This collection contains 908,965 issues comprising 11,359,426 pages and 49,868,889 articles. The California Digital Newspaper Collection is a project of the Center for Bibliographical Studies and Research (CBSR) at the University of California, Riverside.

This database from the National Park Service contains information about the men who served in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War. Other information on the site includes histories of Union and Confederate regiments, links to descriptions of significant battles, and selected lists of prisoner-of-war records and cemetery records, which will be amended over time.

Sacramento County vital statistics

Described as "The most complete calendar and collection of genealogy events on the Internet".

The Public Domain included most of the land west of the Appalachian Mountains that was obtained by the federal government.

Land records are primarily used to learn where an individual lived and when he lived there. They often reveal other family information,

Here you will find free genealogy charts, templates, and tutorials on the US Census and How to Borrow Books from the NGS Book Loan Collection.

Land records provide two types of important evidence for the genealogist. First, they often state kinship ties, especially when a group of heirs jointly sells some inherited land. Second, they place individuals in a specific time and place.

Get information about ordering copies of land records from the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

This tool from the FCC helps users convert latitude and longitude between decimal degrees and degrees, minutes, and seconds to meet FindAGrave's requirements.

Ship passenger lists to search at the Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation website.

This site contains tools for finding immigration records, census records, vital records, and for dealing with calendars, maps, foreign alphabets, and numerous other applications. Some of these tools fetch data from other websites but do so in more versatile ways than the search tools provided on those websites.

Placer County is located in both the Sacramento Valley and Sierra Nevada regions of California. Its eastern boundary is on the Nevada border. Its county seat is Auburn. The Placer County Genealogical Society has made an index to deaths found in the Placer Herald of Auburn available on its website. The alphabetical death notice index covers the period from 1852 through 1885. The data fields include last name, given name, year, and location. Family history researchers can order copies of death notices from the Society for a fee.

The Council's website has a lot of information, including a calendar of genealogy events in our region.

Sacramento Room, Central Library 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, (916) 264-2920. The Sacramento Room is an archives containing books, photos, maps and other items related to the history of the City of Sacramento

Tract books record land transactions that took place after the initial land grants. Not every transaction record is online, though.

The New England Historical and Genealogical Society's blog; a resource for family history from AmericanAncestors.org