California Genealogical Society and Library
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| Founded | 1898 |
| Location | 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2 Oakland, California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... |
| Website | http://californiaancestors.org/ |
| Blog | http://blog.californiaancestors.org/ |
The California Genealogical Society (CGS) is a non-profit, all-volunteer organization that seeks to aid, educate and encourage research in family history. The society offers research services, online one-of-a-kind genealogical indexes and databases, and a research library housing over 38,000 reference materials from California, the United States, and around the world. It is the oldest continually-operating genealogy society in California.
The society's library is located in Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
's historic Breuner Building at 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2. The library is rich in genealogy reference materials, both standard and unique, covering people and places in California and the rest of the country. CGS is a member of the Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
Federation of Genealogical Societies (FGS)
The Federation of Genealogical Societies is a 501 non-profit corporation founded in January 1976 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. FGS links hundreds of U.S. based genealogy societies and their members....
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