the California State Library icon

Sold! Antique Broadside: $1500 Reward for Highway Robbery icon

Four 'N Twenty Blackbirds, California Book on Game Cookery & Other Recipes Based Upon Products of Northern California icon

A History of California Newspapers, 1846-1858 icon

Bear Flag and Bay State in the Civil War: The Californians of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry

Births, Deaths and Marriages on California's Mendocino Coast...

A Directory of Women in California Photography, Before 1901 icon

Prime Sources of California and Nevada Local History: 151 Rare and Important City, County, and State Directories, 1850-1906 icon

The Voyage of the `Frolic' : New England Merchants and the Opium Trade

On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family

California Mining Town Newspapers, 1850-1880 icon

Ghost Towns and Mining Camps of California

A Reminiscence of the Parker H. FRENCH Expedition Through Texas and Mexico to California in the Spring of 1850

Journal of the Sufferings and Hardships of Captain Parker H. FRENCH's Overland Expedition to California...

The Strange Eventful History of Parker H. FRENCH

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California Folks & Families

My Inherited Destiny: Ten First Families of California icon


A Family History of California
 

The ALBEE Family of Berkeley, California Present. Their Lines of Descent CD

 

Sold! The BEARD Family:... the Ancestry of Thomas Kennan BEARD and His Wife Grace Ada Lewis BEARD


BRUN Family, Napa Valley, From 1874 - HEWITT Family, San Francisco, From 1882 icon

The History of The WILLIAMS And BODESON Families in California

Sold! Dynasty of Dons (History of CASTROs & PICOs) icon

The DEAL Family of Hornbrook, California

Personal Reminiscences of Early Days in California With Other Sketches icon
by Stephen FIELD. Privately published.

 

From the Guadalguivir to the Golden Gate... icon

 

Ranching Near Laytonville 1902-1907: the BEAL Family in Mendocino County, California icon

 

Garrett Garreon BRADT 1827-1902. Pioneer Builder of San Francisco and San Diego icon

 

The BRANNAN Saga icon

Pioneers: Six Generations icon (BRAWNER Family)

The BROWNs of Madronia: Family of Abolitionist John BROWN, Buried in Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga, California icon


An American Odyssey: the Autobiography of a 19th-Century Scotsman, Robert BROWNLEE, at the Request of His Children: Napa County, California, October, 1892 icon

Diary of a Forty-Niner icon
Chauncey CANFIELD

Sold! The DOHENNYs of Los Angeles icon

History of the DORN Family, California Pioneer Settlers of Green Valley icon

EVANS and SONTAG, the Famous Bandits of California icon

The FINLEYs of Early Sonoma County, California

The FOSTER Family: California Pioneers

Annals of the FOWLER Family, with Branches in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, California and Texas

The Edward GRANT Family and Related Families in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and California: A Multi-Ancestor Genealogy With Historical Notes icon

GRIER of San Francisco: Builder in the West and His Family 1878-1988 icon

The HARRIS - GRAVES Families Pioneers of El Cajon

Descendants of Lewis HART and Anne ELLIOT icon

Isaac Julian HARVEY: California Pioneer icon

Frank HINCKLEY: California Engineer and Rancher, 1838-1890 icon

The MACHADOs & Rancho La Ballona. The Story of the Land and its Ranchero, Jose Agustin Antonio MACHADO, with a Genealogy of the MACHADO Family

The Miner Was a Bishop: The Pioneer Years of Patrick MANOGUE in California and Nevada, 1854-1895 icon

California's Pioneer Mountaineer of Rabbit Creek icon
John Thomas MASON of Sierra County

A Sketch of a Migrating Family to California in 1848 icon
MAYicon

Samuel NEAL: California Pioneer; A Brief History of the NEAL Family

Edwin White NEWHALL
(Privately printed.)

California Family NEWMARK; An Intimate History icon

Condemned to the Mines: The Life of Eugene O'CONNELL, 1815-1891, Pioneer Bishop of Northern California and Nevada icon

House of OLIVAS: A Family History icon

The SEROPIANs: First Armenian Settlers In Fresno County, California

A Family of Builders: The Story of the HASSEs and THOMPSONs, California Pioneers Since Gold Rush Days icon

Genealogy and Family History of a Branch of the New England UPHAM Family Settled in California: Showing the Ancestors of Isaac UPHAM of San Francisco and Others

The VALLEJOs of California

Pioneer Leather Tanners: a History of the WAGNER Family
Stockton, San Joaquin County

West Wind the Life Story of Joseph Reddeford WALKER, Knight of the Golden Horseshoe icon

The History of The WILLIAMS And BODESON Families in California

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California Patriots

A Personal Name Index to Orton's Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867 icon

California Rainbow Memories: Pictorial Review of the Activities of the 2nd Battalion, 117the Engineers During the World War icon
(1925)

Sold! Our Boys (Vol. 2) icon
Turlock, Stanislaus County, WWII
 From the seller: "Description: A Scrapbook of Articles About the Men and Women of the Turlock [California] Area Who Served During World War II; Volume II. This is a reproduction of a vast collection of newspaper articles printed during wartime, and later about people from the Turlock area who served, and about war related home-front activities. Be aware: you may need powerful reading glasses or a magnifier, some of the newsprint is quite small. BINDING/CONDITION: paper covers, bound at the spine edge with plastic bands, one of the bands is broken away for about two inches at the top, otherwise a Good book."

Foibles, Fun, Flukes, Facts: Of Life In World War I, San Francisco, France, Oakland, And Los Angeles icon

Bear Flag and Bay State in the Civil War: The Californians of the Second Massachusetts Cavalry

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Uniquely California

California Kid's Cookbook: Recipes, How-to, History, Lore and More icon

The World Rushed in: The California Gold Rush Experience

Original, Antique Yosemite Souvenir & Guide

Vintage Valley: The Wineries of Santa Barbara County

California Shipwrecks: Footsteps in the Sea icon

Shipwrecks of Southern California icon

County Atlas of California, Showing All Towns, Post Offices, Railroads, County Roads, Stage Lines Carrying Passengers, Mail and Express, and Distances Between Points. Drawn Expressly for Fireman's Fund Insurance Co, of San Francisco, California icon
(1900)

Search for an original issue of the Marysville Daily Appeal

Four 'N Twenty Blackbirds, California Book on Game Cookery & Other Recipes

Some of the Nation's Best Cooks Live in Yuba & Sutter Counties, California: Here is a Treasury of Their Favorite Recipes icon

Passenger List, Grace Line, S. S. Santa Paula, Voyage Thirty Three (33), Sailing from New York, April 13, 1935 for Columbia, Panama Canal, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico, Los Angeles, San Francisco

Shipwrecks at the Golden Gate. A History of Vessel Losses from Duxbury Reef to Mussel Rock

A Festival of Olives: Olive Recipes From the Olive City icon
Corning, California

What's Cooking in California icon
(circa 1940)

California State Grange Cook Book [Wisteria Hall] icon
(1956)

Favorite & Original Recipes of the Members of the San Joaquin County Harm Home Department of the Farm Bureau icon
(1971)

Roots, Recipes, & Recollections icon
Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society

Treasury of Kitchen Know How and Outstanding Recipes From the Great Cooks of Lake County California icon

Historical Atlas of California icon

1891 Pioneer Days in California. Historical and Personal Sketches icon

Sold! Spark Lid-Top Gas Stove Cook Book 1926 icon
(1926)

Unique, vintage 1919 Automobile Road Map of Owens Valley: Resort Lakes, Camp Locations, Trails and New Peaks icon

Unique, vintage 1919 Road Map From Mono Lake to Lake Tahoe and the Feather River Region icon

Humboldt Old-Timers' Recipes icon

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