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Online Databases

 * California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950 - ($)
 * California, Pioneer Index, 1769-1848 - ($)
 * Roster of California Pioneers - Native Daughters of the Golden West; Index only; 35,000 pioneers entries who lived in California before 1870 have been submitted by descendants. The index shows each pioneer's name, volume and page number. Original entries in San Francisco may contain the full name of pioneer, place and date of birth, marriage and death, date of arrival in California, method of travel, name of rail or vessel; states lived in prior to California, place and year of California residence; where educated, profession or occupation, public offices held; names of children; parents' names; name, address, relationship of informant (if any); date of registration and other comments. For a small fee NDGW will copy original biographies.
 * Native Daughters of the Golden West California Pioneer Project Master Surname Index - CaGenWeb - Index of California Pioneers who resided or were born in California before December 31, 1869.
 * Over-land Trail - Website listing multiple trail lists for various states
 * Paper Trail Database - By Oregon California Trails Association; A Guide to Overland Pioneer Document

Books Online

 * Charles Warren Haskins, The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents That Occurred in California in Early Mining Days (New York: Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1890) Google books digital copy. Internet Archive digital copy. Includes about 27,000 names.
 * Index to above book - - Libera Martina Spinazze,Index to the Argonauts of California (New Orleans, La.: Polyanthus, 1975) FamilySearch Catalog] WorldCat entry. Includes the pioneer's name, page in Haskins, and a note listing the pioneer's mining company (or other group); if by ship, its port of departure, and either the date of sailing or arrival.


 * Paper Trail. A guide to Overland Pioneer Names & Documents. Oregon California Trails Association.

 Additional Sources
 * California Pioneer Index
 * California Pioneer Project: CAGenWeb USGenWeb Project
 * Native Daughters of the Golden West. Index to Roster of California Pioneers. San Francisco, California: Native Daughters of the Golden West, 2001. FHL 979.4 H22i 2002
 * Daughters of the American Revolution (California). Unpublished records of the families of California pioneers. FHL 13 rolls
 * Solano County Genealogicl Society. Index to the DAR "Records of the families of the California pioneers." 2 volumes. Fairfield, California: Solano County Genealogical Society, 1988-1991. FHL 979.452 D22i
 * Bill Principe. Nantucket to California: the gold rush exodus. Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 2001 FHL 973 W2pn
 * David H. Johnson. Sonora Pass pioneers. California Bound Emigrants and Explorers, 1841-1864. Sonora, California: Tuolumne County Historical Society, 2006. FHL 979.4 W2j
 * Kenneth E. Weant. The 49ers, as reported by the Missouri Republication,St. Louis,Missouri. 10 volumes.Arlington, Texas : K.E. Weant, c2004-2010 FHL 977.8 D2wk
 * Edwin G. Gudde. California gold camps : a geographical and historical dictionary of camps, towns, and localities where gold was found and mined; wayside stations and trading centers. Berkeley,California: University of California Press, 1975. FHL 979.4 E24g
 * Oregon-California Trail Sources
 * Society of California Pioneers