California Trails

CALIFORNIA TRAILS

California is on fire... our thoughts are with those who have lost everything. 2000+ fires have destroyed 1000's of acres and many structures.

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.

Your state coordinator /host is:

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

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last updated: 07/23/2008 09:34 PM -0700

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SUBMIT DATA:

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

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

BIOGRAPHIES	BOOKS	BURIAL INDEX
CEMETERIES	CENSUS	COUNTY HISTORIES
DIRECTORIES	GOVERNMENT	LIBRARIES
MILITARY	NEWSPAPERS	OBITUARY INDEX
OBITUARIES transcribed	SOCIETIES	VITAL RECORDS
VOTER LISTS	PIONEER Families

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

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.

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

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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