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Goal 10: Get Help


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Goal 10: Get help with your California research.


Choices


AUse Facebook pages to get answers to your questions.


  1. Visit the California Genealogy Network page on Facebook.
  2. Visit the California Genealogy and Genealogists page on Facebook.
  3. Visit the California Genealogy page on Facebook.
  4. Visit California Genealogy - Just Ask!
  5. See the Genealogy on Facebook list of Facebook groups dedicated to helping with research for California.

Regional/Local Groups:


BJoin a mailing list or message board for California research.


  1. Join the RootsChat forum and post questions about California research.
  2. Explore the California research mailing lists on Cyndi's List.
  3. Use the Ancestry message boards to read or post questions about California research.
  4. Explore California research questions in the Genealogy Stack Exchange.
  5. Get personalized help from a research volunteer at the Family History Library.
  6. Request scans or indexes from catalog records available at the Family History Library.

CLearn about California genealogy societies.


  1. Learn about genealogy societies in California in this FamilySearch Wiki article.

    FS—Wiki: California Societies

  2. Explore the California Genealogical Society site.
  3. Explore the Southern California Genealogical Society site.
  4. Explore the California Genealogical Society and Library site.
  5. Explore California genealogy society sites on Cyndi's List.
  6. Get help at a FamilySearch center in California.

Regional/Local Societies


Exercises



California Counties

Name = FamilySearch; A = Ancestry; L = Linkpendium; G = Genealogy Inc; U = USGenWeb; T=Genealogy Trails; F = Facebook

Alameda A L G U T
Alpine A L G U T
Amador L G U T
Butte A L G U T
Calaveras L G U T
Colusa A L G U T
Contra Costa  A L G U T F
Del Norte L G U T
El Dorado A L G U T
Fresno A L G U T F
Glenn L G U T
Humboldt A L G U T
Imperial A L G U T
Inyo L G U T
Kern A L G U T F
Kings A L G U T
Lake A L G U T F
Lassen A L G U T
Los Angeles A L G U T
Madera A L G U T
Marin A L G U T F
Mariposa L G U T
Mendocino A L G U T
Merced A L G U T
Modoc A L G U T
Mono L G U T
Monterey A L G U T
Napa A L G U T
Nevada A L G U T
Orange A L G U T F
Placer A L G U T F
Plumas A L G U T
Riverside A L G U T F
Sacramento A L G U T
San Benito  A L G U T
San Bern. A L G U T
San Diego A L G U T F
San Fran.  A L G U T F
San Joaquin A L G U T
San Luis Obispo A L G U T F
San Mateo A L G U T F
Santa Barbara A L G U T F
Santa Clara A L G U T F
Santa Cruz  A L G U T
Shasta A L G U T
Sierra A L G U T
SiskiyoU T L G U T F
Solano A L G U T F
Sonoma A L G U T F
Stanislaus  A L G U T F
Sutter A L G U T
Tehama A L G U T F
Trinity L G U T
Tulare A L G U T
Tuolomne A L G U T
Ventura A L G U T F
Yolo A L G U T
Yuba A L G U T

Get a printable map of counties.

Get an interactive map of counties.