Local Genealogical libraries
RootCellar's list of where to do genealogical research in Sacramento
Irish handout from March 2001 Ancestries Irish sale http://www.rootsweb.com/~carcsgs/Arear.htmGenealogy Association of Sacramento's LIST OF FACILITIES TO AID IN GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH http://www.quiknet.com/~bbetts/gasres.htm
Local libraries
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http://www.library.ca.gov/ search the collections of the California State Library, including the Sutro Library in San Francisco |
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How to Order a Certified Copy from the
State Office of Vital Records http://www.dhs.ca.gov/hisp/chs/ovr/ordercert.htm
Certificates may also be requested on line from the VitalChek Web site. |
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Birth
records - Surnames: 984961 records from 1905 thru 1995
Death Records - Surnames: 498701 records from 1940 thru 1997 |
National Archives and Records Administration Pacific Region (San Francisco) |
Maintains retired records from Federal agencies and courts in northern California, Hawaii, Nevada except Clark County, the Pacific Trust Territories, and American Samoa http://www.nara.gov/regional/sanfranc.html |
Local Genealogical groups
African American Genealogy Society of Sacramento CA
P. O. Box 277681, Sacramento, CA 95827-27681
Denise I. Griggs, Founder & President,
916-386-0822
Email:
American Association of University Women, Genealogy Division
Meetings: 3rd Monday of the month, 1:00 pm.
Mail to: PO Box 254455, Sacramento, CA 95864.
Contact: Corrol Camomile (916) 332-9419.
American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, Sacramento Valley Chapter
Mail: c/o Alton Sissell, 9491 Lake Natoma Drive, Orangevale, CA 95662.
Contact: Alton Sissell (916) 988-1125 Email: TDCOLBY@juno.com
Caledonian Club of Sacramento
Meetings: each month except Aug & Dec at SMUD Customer Service Center, 6301 'S' Street, Sacramento at 7:30 p.m.
Mail: P. O. Box 162967, Sacramento, CA 95816-2967
Email: mailto:HILANDERS@aol.com
Web Site: http://www.saccaledonian.org
California State Genealogical Alliance
Mail: PO Box 311, Danville, CA 94526-0311.
Contact: Pamala Dallas (916) 791-7425, Email: pbdallas@jps.net or
Jim Middleton 916-363-8112, Email: jim@ns.net
ComputerRooters* (computers & genealogy)
Meetings: 1st and 4th Wednesday of every month, 7:00 pm at SMUD 6301 S Street, Sacramento. Mail: PO Box 161693, Sacramento, CA 95816.
Contact: Alton Sissell (916) 988-1125 Email: TDCOLBY@juno.com
Davis Genealogical Club
Meetings: Last Monday each month (except May, Jul, Aug & Dec),1:00 pm at
Davis Senior Center, 646 A Street, Davis, CA 95616.
Contact: Inez Moran (530) 756-8682
Email: mimcerm@aol.com
Friends of Yolo County Archives
Mail: 226 Buckeye Street, Woodland, CA 95695-2600
Contact Howard E. Moore (530) 756-7911
Genealogical Association of Sacramento
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of the month, 12:30 pm (except Jul, Aug & Dec) at Belle Coolidge Library, 5600 South Land Park Drive, Sacramento.
Mail: P.O. Box 292145, Sacramento, CA 95829-2145.
Contact: Esther McAllister (916) 682-8004 http://www.quiknet.com/~bbetts/gas.htm
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday each month, except July & Dec, 7:00 p.m. at
1600 Carver Road, Modesto., Mail: P. O. Box A, Modesto, CA 95352-3660
Contact: Maybelle Allen rmallen@thevision.net
Web site: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/gssc.html
Germans from Russia Heritage Society
Mail: 3200 Truxel Road #170, Sacramento 95833
Contact Irma Lowe, (916) 922-8177
General John Sutter Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Meetings: 3rd Saturday each month, 1:00 pm.
Contact: Margaret Wilson (916) 488-4856
Grass Roots Genealogy Group
17730 Minnow Way, Penn Valley, CA 95946
Contact: Marguerite McCurry 530-432-1870
Email: mmccurry@thegrid.net Meetings: every Wed 9:30 a.m. Senior Center, Grass Valley Fairgrounds.
Hungarian/American Friendship Society
Mail: 2701 Corabel Lane, #34, Sacramento, CA 95821- 5233.
Contact: Doug Holmes (916) 489-9599
Jewish Genealogical Society of Sacramento
Meetings: 3rd Monday - Apr, May, Aug, Sep, Oct. at 7:00 p.m.
3rd Sunday Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov, Dec at 10:00 a.m.
Albert Einstein Residence Center, Arts & Crafts Room, 1935 Wright St, Sacramento. Mail: 2351 Wyda Way, Sacramento, CA 95825
Contact: Robert 'Bob' Wascou 916-486-0906 ext. 361.
Email: JGS_Sacramento@hotmail.com
http://www.jewishgen.org/ajgs/jgs-sacramento/
Meetings: 3rd Thursday each month, 1:00 pm at Mission Oaks Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael. Mail: P.O. Box 216, Carmichael, CA 95609-0216. Contact: Elizabeth Kohler (916) 482-8531.
http://www.2xtreme.net/mogc/index.html
Mission Oaks PAF User's Group
Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month, 1:00 to 4:00 pm at Mission Oaks Community Center, 4701 Gibbons Drive, Carmichael.
Mail: 4813 Alexon Dr, Sacramento, CA 95841.
Contact: Elizabeth Kohler (916) 482-8531.
Mother Lode Colony of the Society of Mayflower Descendants
Meetings 2nd Saturday of Jan., Mar., May, Sept., Nov.
Contact person, Janet Levi, 3580 Four Springs Drive, Rescue, CA 95672-9530.
Phone 530-677-3436
Nevada County Genealogical Society
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday each month, 6:30 pm at
Community Room, Nevada Co. Library, 980 Helling Way, Nevada City.
Mail: PO Box 176, Cedar Ridge, CA 95924.
Contact: Maria Brower (530) 272-2119
Paradise Genealogical Society*
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday each month, 7:00 pm at
Paradise Ridge Senior Center, 877 Nunneley Road, Paradise.
Mail: PO Box 460, Paradise, CA 95967.
Contact: (530)-877-2330.
Philip Fowler Chapter, Daughters of American Colonists
Contact: Annabel Audet (916) 736-2024
Placer County Genealogical Society
Meetings 1st Tue at 10 a.m. & 4th Thurs at 7 p.m.
Website: http://www.webcom.com/gunruh/pcgs.html
Priscilla Alden Chapter, Colonial Dames - 17th Century
Contact: Doris Pike (916) 489-9461
Root Cellar, Sacramento Genealogical Society
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday each month, workshop 6:30 pm, meeting 7:30 pm at
Citrus Heights Elementary School, 7085 Auburn Blvd, Citrus Heights (corner of Old Auburn & Sylvan Road). Mail: P O Box 265, Citrus Heights, CA 95611.
Contact: Sammie Hudgens (916) 481-4930
Email: SAMIHUD@aol.com
Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~carcsgs/rootcellar.html
Roots & Gold Dust Genealogical Society
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month, 1:00 pm, at LDS Church, 3275 Ceder Ravine Road, Placerville.
Mail: PO Box 1354, Diamond Springs, CA 95619-1354.
Contact: Terry Diane Mee
Email: apee@innercite.com
ROOTS (Researching Our Old Ties Society)
Meeting: 3rd Tuesday each month.
Call for locations. (north area)
Contact: Wanda Yaum (916) 722-5318
Roseville Genealogical Society
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday, Regular Meeting & 4th Tuesdays Educations Day
Mail: P. O. Box 459, Roseville, CA 95678-0459
Contact: Roge Semple Email: rsemple@gotnet.net
Website: http://www.rootsweb.com/~carvgs/rgs.htm
Sacramento Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution
Meetings: 2nd Monday each month (except Apr & Nov) at
Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento.
Contact: Virginia DeGregory (916) 481-0613.
Sacramento Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution
Meetings: 3rd Friday of the month, 6:30 pm.
Contact: Russ Callison (916) 446-7746
Sacramento German Genealogy Society*
Meetings: 4th Tuesday of the month (except Nov & Dec), 1:00 pm at
St. Mark's United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall, 2391 St. Marks Way, Sacramento.
Mail: P.O. Box 660061, Sacramento, CA 95866.
Contact: Betty Matyas (916) 363-2390.
http://www.SacGerGenSoc.org
Sacramento Welsh Circle
Mail to: 4916 Palm Avenue, Sacramento, CA 95841.
Contact: Pat Hillman (916) 332-4550
Meetings: 3rd Thursday each month, 1:30 pm at
Stockton Public Library, Park & Oak Streets, Stockton.
Mail: PO Box 4817, Stockton, CA 95204.
Contact: Karen Ramos (209) 944-8221
Sloughhouse Area Genealogical Society (SAGS)
Mail: P. O. Box 674, Sloughhouse CA 95683.
Contact: Peg Cronk, Voice Mail 916-354-8789/E-Mail: rmcasags@ancestry.com
Solano County Genealogical Society*
Meetings: 4th Thursday each month, Jan-Jun, Sept & Oct, 7:00 pm at
Senior Center, Christenson Room, 1200 Civic Center Dr, Fairfield.
Mail: P.O. Box 2494, Fairfield, CA 94533-0249.
Contact: Nancy Morebeck (707) 448-5217/ Email: nmorebeck@jps.net
Web Site: http://www.scgsinc.org
Tuolomne County Genealogical Society
Mail: P.O. Box 3956, Sonora CA 95370-3956.
Contact: Phyllis Hembree, P.O. Box 643, Twain Harte, CA 95383
United Daughters of the Confederacy, Fort Sumter Chapter
Mail: 6450 Wise Road, Auburn, CA 95603.
Contact: Missy Wilson (530) 889-0915
Long Range Planning Calendar
http://feefhs.org/ghcsv/cal/cal-long.html
California Genealogy Society