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Library

Understanding SCGS Library Call Numbers

Each Southern California Genealogical Society Family Research Library book has a unique call number. Think of a call number like an address: it reveals where the book is located. Call numbers appear on the spines of books and in the library's catalog. The same call number can be written from top-to-bottom or left-to-right.

Words used in SCGS Library call numbers
(exclusive of geographic terms)
Eight letters or seven with a slash

A to G

  • ABSTRACT

  • ARCHIVE

  • ATLAS

  • AUTOBIO(graphy)

  • BIBLIOG(raphy)

  • BIOGRAP(hy)

  • BIRTHS

  • BISHOPS

  • BRANDS

  • CEMETER(ery)

  • CENSUS

  • CHURCH

  • CIVILWAR

  • COLLEGE

  • COPYR(ight)

  • COUNTY

  • COURT

  • COUTRE(cords)

  • DAR

  • DEATH

  • DEEDS

  • DIRECTO(ry)

  • DNA

  • DUTCH

  • EMIGRAN(t)

  • ENCYCLOP(edia)

  • ETHNIC

  • FAMILY

  • FINANCE

  • GAZETTE

  • GENEALO(gy)

  • GENETIC

  • GEOGRAP(hy)

  • GERMAN

  • GOVERNM(ent)

  • GRAVEST(  )

  • GUIDEBO(ok)

  • GUIDE

​

H to RES

  • HANDBOOK

  • HIGHSCH(ool)

  • HISTORY

  • HOLDINGS

  • INDEX

  • ITALIAN

  • JOURNAL

  • JURISDIC(tion)

  • LAND (GRANTS)

  • LANDREC(ords)

  • LOCATION

  • MANUSCRI(pts)

  • MAPS

  • MARRIAG(e)

  • MEDICAL

  • MIGRAT(ion)

  • MILITAR(y)

  • MILITIA

  • MISSIONS

  • MONUMEN(t)

  • NEWSPAP(er)

  • OATHS

  • OBITUAR(y)

  • OFFICES

  • ORGANIZA(tion)

  • PARISH

  • PASSENG(er)

  • PLACENAM(e)

  • PORTRAIT

  • PRINTING

  • PROBATE

  • PUBLIC

  • QUAKER

  • RAILROAD

  • RECORDS

  • REGISTER

  • RESEARCH

  • RESOURC(es)

REV to Y

  • REV(olutionary)WAR

  • REVOLUT(ion)

  • SCHOOL

  • SOCIETY

  • SOURCE

  • SURNAME

  • TAX

  • TELEPHO(ne)

  • TRANSCR(pt)

  • VITALRE(cord)

  • VITALS

  • WILLS

  • WAR

  • WAR OF 1812

  • WWI

  • WWII

  • YEARBOOK

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