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:*[http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/auto_ca.htm Auto Tour Route - '''California'''] | :*[http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/auto_ca.htm Auto Tour Route - '''California'''] | ||
== Settlers | == Records and Lists of Settlers == | ||
Pioneers who used the California Trail were mostly Americans from the Midwest or Mid-South. Most settled in [[California, United States Genealogy|California]]. A few moved on to [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]]. A few may have settled along the trail before reaching California. | Pioneers who used the California Trail were mostly Americans from the Midwest or Mid-South. Most settled in [[California, United States Genealogy|California]]. A few moved on to [[Oregon, United States Genealogy|Oregon]]. A few may have settled along the trail before reaching California. | ||
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=== Pioneer lists === | === Pioneer lists === | ||
==== Online Databases ==== | |||
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2161 California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950] - ($) | *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2161 California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950] - ($) | ||
*[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1040 California, Pioneer Index, 1769-1848] - ($) | *[https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=1040 California, Pioneer Index, 1769-1848] - ($) | ||
*[http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/cpl_list.htm CAGenWeb USGenWeb Project] | |||
*[http://www.ndgw.org/PRosterIndex/rostermain.html Roster of California Pioneers] - Native Daughters of the Golden West; Index only; 35,000 pioneers entries who lived in California before 1870 have been submitted by descendants. The index shows each pioneer's name, volume and page number. Original entries in San Francisco may contain the full name of pioneer, place and date of birth, marriage and death, date of arrival in California, method of travel, name of rail or vessel; states lived in prior to California, place and year of California residence; where educated, profession or occupation, public offices held; names of children; parents' names; name, address, relationship of informant (if any); date of registration and other comments. For a small fee NDGW will copy original biographies. | |||
*[http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/ndgwmaster.htm Native Daughters of the Golden West California Pioneer Project Master Surname Index - CaGenWeb] - Index of California Pioneers who resided or were born in California before December 31, 1869. | |||
*[http://www.over-land.com/emigrants.html Over-land Trail] - Website listing multiple trail lists for various states | *[http://www.over-land.com/emigrants.html Over-land Trail] - Website listing multiple trail lists for various states | ||
* | *California Pioneer Index (California), 1906-1935 - digital images on FamilySearch Catalog: {{FHL|486936|item|disp=FHL films 1712022-1712041}} | ||
* | *[http://www.paper-trail.org/search.asp Paper Trail Database] - By Oregon California Trails Association; [https://www.octa-trails.org/geneaology-paper-trail/ A Guide to Overland Pioneer Document] | ||
==== Books Online ==== | |||
*[https://dcms.lds.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?from=fhd&dps_pid=IE215626 Charles Warren Haskins, ''The Argonauts of California: Being the Reminiscences of Scenes and Incidents That Occurred in California in Early Mining Days'' (New York: Fords, Howard, and Hulbert, 1890)] Google books [http://books.google.com/books?id=TH1L60nlSw4C&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false digital copy]. Internet Archive [http://www.archive.org/details/argonautscalifor00hask digital copy]. Includes about 27,000 names. '''Index to above book''' - {{FSbook|215626}} - Libera Martina Spinazze,''Index to the Argonauts of California'' (New Orleans, La.: Polyanthus, 1975) FamilySearch Catalog] {{WorldCat|38651122|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}. Includes the pioneer's name, page in Haskins, and a note listing the pioneer's mining company (or other group); if by ship, its port of departure, and either the date of sailing or arrival.<br> | |||
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==== Books ==== | |||
* | *''Index to Roster of California Pioneers.'' Native Daughters of the Golden West. San Francisco, California: Native Daughters of the Golden West, 2001. {{FHL|1131106|item|disp=FHL book 979.4 H22i 2002}}; {{WorldCat|866176724|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} | ||
*''Unpublished Records of the Families of California Pioneers: Collections of the State Committee of Genealogical Research'' by Daughters of the American Revolution (California) {{FHL|234615|item|disp=FHL films 844435-844446}}; {{WorldCat|866661158|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; Index to "Records of the families of the California pioneers" {{FHL|435510|item|disp=FHL book 979.452 D22i}}; {{WorldCat|866338676|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} | |||
*''Sonora Pass Pioneers.'' California Bound Emigrants and Explorers, 1841-1864 by David H. Johnson. Sonora, California: Tuolumne County Historical Society, 2006. {{FHL|1246010|item|disp=FHL 979.4 W2j}}; {{WorldCat|73841357|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} | |||
* | *''The 49ers as reported by the Missouri Republication, St. Louis, Missouri.'' 10 volumes.Arlington, Texas : K.E. Weant, c2004-2010 {{FHL|1219714|item|disp=FHL 977.8 D2wk}}; {{WorldCat|62246193|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} | ||
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=== Additional Resources and History === | |||
*[http://www.oregonpioneers.com/trail.htm Oregon-California Trail Sources] | *[http://www.oregonpioneers.com/trail.htm Oregon-California Trail Sources] | ||
*[https://www.californiapioneers.org/library/accessthelibrary/ Society of California Pioneers] | *[https://www.californiapioneers.org/library/accessthelibrary/ Society of California Pioneers] | ||
*''California Gold Camps: A Geographical and Historical Dictionary of Camps, Towns, and Localities Where Gold was Found and Mined; Wayside Stations and Trading Centers.'' Edwin G. Gudde. Berkeley,California: University of California Press, 1975. {{FHL|19740|item|disp=FHL book979.4 E24g}}; {{WorldCat|19740|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}} | |||
=== California Land Records === | === California Land Records === | ||
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