| Author | Title | Publishing Information |
| Armor, Samuel, editor | History of Orange County, California | Los Angeles, CA: Historic Record Co., 1911 (revised edition 1921) |
| Emmons, Steve | Orange County: A History and Celebration | Los Angeles, CA: Times Mirror, Inc., 1988; Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 100 Fifth Ave., New York, NY 10011. ISBN 0-8109-1426-3 |
| Friis, Leo J. | Orange County Through Four Centuries. | Santa Ana, CA: Friis-Pioneer Press, 1983. |
| Graebner, Janet | Orange County: An Economic Celebration | Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1988. |
| Gilbert, Eugene | Orange County's Past in Pencil | Santa Ana, CA: First American Title Insurance Company, 1974. |
| Hallan-Gibson, Pamela | The Golden Promise: An Illustrated History of Orange County | Northridge, CA: Windsor Publications, 1986.. ISBN 0-89781-160-7 |
| Lewis Publishing Co. | An Illustrated History of Southern California | Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Co., 1890. |
| Kilroy, Michael | Orange County Scene: A Look at Orange County's Colorful Past | Berkeley, CA: MacPherson Publishing Co., 1997. |
| Kling, Rob; Olin, Spencer; and Poster, Mark, editors | Postsuburban California: The Transformation of Orange County Since World War II. | Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1991. ISBN 0-520-06716-9. |
| Lee, Ellen | Newport Bay: A Pioneer History | Fullerton, CA: Sultana Press, 1973. |
| Leon-Callju, Roseanne de | Beautiful America's Orange County | Wilsonville, OR: Beautiful America Publishing Co., 1995. ISBN 0-89802-663-6 or -662-8. |
| Morgan, Judith and Neil | Orange, a Most California County | National Geographic, December 1981. |
| Parker, C.E. and Marilyn | Orange County: Indians to Industry | Santa Ana, CA: First American Title Insurance Company, 1965. |
| Pleasants, Adalina | History of Orange County, California | Los Angeles, CA: J.R. Finnell and Sons Publishing Co., and Phoenix, AZ: Record Publishing Co., 1931. |
| Pittman, Ruth. | Roadside History of California | Missoula, MT: Mountain Press Publishing Company, 1995. ISBN 0-87842-318-4. |
| Quill Pen Club | Rawhide and Orange Blossoms: Stories and sketches of early Orange County | Santa Ana, CA: Pioneer Press, 1967; Publisher: Pioneer Press, 301 N. Parton St., Santa Ana, CA 92701. |
| Walker, Doris. | Orange County, A Centennial Celebration: Sections of Orange | Houston, TX: Pioneer Publications, 1989; Publisher: Pioneer Publications, 12345 Jones Rd., Suite 103, Houston, TX 77070-4843. Lib. of Congress Cat. Card # 88-63391. |
| Westcott, John. | Anaheim: City of Dreams. | Chatsworth, CA: Windsor Publications, Inc., 1990. |
| The California Great Registers | These are not really books, but rather they were the voting registrations. The 1894 Great Register lists name, age, height, complexion, color of eyes and hair, visible marks/scars, occupation, country of nativity, place of residence, precint, P.O. address, date of naturalization with place and court, and date of registration. What is included varies from register to register/year to year. These registers often list naturalization information and can be excellent records to search. They began about 1866 and go to about 1944. From 1892-1908 they contain physical descriptions and wealth of other information, whether a person could read or write etc. However, the voter registration applications for years later continued to have all this data, but was not included in the final copy of the Registers. Try to locate the voter registration applications as well. They are available at many county clerk-recorder's offices, California State Library, FHL microfilm, etc. |