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3US Census1850 US CensusCen50
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4Spanish Census CaliforniaSpanish Census of California 1775 Compiled by Ron Filion from various sourcesSFGen75
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5Spanish Census San JoseFirst Spanish Census of Pueblo San Jose1777 Compiled by Ron Filion from various sourcesSFGen77
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6Spanish Census Los AngelesFirst Spanish Census of Puebla de la Reina de Los Angeles 1781 Compiled by Ron Filion from various sourcesSFGen 81
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7Spanish Census San FranciscoSpanish Census of the Presidio of San Francisco 1782 Compiled by Ron Filion Personal Papers of Zoeth Eldrdge at Bancroft LibrarySFGen 82
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8Spanish Census California1790 Spanish Padron (Census) of California Cities as copied from the Las Familias de California section in Southern California Historical Society Quarterly volumes 41-43FS833398
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9Mexican Census San Francisco1842 Mexican Census of San Francisco Compiled by Ron Filion source Towne and Bacon, book and job printers San Francsico 1863SGGen42
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10Mission Santa BarbaraCatholic Church, Mission Santa Barbara (Santa Barbara, California) 1776-1912, Church records padrones 1815, patentes 1840, procedures 1812-1815, list of missionaries 1796-1821, Accounts of the missions 1784-1831, ecclesiastical council and statistical records 1811-1831 Available at Family Search CenterFS Film 913167
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11Mission San Luis Obispo1833-1835 Mission Padrones FS Film 913302
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12Spanish and Mexican Land GrantsCalifornia Land Grants made by Spanish and Mexican Authorities prepared by the staff of the state Lands CommissionDrake 1
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13Spanish and Mexican Land Grants1861 Drake's Compilation of Spanish LandgrantsDrake 2
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14Spanish and Mexican Land GrantsRanchos of California a list of Spanish Concessions 1775-1822 and Mexican Grants 1822-1846 by Robert G CowanCowan 1
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151836 Mexican Census AlphetabetizedTranscribed by Santa Ana College Foundation Press 19761836 Mexican Census
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16Los Angeles Prefecture Records 1825-1850Volume A Huntington LibraryLos Angeles Prefecture Records
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175 California Presidio Donativos Rosters 1781-17861782 Presidio Santa Barbara Roster, 1781 Presidio Monterrey Roster, 1786 Presidio San Diego Roster, 1786 Presidio San Gabriel Roster, 1782 Presidio San Francisco Roster,5 Presidio Donativos Rosters
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18Roster of Portola Expedition 1769 and the Anza Expedition 1776 by Marie E NorthrupList of member of both the Portola and de Anza ExpeditionsPortola Anza Expeditions
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19Early California and Nogales, Arizona lists of expeditionary members, soldiers and residents, 1752, 1775, 1781-1837 : material emphasizes Santa Barbara, Calif. by Santa Barbara Genealogical Society by Thomas Workman Temple IIIncludes Padrones Santa Barbara 1782-1837, de Anza Expedition, Santa Barbara expedition 1781Santa Barbara Expeditions and Padrones
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20Spanish Archives, 1833-1845Land grant indexes and surveys performed by the Surveyor GeneralSpanish Land Grant Surveys
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21La Sangra Azul de California Lugo by Adam C. Derkum 1941 EnglishBiographies of selected Early California Spanish FamiliesDerkum
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22The Confirmation of Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in California 1974 by Ivy B. Ross Publisher Robert D. ReedHistory of land grant validation in CaliforniaRoss
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23Los Angeles Baptism Records 1771-1873, Wills 1850-1890, Merced Marriage Records 1855-1905Los Angeles Wills 1850-1890FS Film 844433
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24Santa Barbara Historical Geographies 1781-1837Soldiers and Settlers of the Expedition of 1781TWT
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25Early California and Nogales, Arizona lists of expeditionary members, soldiers and residents, 1752, 1775, 1781-1837 : material emphasizes Santa Barbara, Calif. by Santa Barbara Genealogical SocietyIndexes and Images at the FamilySearch LibrarySanta Barbara
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26Sources for Tracing Spanish-American Pedigrees in the Southwestern United States Part II California and Arizona by Thomas Workman Temple II 1969 World Conference on Records and Genealogical Seminar Saly Lake City 5-8 August 1969List of members of Governor Don Gaspar de Portola's expedition to San Diego 1769 plus the location of records for early CaliforniaSources
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27Genealogical Tables of Spanish and Mexican Families of California compiled by Thomas Workman Temple II 1940?Genealogies of Selected Spanish-Mexican families from 1769-1850 resident in CaliforniaThomas Workman Temple
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28Genealogical Tables of Spanish and Mexican Families of California: includess some research done by Thomas Workman Temple II in 1905Northrop, Duarte, Valenzuela, Yorba, Lopez, Serradell, and Bermudez Family genealogiesAranda and Temple
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29Grants of Land in California Made by Spamish or Mexican Authorities by chris PerezPrepared by the Sate lands CommissionSpanish Land Grants
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30Native Daughters of the Golden West Pioneer IndexCrowd Sourced index of Pioneers who enterd California before 1870Golden West
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31San Francisco: Pre-Statehood Records 1838-1851 San FranciscoMainly Land and Property records Viewable at a FamilySearch CenterPre-statehood
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32The Argonauts of California being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents that Occurred in California in early Mining days by a Pioneer C. W. Haskins Fords, Howard and Hulbert 1890Autobiography and accounts of early mining in California People and ships which arrived in California 1949Argonauts
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33Expedientes, California Board of Land Commissioners, Record Group 49: Records of the General Land OfficeList of Mexican Land Grant holders no datesExp
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34Sonoma County grantee deed index 1835-1861Register of land transactions in Sonoma County by grantee 1835-1861Son Grantee
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35Sonoma County grantor deed index 1830-1861Register of land transactions in Sonoma County by grantor 1830-1861Son Grantor
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36California Private Land Claim Dockets 1852-1858Confirmtion of Mexican Land calims by the California Land Commission part of Ancerty.com card catelogue $Cal land claims
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37California Spanish Land Records 1784-1868Land grant records the US acquired after taking possession of California in 1848 Part of Ancestry.co card catalogue $Spanish Land Grants
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38California Spanish Land Records 1784-1868Land grant records the US acquired after taking possession of California in 1848 Part of Ancestry.co card catalogue $Spanish Land Grants
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39US Marine Corps Muster Rolls 1798-1958Marine Corps muster rolls 1798-1958 including CaliforniaMuster
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40San Francisco: Maritme Heritage Passengers on Ships arriving in San Francsisco 1846-1899Provides a list of ships, dates of arrival and passengers onboardSF Ship Passengers
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41Listology Website1849 Passenger lists from two New England Gold Mining CompaniesListology
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42Placer Shasta and Yuba County: Wills 1849-1900; Placer and Shasta Counties Vital StatisticsProbate records Placer, Shasta, and Yuba counties Vital Records Placer and Shasta CountiesPLACW
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43Placer County Probate Court Files 1850-1920Includes surname indexPLACC
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44Placer, Santa Clara, Solano, Shasta, Trinity, and Los Angeles Counties Wills and AbstractsIncludes indexWills
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