The Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society (L-AGS) has just published a reprint of a "lost" index to Wood's "History of Alameda County, California," 1883. The full book, reprinted in 1969, is widely held by libraries in California and elsewhere, but it contains only a perfunctory index, mainly keyed on the names of prominent citizens who paid to have their biographies printed in the book. The Works Progress Administration compiled a complete name and subject index to Wood's "History" in 1936. In contrast to the book itself, this index appears to be rare. A search failed to find it in the online catalogs of the LDS Family History Library, the Library of Congress, the University of California, Sutro Library, the California State Library, the Oakland Public Library or the San Francisco City Library. However, the Alameda County Library has a carbon copy typescript of the index (VCa 974 Wood's...) housed in a locked case in the Maurice Marks Center for Local and California History in the Fremont Main Library. It is the Alameda County Library copy of the index that has just been reprinted by L-AGS. L-AGS's reprint is a xerographic reproduction of the carbon copy index, 8 1/2 x 11 inches, 223 pages, spiral bound, containing about 9000 entries. As a public service, L-AGS is offering the publication for sale for the cost of printing ($20) plus shipping ($3.20). Orders may be sent to: L-AGS ("Wood's Index") P.O. Box 901 Livermore, CA 94551-0901 Checks should be made out to "L-AGS". George Anderson, L-AGS Webmaster