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California Resources

SF Genealogy - Genealogy and History for the San Francisco Bay Area
Huntington Library - Early California Mission Records
Vital Search - California State (vital record indexes- free and subscription options)
RootsWeb Links to California Records
California Sate Genealogical Alliance
Online Archives of California (manuscript collections in California archives)
California Historical Society
California Genealogy
California Military Museum

Free Websites

Cyndi's List of Genealogical Sites on the Internet
Family Search
Family Search Scanned Records
Genealogy Buff
Google Books (search for surname or place)
US GenWeb Project
BYU digital Collections
Find A Grave
Distant Cousin
Ancestor Hunt
Library of Congress Digital Collections
National Archives digital collections
Google Images (historic photographs)
David Rumsey Historic Map Collection
US Newspaper Program

Subscription Websites (search indexes for free - some free records)

World Vital Records
Ancestry
Genealogy Bank - Historic Newspapers
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Irish Origins (also British, Scottish)