CEMETERIES & GRAVES:

• Association for Gravestone Studies
• Cemetery Junction: Directory of U.S. Cemeteries
• (The) Political Graveyard - Politicians Who Lived in Inyo County
• Links to Resources on Cemetery History and Preservation

MAPS:

• Major Map Collections in Other Institutions
• Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection - Links to Historical Map Websites
• MapQuest
• USGS Geographic Names Information Service
• Tiger Mapping Service - Create maps based on census data.

MISCELLANEOUS:

• Bodie State Historic Park - A California State Parks Site
• Bodie State Historic Park - A very informative site created by a Bodie devotee.
• Yosemite National Park

 

ONLINE ARCHIVES/CATALOGS: 

• Archives and Manuscript Repositories in California
• California State Archives
• California State Library
• Library of Congress
• Museums OnLine
• National Archives and Records Administration
• Sacramento County 1890 Great Register
• State Libraries

 

PHOTOGRAPHY:

• Archives with Photographic Collections
• City Gallery - History of photography
• Denver Public Library Western History Photo Collection
• Photographic Historians

PUBLICATIONS:

• The History Net - 16 history-related magazines; article archives
• Sierra Heritage Magazine Online

 

RESEARCH - GENEALOGICAL:

• Ancestry.Com - Some free, but mostly subscriber-accessible genealogical databases in the thousands.
• California County Biographies
• California Genealogical Society
• Census Records Online
• Çommon Threads' Surname Database
• Congressional Biographical Directory
• Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet - Over 40,000 links.
• Eastman's Genealogy Newsletter - Anything new on genealogy-related books, software and websites, plus highlighted home pages.
• Federation of East European Family History Societies - Hundreds of databases, including surnames in the San Francisco Call (newspaper) vital statistics and Foreign-Born Voters of California.
• Home Page of GENMTD-L - Genealogical methods and resources
• I Found It! - Genealogy search engine
• Mailing Lists Hosted by RootsWeb - Hundreds of mailing lists including - regional, surname/family, and ethnic; plus a link to searchable mailing list archives.
• Native American Genealogy
• Genealogy Index of NORCAL - Resources on Northern California
• ROOTS-L Home Page - Genealogical mailing lists, surname lists and a genealogical library of text files
• RootsWeb - A major genealogical-related website
• U.S. Census Bureau
• USGenWeb Project - Connections with almost every county in the U.S.; county genealogical and historical resources, community bulletin boards.
• Vital Records Information - California

 

RESEARCH - HISTORICAL:

• California History Resources
• California Historical Society
• California Pioneers Project
• Facts & Symbols - The 50 States
• Ghost Towns of The West
• Historical Texts - On Mississippi State University website; historical texts from around the world, including U.S. presidents' inaugural speeches.
• History Buff's Home Page - Newspapers in American history; collectible newspapers.
• IOOF (International Order of Odd Fellows) California Lodges
• Mountain Men & The Fur Trade
• Oregon-California Trails Association
• Oregon Trail Pioneers
• Pony Express - Everything you ever wanted to know about the Pony Express, plus links to many history-related websites.
• Today in History - What Happened On This Date?
• Trails West - Links to websites on western history. Great!
• University of Kansas History Index - About 4,000 links to worldwide historical resources.
• Western History Association