Hi Jack, Haven't seen a response to your inquiry on line so here goes: You have to visit the CA room of the State Library. Start here for an excellent article by Sandra Harris on what to expect: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/caroom.html 900 N Street Sacramento, CA 95814 California History Room Room 200 Phone: 916-654-0176 Email to: cslcal@library.ca.gov California State Library materials are available for all Californians for in-library use. Librarians and other staff are available in public service areas Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. in Sacramento here is a list of what they have available to research - print it out and make a list of what you want to look at before you go http://www.library.ca.gov/html/genealogy.html Close by is the Clifornia State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State´s Office, which has an extensive collection of records from the agencies of State government. Information on individuals may be found in these records. The State Archives is located at 1020 O Street, Sacramento, CA 95814. Ph: (916) 653-2246. I haven't been the archives so I can't comment on it. Maybe someone else can. Colleen Norby -----Original Message----- From: Your Name <jkennedywinterset@worldnet.att.net> To: CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, December 07, 1999 7:43 PM Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Sacramento Resource Suggestions >I am planning to be in the Sacramento area in February looking for >information on my gggf, Robert Kennedy(b.1818 in Pa.) who left his >family in Illinois in 1858-60 and went around the Cape to the goldfields >of California. His wife received a few letters and then was never heard >from again. I have checked the Ca. census from 1860 -1900, San Francisco >Passenger lists and San Fran papers with no sucess. Any suggestions for >a starting place would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. >Jack Kennedy > > >==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== >Automatic Administrative Reminder: >ROOTSWEB is archiving the CA-GOLDRUSH-D digest messages, and the search screen >is at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=CA-GOLDRUSH >