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Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift. ''Spanish and Indian Place Names of California''. San Francisco, California: A.M. Robertson, 1930. ({{FHL|116521|title-id|disp=Family History Library film 1320727 item 2}}.)  
 
Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift. ''Spanish and Indian Place Names of California''. San Francisco, California: A.M. Robertson, 1930. ({{FHL|116521|title-id|disp=Family History Library film 1320727 item 2}}.)  
  
=== '''Web Sites<br>''' ===
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=== '''Web Sites<br>''' ===
  
[http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/geospatial/calmaps.htm#gazetteers http://library.humboldt.edu/%7Erls/geospatial/calmaps.htm#gazetteers]  
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[https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B9SKzQy6EHYAZjhlNGFkYTEtODk3Ni00OWIyLWE1MDEtNzAwOTVlMTc4ZjY1&hl=en Index to California Places in the Schellens Collection]&nbsp;- San Mateo County Genealogical Society<br>
  
http://www.alexandria.ucsb.edu/gazetteer/dgie/DGIE_website/gaz_links.htm  
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[http://library.humboldt.edu/~rls/geospatial/calmaps.htm#gazetteers Humboldt State University - California Gazetteer]
  
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/EART/MapCollections.html  
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[http://130.166.124.2/CApage1.html Digital Atlas of California]&nbsp;Professor William Bowen: California State University Northridge
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[http://geogdata.csun.edu/ California Geological Survey Digital Database]
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[http://california.hometownlocator.com/ California Hometown Locator]&nbsp;
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[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=154:1:841202156775216 USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)]
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[http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html US Census Bureau Gazetteer Files]
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[http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/tgn/index.html Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names]
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Several helpful guides to California place names have been published. Two of the most useful are:

Gudde, Erwin Gustav. California Place Names. Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 1969. (FHL book 979.4 E2ge.)

Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift. Spanish and Indian Place Names of California. San Francisco, California: A.M. Robertson, 1930. (Family History Library film 1320727 item 2.)

Web Sites

Index to California Places in the Schellens Collection - San Mateo County Genealogical Society

Humboldt State University - California Gazetteer

Digital Atlas of California Professor William Bowen: California State University Northridge

California Geological Survey Digital Database

California Hometown Locator 

USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS)

US Census Bureau Gazetteer Files

Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names