California Trails

CALIFORNIA TRAILS

LAST UPDATED 08/05/2008 10:46:37 AM -0700

Welcome to the Genealogy Trails website for the state of California.
Our goal is to help you track your ancestors through time by transcribing genealogical and historical data and placing it online for the free use of all researchers.

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Your state coordinator /host is:

Brenda W.- I will do my best to add content frequently and be a resource if needed.

email for questions, suggestions, comments.

We're looking for folks who share our dedication to putting data online and are interested in helping this project be successful.
If you are interested in joining our group, view our Volunteer Page for further information and then contact Kim

SUBMIT DATA:

If you're interested in contributing your data to our group first read this then contact us.

STATE DATA

BIOGRAPHIES	BOOKS	BURIAL INDEX	CALIFORNIA INSIGNIAS	CEMETERIES
CENSUS	COUNTY HISTORIES	DIRECTORIES	GOVERNMENT	LIBRARIES
MILITARY	NEWSPAPERS	OBITUARY INDEX	OBITUARIES Transcribed	PIONEER Families
SOCIETIES	VITAL RECORDS	VOTER LISTS	MISC INFO

CALIFORNIA COUNTIES

Alameda	Glenn	Madera	Orange	San Luis Obispo	Stanislaus
Alpine	Humboldt	Marin	Placer	San Mateo	Sutter
Amador	Imperial	Mariposa	Plumas	Santa Barbara	Tehama
Butte	Inyo	Mendocino	Riverside	Santa Clara	Trinity
Calaveras	Kern	Merced	Sacramento	Santa Cruz	Tulare
Colusa	Klamath	Modoc	San Benito	Shasta	Tuolumne
Contra Costa	Kings	Mono	San Bernardino	Sierra	Ventura
Del Norte	Lake	Monterey	San Diego	Siskiyou	Yolo
El Dorado	Lassen	Napa	San Francisco	Solano	Yuba
Fresno	Los Angeles	Nevada	San Joaquin	Sonoma	County Map

Please volunteer! Please submit your data! Free genealogy!!

COUNTIES IN THIS COLOR ARE AVAILABLE FOR HOSTING/ADOPTING.

SITE INFO	FAQ'S	surnames
USEFUL LINKS	volunteers/lookups	Research Help

California border

s the Pacific Ocean, Oregon, Nevada, Arizona, and Mexico.

You are welcome to browse the information on these pages and at the many links provided to garner the data needed to continue your research into your family history. However, Please remember that this information, in many cases, represents years of painstaking research on the part of myself, or the many generous volunteers who have donated their information to this site. You can show your respect for these efforts by not taking things to use on other websites and/or to claim as your own. I thank you in advance for your consideration

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California is a state spanning the southern half of the United States west coast.

The area was inhabited by Native Americans before European explorers started to make sporadic visitations during the 16th Century.
Starting in 1769 Spain colonized the coastal areas of the territory, before it temporarily became part of Mexico after the Mexican War of Independence (1810-21).
The California Republic, was an independent state which was short-lived, during 1846, and was effectively ended by the Mexican-American War.
At the outset of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), the state was captured by 500 American soldiers and sailors.
Following the war, the area was bought by the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
The California Gold Rush of 1848-49 brought about 90,000 additional American immigrants into the state.
California became the 31st state of the United States in 1850.

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