California Genealogy Trails


	LAST UPDATED 6-17-2009

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.

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

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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.

Summer is a great time for cleaning out the garage or storage to give life back to old articles, obituaries, newspapers, or anything else of interest that may be collecting dust. California Trails is always happy to accept submissions of obituaries, birth notices, articles of interest, biographies, etc.
By sharing your family's information is a great way to make free genealogy grow. Have free time? A great way to spend a Saturday is to go to one of your historic or old cemeteries in your area. Transcribing the tombstones and photographing them is a great way to preserve history. You can also help by picking up trash and cutting back brush away from stones. Many of California's graves are disappearing and are forgotten. You can make a difference. To stay safe, here is an article about safety while cemetery hunting. Happy Hunting!

June's county of the month is Eldorado County. El Dorado County is a county located in the Gold Country of the U.S. state of California, in the Sierra Nevada. The county seat is Placerville.

El Dorado County was one of the original counties of California, created in 1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of the county's territory were given to Amador County in 1854 and to Alpine County in 1864. Prior to statehood, it had been referred to as Coloma County. Read more now~

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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.

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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