INTERNET LINKS 

This page offers connections to other genealogical and historical organizations available on the Internet. The links below are presented solely for the information and convenience of our members and their listing here does not constitute either a review or an endorsement by Los Californianos. Just click on the blue link to access the website. Please notify us at Webmaster (La Tejedora) if a link is no longer operative or if you have suggestions for links to add.
 
California History - Special Collections 
Autry Museum of Western Heritage
​California Digital Newspaper Collection (UC, Riverside Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research) 
California State Military Museum
​Land Patents 
Lewis Geddes Notebooks
Monterey County Genealogy 
Ventura County Museum of History and Art​

California Missions and Presidios 
California Missions Foundation
Mission San Juan Capistrano 
Mission San Miguel 
Mission San Xavier del Bac, Arizona
​Mission 2000 (see description of this database  under Heritage Preservation)
San Francisco Presidio Archaeological Dig​ 
Santa Barbara Presidio
Virtual Tour of 21 California Missions 

General Genealogical Sites
California Genealogical Society  
California Genealogical Society and Library  
Cyndi Howells' List of Genealogical Sites
​Family History Books [choose: "Find Other Materials"/"Electronic"/"On Line Collections at BYU"/"Text Collections"/and, finally, "Family History Archive"] 
Family Search  (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints [Mormon] site)   
NORCAL and SOCAL (page gives links to subscribe, Web page, etc.) 
San Francisco County Genealogy
San Luis Obispo County Genealogy   
Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society
Sephardic Names
Sephardic Studies 
Society of California Pioneers 
Southern California Genealogical Society  
USGenWeb   
Vitalchek    
WorldGenWeb  
 
Hispanic Family Web Sites 
Bernal   
Berreyesa    
Garcia-Miranda 
Grijalva  (see also Somos Primos, February 2005)   
Sánchez  

Hispanic Genealogy and History  
Anza Directory
Boosters of Old Town [San Diego] (for Descendants of Early San Diego click on Descendants)
Descendants of Early San Diego
Early California Population Project  (search engine of all the Mission records in Alta California)
Familia  
FamilySearch - Mexico
Genealogical Society of Hispanic America  
Genealogical Society of Hispanic America - Southern California  
Genealogy of Mexico
Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New  Mexico
Los Soldados of the Royal Presidio of Santa Barbara (includes many links)
Mission 2000  (a searchable database of Spanish mission records)
Real Academia Española California Digital Newspaper Collection (UC, Riverside Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research)
San Diego Old Town Descendants
Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR)  
Somos Primos  (SHHAR's journal)
Spanish Colonial Documents  
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo  
Web de Anza 

Historic Preservation and Heritage Sites 
Anza National Historic Trail Guide - National Park Service
Anza Trail   
California Preservation Foundation 
California State Military Museum  
​California State Parks: Spanish and Mexican Heritage Sites 
Dominguez Ranch
​Hispanic Heritage Project
Juana Briones Heritage Foundation    
Olivas Adobe Historical Park    
Peralta Hacienda Historical Park 
Pio Pico State Historic Park 
San Pasqual Battlefield Site Location Project 
Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation 
Tumacacori National Historic Park 

Historical Societies 
California Historical Society 
California History & Culture Conservancy 
Contra Costa County Historical Society
​Hereditary Society Community
Monterey County Historical Society 
Moraga Historical Society   
Society of California Pioneers 

Libraries and Archives
Bancroft Library 
California State Library 
Claremont Libraries Special Collections 
Family History Library (Salt Lake City)  
McPhearson Collection  (houses some matrimonial documents)
Monterey Library California History Room
New Mexico Records Center and Archives
​NORCAL (page gives links to subscribe, Web page, etc.)  
Online Archive of California 
Rootsweb  (links to NORCAL and SOCAL under Mailing Lists) 
​Real Academia Española 
Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library 
Santa Clara County Library 
Seaver Center for Western History Research (Los Angeles County) 
Southern California Genealogical Society Library Catalogue 

Lineage Societies
Descendants of Early San Diego
​San Diego Old Town Descendants
Society of California Pioneers 

Tools
California Ranchos by County 
Converting Arabic and Roman Numerals 
County and Regional Abbreviations 
Dictionary  (OneLook searches over 900) 
Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (en español)
Find-A-Grave 
Finding a U.S. County's State 
Finding a U.S. Town's County 
Google Genealogy Searcher  
MAPofUS.org - California (shows changes to California's counties borders over time) 
Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection (University of Texas)