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The California page provides the following links to basic California information:

Find Volunteers in California counties, starting with:
A thru I   J thru L   M thru R       S       T thru Z    

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Researchers -- General Guidelines

When making requests of volunteers:

  • Make requests specific -- avoid being too general.
  • Make requests ONLY for the volunteer's specified research areas. (Do not ask for out-of-area requests.)
  • Never ask more than one volunteer for the same request.
  • Ask the volunteer what reimbursements they require: copies, gas, parking, etc.
  • Negotiate an estimated completion time ... Remember: volunteers are not "on the clock," may research for multiple people, and respond reasonably as their time permits.

Note: If no volunteer exists for an area, Follow the page, for alerts of page changes.


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NEW (and existing) volunteers, contact: the Wiki Admin with the following information:

  • State:
  • County:
  • Your "display" name: ("Suz-eQ" ... "Sue" ... "Susanna Smith," etc.)
  • Volunteer Services: (Describe your services -- i.e., tombstone photos, obituaries, public records lookups, etc.)
  • Reimbursements (if any) for: gas/mileage, copies, fees, postage, parking, etc.

Note: Always provide researcher with an estimated completion time.

EXISTING volunteers may also Update Your Volunteer Information yourself.)

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Find Volunteers in California counties, starting with:
[ A thru I ]      [ J thru L ]      [ M thru R ]      [    S    ]      [ T thru Z ]

California Volunteers

The Volunteer table below provides a list of California volunteers who will provide research assistance in the specified counties.

County Volunteer's Name Volunteer Services
ALL Art Suever CITY DIRECTORIES and FAMILY HISTORIES
  • Can help with family histories listed in the Allen Co. Public Library Genealogy Catalog (ACPL). If there is a listing for a book, provide me with a list of titles/call numbers, family surname(s), and what family information you're looking for. (Also check the availability of ACPL microtext records (microfilm and microfiche).)
  • The ACPL is the foremost repository for city directories. I can research hard cover city directories found in the ACPL Genealogy Catalog or microfiche and microfilm city directories found in the ACPL microtext catalog. (Please specify city, date range needed, and person(s) of interest.)

Note: I do not live in California ... I live in Allen Co., IN.

ALL Sunny Shafer BLACK SHEEP ANCESTORS

Over the years I have accumulated several files/records, documents, news items etc (5 GB) I have scanned/transcribed/digitized so I can search my hard drive easily. This info includes in part: prison, asylum, inmate, mug shots & Bertillon records, wanted & missing posters, photos, poor/alms/work houses, orphanages, sanitariums, court records, road/prison camp, executions, pardons, convict ships info etc. This info covers all U.S. states [and other countries] and all time frames from 1400's to present but primarily 18th & 19th century.

ALL Shelli Steedman I can lookup censuses in any state.
ALL Jerry MINING ACCIDENTS, fatal and nonfatal, 1866 - 1911, with miner's name can provide name date and reference source.
ALL Shelli Steedman I can lookup CA Births 1905-1995, Pre-1905 Deaths and 1940-1997 Deaths on indices. I can also help with censuses in any state. I live in WA.
ALL Margaret Posehn I have the California birth and death indexes from 1905 through 2009. I am willing to search these indexes for free; however, please do not request more than five at a time.
Butte Donna Probate Abstracts 1850-1880; Register of Delayed Births (Applications for Birth Certificate); 1890 Great Register (1884-1890 Voter Registrations); Newspaper Vitals 1880-1899; Earliest Deaths and Burials Butte County CA 1859-1905. Multiple Cemeteries with older burials and no office for look-up. My claim to fame is finding that hard to locate burial. No reimbursement, as I only do look-ups from indexes at home. Respond, normally within a week, by email.

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