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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.

 

 

 
BIOGRAPHIESBOOKSBURIAL INDEXCA INSIGNIASCEMETERIES
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LANDMARKSLIBRARIESLOOKUPSMILITARYMISC CA HISTORY
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 ALAMEDAALPINEAMADORBUTTE
CALAVERASCOLUSACONTRA COSTADEL NORTE
ELDORADOFRESNOGLENNHUMBOLDT
IMPERIALINYOKERNKLAMATH(defunct)
KINGSLAKELASSENLOS ANGELES
MADERAMARINMARIPOSAMENDOCINO
MERCEDMODOCMONOMONTEREY
NAPANEVADAORANGEPLACER
PLUMASRIVERSIDESACRAMENTOSAN BENITO
SAN BERNADINOSAN DIEGOSAN FRANCISCOSAN JOAQUIN
SAN LUIS OBISPOSAN MATEOSANTA BARBARASANTA CLARA
SANTA CRUZSHASTASIERRASISKIYOU
SOLANOSONOMASTANISLAUSSUTTER
TEHAMATRINITYTULARETUOLUMNE
VENTURAYOLOYUBACOUNTY MAP


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CALIFORNIA TRAILS HAS A NEW LOOK! JANUARY WILL BE BUSY WITH PROJECTS TO BRING MORE DATA. THE FOCUS FOR CALIFORNIA TRAILS WILL BE BURIALS, OBITS, AND BIOS. FOR GENEALOGY TRAILS...WE ARE WORKING ON CONNECTICUT AND MISSISSIPPI TO BRING YOU MORE FREE DATA! ANY DATA YOU WANT TO SEE HERE? PLEASE LET US KNOW! WE ARE FOCUSED IN BRINGING FREE UNIQUE DATA TO OUR RESEARCHERS. HAPPY NEW FROM CALIFORNIA TRAILS! SACRAMENTO COUNTY IS OUR COUNTY OF THE MONTH. WE ARE WORKING HARD TO BRING YOU DATA FOR THIS COUNTY. PLEASE STOP BY AND TAKE A LOOK....
"Sacramento County is an original county when California became a state in 1850 and encompasses approximately 994 square miles in the middle of the 400 mile ..." READ MORE HERE

 

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.
California borders the Pacific Ocean, Oregon, Arizona, Nevada, 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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