Janet, if you are familiar with the CA Room the index is located in the back by the DAR Books, the Cemetery Books, the Whos Who Books and the census indexes. If you face the book shelves with the table (that has the NDGW and DAR index books on it) behind you and then look down to the last two shelves of the bookcase you will see the large dark blue books on those shelves are the Alta Index. To the right side is the location of the County History Books (the Alcove) and to the left side are the file cabinets with the CAIF. Hope this helps you find them. If you need more help ask the staff, Bill and Sybil know where they are. You wrote: > >-- [ From: Janet Anderson * EMC.Ver #2.5.3 ] -- > >Believe you mentioned the Alta Index (1854-1875) as being in the >California Room in Sacramento. Can you tell me exactly where it is >located? Many thanks. Janet >