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A Personal Name Index to Orton's Records of

California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867

Contributed by J. Carlyle Parker

A Personal Name Index to Orton's Records of California Men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867: Index. Gale Genealogy and Local History Series; v. 5. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1978. 153 p. Out-of-print.

Reprint. Turlock, Calif.: Marietta Publication Co. (2115 North Denair Avenue, 95382; 209-634-9473), 1994. 2 microfiches.
 

Hilda Bohem, Books of the Southwest, no. 243, February 1979, p. 3 --

"Orton's, an invaluable genealogical resource, is arranged by rank and/or company, a difficult approach for most research. Here we have a much needed alphabetical index as well as a list the compiler has extracted of volunteers identified as Black."
Dr. Doyce B. Nunis, Jr., Southern California Quarterly 62 (Summer 1980): 198-99. --
"Parker's volume rights that time-consuming search [in Orton] by offering the more than 14,000 names in alphabetical order, followed by the page(s) in Orton...."
The Genealogical Helper 33 (January/February 1979): 83. --
"Orton's register included: the full name of the soldiers; rank; place and date of enrollment; date of enlistment; date of muster, and remarks for each individual as to reason; desertion; reenlistment; transfer; promotion; discharge; death; and wounds."
Gill Todd Bodziony, American Reference Books Annual 1979, pp. 243-44. --
"Parker's index will save all genealogists time in using the register. Parker advises in his introduction as to how to obtain additional information on an ancestor from the compiled service and pension records in the National Archives. Genealogists unaware that the National Archives can provide additional information to that in Orton's register will find this fact useful."
Cindy Lo Buglio, Spanish-American Genealogist Annual 1979, pp. 31-34. --
"Since many of us have overlooked this material in the past, the Parker Index is a most welcome contribution which will make the use of the Records much easier."
Some California libraries that have the above index:
  • Alameda Free Library
  • Berkeley Public Library
  • California Historical Society Library
  • California State Library
  • California State University, Chico
  • California State University, Fresno
  • California State University, Hayward
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • California State University, Los Angeles
  • California State University, Northridge
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • California State University, Stanislaus
  • Carlsbad City Library
  • Claremont College
  • Contra Costa County Library
  • El Dorado County Library
  • Glendale Public Library
  • Los Angeles Public Library
  • Marin County Free Library
  • Mendocino County Library
  • Merced County Library
  • Monterey County Library
  • Napa City County Library
  • Natural Hist. Mus. Found., LA County
  • Pasadena Public Library
  • Pomona Public Library
  • Riverside City & County Public Library
  • Sacramento Public Library
  • Salinas Public Library
  • San Bernardino County Library
  • San Bernardino Public Library
  • San Diego Public Library
  • San Diego State University
  • San Francisco Public Library
  • San Francisco State University
  • San Jose Public Library
  • San Jose State University
  • San Leandro Community Library
  • San Mateo County Library
  • Santa ana Public Library
  • Santa Barbara Public Library
  • Santa Clara City Library
  • Santa Clara County Free Library
  • Santa Clara University
  • Santa Maria Public Library
  • Society of California Pioneers, The
  • Solano County Library
  • Sonoma County Library
  • Sonoma State University
  • Southwest Mus., Braun Res. Library
  • Stanford University Library
  • Stanislaus County Free Library
  • Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
  • Sutro Library
  • University of California, Bancroft Library
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, LA
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of California, San Diego
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of California, Santa Cruz
  • University of Southern California
  • Ventura County Library Service
  • Yolo County Library
  • Yuba County Library
The entry for most library catalogs for Richard H. Orton's list is as follows:
  
California. Adjutant General's Office.  Records of California Men 
in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867.  Sacramento: State
Office, 1890.  887 p.  Out-of-print.
     Reprint.  Detroit: Gale Research, 1979.  Out-of-print.
     Microfiche.  Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms (300 N.
Zeeb Rd., 48106; 313-761-4700), 1993. 10 microfiches. 
     Microfilm.  Berkeley: University of California, Library 
Photographic Service (94720; 510-642-3773), 1986. 
     Microfilm.  Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Library
(Wadsworth House, 02138; 617-495-3650), 19??.
     Microfilm.  Cox Library County, State & Local Histories. 
Part 4, Rocky Mountain and Pacific Coast Region, California; Reel 
37, No. 146.  Tucson, Ariz.: Americana Unlimited, 1974.


Some California libraries that have the above book:

  • Berkeley Public Library
  • California Historical Society Library
  • California State Library
  • California State University, Bakersfield Reprint by Gale
  • California State University, Chico Reprint by Gale
  • California State University, Dominguez Hills Reprint by Gale
  • California State University, Fresno
  • California State University, Fullerton Reprint by Gale
  • California State University, Hayward
  • California State University, Long Beach
  • California State University, Los Angeles
  • California State University, Northridge Reprint by Gale
  • California State University, Sacramento
  • California State University, San Bernardino
  • California State University, Stanislaus
  • Carlsbad City Library Reprint by Gale
  • Claremont College
  • El Dorado County Library Reprint by Gale
  • Fullerton Public Library
  • Glendale Public Library Reprint by Gale
  • Humboldt State University
  • Huntington Library Art Gallery & Gardens Reprint by Gale
  • Los Angeles Public Library
  • Monterey County Library Reprint by Gale
  • Monterey Public Library
  • Natural Hist. Mus. Found., LA County
  • Nevada County Library
  • Oceanside Public Library
  • Pomona Public Library
  • Riverside City & County Public Library
  • Sacramento Public Library
  • San Bernardino County Library Reprint by Gale
  • San Diego Public Library Reprint by Gale
  • San Francisco Public Library
  • San Francisco State University Reprint by Gale
  • San Jose State University
  • San Leandro Community Library Reprint by Gale
  • San Mateo County Library
  • Santa Clara University Reprint by Gale
  • Society of California Pioneers, The
  • Solano County Library Reprint by Gale
  • Sonoma County Library Reprint by Gale
  • Southwest Mus., Braun. Res. Library
  • Stanford University Library
  • Stanislaus County Free Library Reprint by Gale
  • Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library
  • Sutro Library
  • Tehama County Library Reprint by Gale
  • University of California, Bancroft Library
  • University of California, Berkeley
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of California, LA
  • University of California, Riverside
  • University of California, Santa Barbara
  • University of California, Santa Cruz Reprint by Gale
  • University of Redlands
  • University of San Diego, J S Copley Library
  • University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library
  • Yuba County Library