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California Military Museum

1119 - 2nd Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Open 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. Phone: (916) 442-2883

California State Archives

1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Open Mon-Fri, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. Phone: (916) 653-2246. Holdings: Records of California. Root Cellar genealogy collection on 4th floor. Web site: http://www.ss.ca.gov/archives/archives.htm

California State Library, California Room

900 N Street, 2nd floor, Sacramento, CA 95814. Open Mon-Fri. Phone: (916) 654-0176. Holdings: California

California State Railroad Museum Library

111 "I" Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Phone: (916) 448-4466. Holdings: Southern Pacific Railroad records

California State University Sacramento Library

6000 J Street (on campus), Sacramento. Phone: (916) 278-6926. Holdings: Worldwide

California Vital Statistics

State Department of Health Services, Office of the State Registrar, 304 S Street, PO Box 730241, Sacramento, CA 94244-0241. Phone: (916) 445-2684. As of 1 Jan 1997: Births - $18*; Marriages - $12; Deaths - $8. *Higher in some counties.

Root Cellar Genealogical Library Collection

Genealogy Collection in California State Archives, 4th floor, 1020 O Street, Sacramento. Open: Mon-Fri, 9:30 am to 4:00 pm. & 1st Saturday of each month. Contact: Sammie Hudgens (916) 481-4930. Holdings: Worldwide

Old Sacramento Schoolhouse Museum

Front & L Streets, Old Sacramento. Contact: Suzanne Hicklin (916) 483-8818

Sacramento Archives & Museum Collection Center (SAMCC)

551 Sequoia Pacific Blvd., Sacramento CA 95814-0229. Research by appointment only: (916) 264-7072

Sacramento Central Public Library

Main Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Phone: (916) 264-2700, Reference (916) 264-2920. Holdings: Worldwide (includes Genealogical Association of Sacramento’s collection on fourth floor).

Sacramento City Cemetery Archives

10th & Broadway, Sacramento. Mail: PO Box 255345, Sacramento, CA 95865-5345. Phone: (916) 448-5665 or 448-0811 for tours. Holdings: Sacramento deaths and burials 1850 to present, City Cemetery records 1850-1927.Web site: http://www.jps.net/occc/cemetery.htm

Sacramento County Recorder

600 8th Street, PO Box 839, Sacramento, CA 95812-0839. Phone: (916) 440-7797; Recording: (916) 440-6326

Sacramento Regional LDS Family History Center

2745 Eastern Avenue, Sacramento. Mail: 8556 Pershing Ave., Sacramento, CA 95628. Phone: (916) 487-2090. Open Tues, Thurs, Fri - 10:00 am to 9:30 pm, Wed 10:00 am to 4:30 pm. Director: Mel Stephensen (916) 967-2142 E-mail: mels@lanset.com Holdings: Worldwide

Vintage Park LDS Family History Center

8925 Vintage Park Drive, Elk Grove, CA. Open Tue 10:00 am - 1:00 pm, 6:00 - 9:00 pm, Wed 10:00 am - 4:00 pm, 5:00 - 9:00 pm, Thu 10:00 am - 5:00 pm, 7:00 - 9:00 pm. Mail: Daniel Holmes, Director, 8901 Melodic Court, Elk Grove, CA 95624-2651 Phone: 688-5554