California Minority Records online include Japanese American records, African American records, Jewish records, Native American Records, and more. This is a preliminary list.
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- SR – SearchRoots
- UCI – University of California, Irvine
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California Minority Records Online at the federal level
US – African American – Discover Freedmen, at FS (searches FS Freedmen’s Bureau records)
US – African American – United States Freedmen’s Bureau Miscellaneous Records,1865-1872, index links to images (misc, court, land, labor, medical, African American)(NOT in Discover Freedmen searches)
US – African American – United States Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen, 1865-1872, index & images (census, labor, immigration, slavery, birth, death, military, African American)(NOT in Discover Freedmen searches)
US – African American – United States, Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, index & images (bank, business, family information, African American)
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Hospital and Medical Records, 1865-1872, index & images (medical, African American, cemetery, birth, death, family names)
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau Ration Records,1865-1872, index & images (African American, rations, relief, slavery, slave owners)
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Freedmen’s Court Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, court, military, school, misc)
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Land and Property Records, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, land, court)
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of Freedmen’s Complaints, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, legal)
US – African American – United States, Freedmen’s Bureau, Records of the Superintendent of Education and of the Division of Education, 1865-1872, index & images (African American, school, legal)
US – African American – U.S., Freedmen’s Bureau Marriage Records, 1846-1867, at Anc$
US – African American – US Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Database, at NPS
US – African American – Freedman’s Bank Records, 1865-1874, at FS
US – African American – The Faces of Science: African Americans in the Sciences, at UCI
US – African American – African American Griots, at RW
US – African American – Great slave narratives, IA
US – African American – African American genealogy: a bibliography and guide to sources, at FS
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol I, IA
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol II, IA
US – African American – African American slave narratives Vol III, IA
US – African American – African, Americans and the Gettysburg campaign, IA
US – African American – Before the Mayflower : a history of the Negro in America, 1619, 1964, IA
US – African American – Black courage 1775, 1783: Documentation of Black participation in the American Revolution, IA
US – African American – Black genesis : a resource book for African, American genealogy, IA
US – African American – Black Indian genealogy research, IA
US – African American – Black slavery emancipation research in the Northern States, FS
US – African American – Compiled military service records of volunteer soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops : 1st through 5th United States Colored Cavalry, 5th Massachusetts Cavalry (Colored), 6th United States Colored Cavalry : pamphlet describing M1817, IA
US – African American – Compiled military service records of volunteer Union Soldiers who served with the United States Colored Troops, infantry organizations, 14th through 19th, IA
US – African American – Finding a place called home : a guide to African, American genealogy and historical identity, IA
US – African American – Forgotten patriots : African American and American Indian patriots of the Revolutionary War : a guide to service, sources, and studies, DAR
US – African American – Free Negro owners of slaves in the United States in 1830, together with Absentee ownership of slaves in the United States in 1830, GB
US – African American – Generations past : a selected list of sources for Afro, American genealogical research, at FS
US – African American – History of the American negro and his institutions, at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 1. Cases from the courts of England, Virginia, West Virginia, and Kentucky), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 2. Cases from the courts of North Carolina, South Carolina, and Tennessee), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 3. Cases from the courts of Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 4. Cases from the Courts of New England, the Middle States, and the District of Columbia), at FS
US – African American – Judicial cases concerning American slavery and the Negro (Vol. 5. Cases from the Courts of States North of the Ohio and west of the Mississippi Rivers, Canada and Jamaica), at FS
US – African American – List of Black servicemen compiled from the War Department collection of Revolutionary War records, at FS
US – African American – List of free black heads of families in the first census of the United States, 1790, at FS
US – African American – Memorials of Lieut. George H. Walcott, late of the 30th U.S. Colored Troops, HT
US – African American – Missing pages in American history : revealing the services of Negroes in the early wars in the United States of America, 1641, 1815, GB
US – African American – Negro population in the United States, 1790, 1915, HT
US – African American – Noted Negro women : their triumphs and activities, at FS
US – African American – Patriots of color: a peculiar beauty and merit : African Americans and Native Americans at Battle Road & Bunker Hill, HT
US – African American – Progress of a race, or, The remarkable advancement of the American Negro : from the bondage of slavery, ignorance, and poverty to the freedom of citizenship, intelligence, affluence, honor and trust, at FS
US – African American – Recollections of a colored troop, LOC
US – African American – Record of the services of the seventh regiment U.S. colored troups, at FS
US – African American – Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd United States Colored Troops, late 1st S.C. Volunteers, GB
US – African American – Report to the Freedmen’s Inquiry Commission, 1864 : the refugees from slavery in Canada West, HT
US – African American – Services of colored Americans in the wars of 1776 and 1812, at FS
US – African American – Slavery in the courtroom: an annotated bibliography of American cases, HT
US – African American – The colored patriots of the American Revolution, GB
US – African American – The colored patriots of the American Revolution, with sketches of several distinguished colored persons : to which is added a brief survey of the condition and prospects of colored Americans, GB
US – African American – The Forty, Third Regiment United States Colored Troops, Gutenberg
US – African American – The National cyclopedia of the colored race, GB
US – African American – The negro as a soldier in the war of the rebellion, LOC
US – African American – The Negro soldier : a select compilation, at FS
US – African American – The underground rail road : a record of facts, authentic narratives, letters, &c. narrating the hardships hair, breadth escapes and death struggles of the slaves in their efforts for freedom, as related by themselves and others, or witnessed by the author, HathiTrust
US – African American – The Underground railroad from slavery to freedom, Gutenberg
US – African American – Two colored women with the American Expeditionary Forces, at FS
US – African American – Who’s who in colored America : an illustrated biographical directory of nolable living persons of African descent in the United States, at FS
US – Japanese American – United States Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, 1942-1946, index
US – Japanese American – United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1942-1946, index & images
US – Minorities – United States, War Relocation Authority centers, final accountability rosters, 1945-1946
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Census Rolls, 1885-1940, index links to images
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Enrollment Records, 1908-1910, index links to images
US – Native American – United States, Native American, Eastern Cherokee Indian Reservation Rolls, 1848-1970, index & images
California Minority Records Online at the state level
California – Minorities – California och dess svenska befolkning, af Ernst Skarstedt : Med en färglagd karta öfver California, öfver 200 portätt och 100 andra illustrationer. På eget förlag
California – Minorities – Censuses of California, 1852, 1860, 1870, 1880 : Chinese names in census rolls
California – Minorities – Chilenos in California : a study of the 1850, 1852 and 1860 censuses
California – Minorities – Chinese and the early settlement of San Francisco
California – Minorities – The Chinese in Northern California
California – Minorities – The Irish race in California, and on the Pacific coast : with an introductory historical dissertation on the principal races of mankind, and a vocabulary of ancient and modern Irish family names
California – Minorities – The Irish race in California, and on the Pacific coast : with an introductory historical dissertation on the principal races of mankind, and a vocabulary of ancient and modern Irish family names
California – Minorities – Jugoslav-American immigrant history series
California – Minorities – Polish pioneers of California
California – Minorities – Records of the American Missionary Association (Congregational) among the Chinese : principally in California
California – Minorities – Death claim registers, 1880-1979; membership registers, 1880-1964
California – Minorities – The Baobab tree : quarterly journal of the African American Genealogical Society of Northern California, Inc. founded 1996
California – Minorities – CCC chatter = California Czechoslovak Club news
California – Native American – Agency records, 1915-1934
California – Native American – Birth and death certificates, 1901-1947
California – Native American – Birth and death records, 1901-1924
California – Native American – Births and deaths, 1910-1947
California – Native American – Births and deaths, 1924-1938
California – Native American – Census records for Roseburg, Greenville and Tule River agencies, 1897-1940
California – Native American – Census records for Tule River Indian Reservation, 1934-1940
California – Native American – Census records, 1896-1935
California – Native American – Census records, 1904-1942
California – Native American – Census records, 1910-1935
California – Native American – Census records, 1928, 1935
California – Native American – Census records, 1931-1943
California – Native American – A century of dishonor : a sketch of the United States government’s dealings with some of the Indian tribes
California – Native American – A century of dishonor : a sketch of the United States government’s dealings with some of the Indian tribes
California – Native American – The Chemehuevi Indians of southern California
California – Native American – The Diegueño Indians : Phonetic elements of the Diegueño language by A. L. Kroeber and J. P. Harrington ; The anniversary: a contemporary Diegueño complex by John A. Woodward
California – Native American – The federal Indian policy in California, 1846-1860
California – Native American – Heirship fees due from heirs up to December 31, 1916
California – Native American – History of the legal status of the American Indian with particular reference to California
California – Native American – Index cards for Indians living within jurisdiction of Roseburg or Greenville agencies, 1914-1918
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, Bishop Agency, 1916-1926
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, California Special, 1907-1915
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, Campo, 1916-1920
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, Carson, 1909-1939
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, Colorado River, 1885-1940
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, Fort Bidwell, 1915-1930
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, Fort Yuma, 1905-1935
California – Native American – Indian census rolls, Hoopa Valley, 1885-1939
California – Native American – Indians census rolls, Digger, 1899-1904 and 1915-1920
California – Native American – Indians census rolls, Greenville, 1916-1923
California – Native American – Indians of southern California
California – Native American – Land claims and surveys, 1899-1919
California – Native American – Land records, 1909-1923
California – Native American – A mission record of the California Indians : from a manuscript in the Bancroft Library
California – Native American – Northern California Agency enrollment records, 1952
California – Native American – Old missions and mission Indians of California
California – Native American – Record of employees, 1880-1911
California – Native American – Record of students, 1897-1911, 1915
California – Native American – Records of employees, 1873-1920
California – Native American – Records of heirships, early 1900’s
California – Native American – Report upon the conditions and needs of the Indians of the northwest coast
California – Native American – San Antonio de Padua, the mission in the Sierras
California – Native American – San Luis Rey Mission
California – Native American – Sanitary records of sick and etc., 1890-1905
California – Native American – School records, 1896-1942
California – Native American – School records, 1897-1916
California – Native American – School records, 1920-1940
California – Native American – Special census of Indians, 1880
California – Native American – Special census of Indians, Round Valley Agency, l880
California – Native American – Wills, 1891-1908
California – Native American – Tribal information and directory
California – Native American – The Cahuilla Indians of Southern California [their history and culture]
California – Native American – Early skeletons from Tranquillity, California
California – Native American – Indians of California
California – Native American – Descriptive lists [of records at the BIA Phoenix Area Office]
California – Native American – Yokuts language of California
California – Native American – Bear facts newsletter, Mar. – Nov. 1973
California – Swedish Americans – Name Indexes to Swedish Americans, at AC (CA, IL, IA, TX, WA)
California Minority Records Online at the county level
Lake County – Native Races – Lake County (California) History, at FS
Lake County – Native Races- A Gift from the Heart : Two Pomo Artists : Mary Benson (1876-1930); William Benson (1862-1937), at FS
Los Angeles County – Native Races – The Indians of Los Angeles County, at FS
Mariposa County – Native Races – Indians of the Yosemite Valley and Vicinity : Their History, Customs and Traditions, at FS
San Diego County – Native Races – History – Coochama: the Sacred Mountain of the Red Men, at FS
San Francisco County – Minorities – Chinese in San Francisco, at FS
San Francisco County – Minorities – Chinese in San Francisco, at FS
San Francisco County – Minorities – Extracts from San Francisco Newspapers, 1849-1870, at FS
San Francisco County – Minorities – Newspapers – Extracts from San Francisco Newspapers, 1849-1870, at FS
San Francisco County – Minorities – Settlement and Early Land Records of San Francisco, at FS
San Francisco County – Minorities – Settlement and Early Land Records of San Francisco, at FS
San Joaquin County – Minorities – Armenia and the San Joaquin Valley, at FS
Siskiyou County – Native Races – History – Periodicals – The Siskiyou Pioneer and Yearbook, at FS
Sonoma County – Minorities – History – The Russian Settlement in California Known As Fort Ross; Founded 1812, Abandoned 1841 : Why the Russians Came and Why They Left, at FS
California Minority Records Online at the county level
Grass Valley – Minorities – Cornish Mining Families of Grass Valley, California, at FS
Los Angeles – Jewish History – Southwest Jewry : an Account of Jewish Progress and Achievement in the Southland, at FS
Reedley – Minorities – History – The History of the Reedley Finns, at FS
San Francisco – Jewish Records – Papers and Documents, 1854-1900, at FS
Watsonville – Minorities – The Slav Community of Watsonville, California : As Reported in Old Newspapers (1920-1929), at FS
Yreka – Minorities – The Siskiyou Pioneer and Yearbook – V. 2 (1951-1957) – V. 2, No. 4 (fall 1953), at FS
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