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==Online Records==
==Online Records==
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/473065?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1582-1842'''- Ramo de Californias]. Images only. In Spanish.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/473065?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1582-1842'''- Ramo de Californias]. Images only. In Spanish.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/614773?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1862'''- Muster rolls of the Russian River Rifles]. Images only.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/614773?availability=Family%20History%20Library '''1862'''- Muster rolls of the Russian River Rifles]. Images only.
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1097/ '''1796-1798'''- California Spanish Mission Censuses]. $ Index and images at Ancestry.com.
*[https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/1097/ '''1796-1798'''- California Spanish Mission Censuses]. $ Index and images at Ancestry.com.
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|[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/165605?availability=Family%20History%20Library San Gabriel Mission and Plaza Church (Los Angeles), California]- images only
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== History ==
==History==
From 1542 to the beginning of the 19th c., Spain, Mexico, England, and Russia all tried to claim California. The Spanish established several settlements over the course of the 18th c.:
From 1542 to the beginning of the 19th c., Spain, Mexico, England, and Russia all tried to claim California. The Spanish established several settlements over the course of the 18th c.:
* 1769 - San Diego de Alcalá Mission
 
* 1770 - Monterrey Mission
*1769 - San Diego de Alcalá Mission
* 1771 - San Antonio de Padua mission and presidio
*1770 - Monterrey Mission
* 1771 - San Gabriel mission
*1771 - San Antonio de Padua mission and presidio
* 1772 - San Luis Obispo mission
*1771 - San Gabriel mission
* 1776 - San Francisco mission and presidio
*1772 - San Luis Obispo mission
* 1777 - San José mission
*1776 - San Francisco mission and presidio
* 1781 - Los Angeles
*1777 - San José mission
* 1782 - Santa Barbara mission and presidio
*1781 - Los Angeles
*1782 - Santa Barbara mission and presidio
 
California became a part of Mexico in 1822 and was annexed by the United States in 1850.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 567. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
California became a part of Mexico in 1822 and was annexed by the United States in 1850.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 567. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>


==Resources==
==Resources==
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/120567?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Franciscan Missions of California''] by John A. Berger. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941).
 
* [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/55725-the-quarterly-historical-society-of-southern-california-v-43-no-3-sep-1961?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Book] "The Parochial Books of the California Missions." Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly 43 by J.N. Bowman. (September 1961): n.p.n.
==== Spanish Colonization ====
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/205542?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Missions of Alta California''] by John T. Doyle. (1896. Reprint. Santa Barbara, CA: W.T. Genns, 1991).
 
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''The Missions and Missionaries of California''] 2 Vols. by Zephyrin Engelhardt. (Santa Barbara, CA: Mission Santa Barbara, 1929-30).
====== California Missions ======
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''The Missions of California and the Old Southwest''] by Jesse S. Hildrup. (1912. Reprint. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995.) This contains early history of missions, churches, and Native Americans.  
 
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Las Misiones Españolas de California''] by James M. Keys. (Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Juan, 1950). This is about Spanish missions in California.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/120567?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Franciscan Missions of California''] by John A. Berger. (New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1941).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Santa Clara Mission, Index to Baptismal Records, 1777-1855''] by Ralph Francis Corral. (n.p., 1979, film 1036271).
*"The Parochial Books of the California Missions." Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly 43 by J.N. Bowman. (September 1961): n.p.n. [https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/55725-the-quarterly-historical-society-of-southern-california-v-43-no-3-sep-1961?offset=1 FamilySearch Digital Book]
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Calendar of Documents in the Santa Barbara Mission Archives''] by Maynard J. Geiger. (Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1947).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/205542?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Missions of Alta California''] by John T. Doyle. (1896. Reprint. Santa Barbara, CA: W.T. Genns, 1991).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''The Missions and Missionaries of California''] 2 Vols. by Zephyrin Engelhardt. (Santa Barbara, CA: Mission Santa Barbara, 1929-30).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''The Missions of California and the Old Southwest''] by Jesse S. Hildrup. (1912. Reprint. Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1995.) This contains early history of missions, churches, and Native Americans.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Las Misiones Españolas de California''] by James M. Keys. (Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Juan, 1950). This is about Spanish missions in California.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Santa Clara Mission, Index to Baptismal Records, 1777-1855''] by Ralph Francis Corral. (n.p., 1979, film 1036271).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Calendar of Documents in the Santa Barbara Mission Archives''] by Maynard J. Geiger. (Washington, DC: Academy of American Franciscan History, 1947).
 
====== Land ======
 
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Spanish Archives, 1833-45.''] California, Surveyor-General's Office. Land records. The original records are at the California State Archives in Sacramento.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Ranchos of California: A List of Spanish Concessions, 1775-1822, and Mexican Grants, 1822-1846''] by Robert Granniss Cowan. (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1956).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''California Ranchos: Patented Private Land Grants Listed by County''] by Burgess McK. Shumway. (San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1988). This lists name of rancho and grantees with date and description of the land.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Index to the Spanish-Mexican Private Land Grant Records and Cases of California''] by J. N. Bowman. (1958. Reprint. Berkeley: Bancroft Library, University of California, 1970, film 0833343).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/128046?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The History of San Diego County Ranchos : the Spanish, Mexican, and American Occupation of San Diego County and the Story of the Ownership of Land Grants Therein''] by Robert W. Brackett. (1939. Reprint. San Diego: Union Title Insurance Co., 1960).
 
====== Miscellaneous ======
 
* ''1790 Padron of California.'' (n.p., n.d., film 1036747). This was copied from "Las Familias de California" section of ''Southern California Historical Society Quarterly''.
* ''1790 Padron of California.'' (n.p., n.d., film 1036747). This was copied from "Las Familias de California" section of ''Southern California Historical Society Quarterly''.
* "The First Census of Los Angeles." [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007863399 ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly''] 16 by Thomas Workman Temple. (1931): 148-9.
*"The First Census of Los Angeles." [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/007863399 ''Historical Society of Southern California Quarterly''] 16 by Thomas Workman Temple. (1931): 148-9.
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 '''Ramo de Californias: 1582-1842'''] Historical materials from Viceroyalty of Nueva details Lower and Upper California. Includes settlement records of Pueblo de Los Angeles (1781), military lists (1748, 1769-74), and Inquisition records. Orginal records are at the Archivo General de al Nación in Mexico City.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/120546?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''California under Spain and Mexico, 1535-1847: A Contribution Toward the History of the Pacific Coast of the United States, Based on Original Sources (Chiefly Manuscript) in the Spanish and Mexican Archives and Other Repositories''] by Irving Berdine Richman. (1911. Reprint. New York: Cooper Square Publishing, 1965, film 0897366).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 '''Spanish Archives, 1833-45.'''] California, Surveyor-General's Office. Land records. The original records are at the California State Archives in Sacramento.
*[https://www.worldcat.org/title/founding-of-spanish-california-the-northwestward-expansion-of-new-spain-1687-1783/oclc/902685799&referer=brief_results ''The Founding of Spanish California: The Northwest Expansion of New Spain, 1687-1783''] by Charles E. Chapman. (New York: Macmillian & Co., 1916).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Ranchos of California: A List of Spanish Concessions, 1775-1822, and Mexican Grants, 1822-1846''] by Robert Granniss Cowan. (Fresno, CA: Academy Library Guild, 1956).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/997?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A History of California: The Spanish Period''] by Charles E. Chapman. (New York: Macmillan & Co., 1921, fiche 6051216).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''California Ranchos: Patented Private Land Grants Listed by County''] by Burgess McK. Shumway. (San Bernardino, CA: Borgo Press, 1988). This lists name of rancho and grantees with date and description of the land.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/464042?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pioneer Spanish Families in California''] by Charles Howard Shinn. (1896. Reprint. Santa Barbara, CA:W.T. Genns, 1991).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Index to the Spanish-Mexican Private Land Grant Records and Cases of California''] by J. N. Bowman. (1958. Reprint. Berkeley: Bancroft Library, University of California, 1970, film 0833343).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/119322?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish Alta California''] by Albert Johnston Denis. (New York: Macmillan & Co., 1927, film 1697423).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Spanish Bluecoats, the Catalonian Volunteers in Northwestern New Spain, 1767-1810''] by Joseph P. Sánchez. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990). History and maps of Spanish claims to Mexico, California, and Alaska.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 567-569. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/549393?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish Families of Southern California''] 38 Vols. by Adam C. Derkum. (n.p., 1967, film 1597975 ff).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/21312?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources''] by Henry Putney Beers. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979). Includes Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/116521?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish and Indian Place Names of California, Their Meaning and Their Romance''] by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez. (San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1930, film 1320727).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/128046?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The History of San Diego County Ranchos : the Spanish, Mexican, and American Occupation of San Diego County and the Story of the Ownership of Land Grants Therein''] by Robert W. Brackett. (1939. Reprint. San Diego: Union Title Insurance Co., 1960).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/117421?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850''] by Marie C. Northrup. (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1976).
* ''Survey of Pre-Statehood Records: A New Look at Spanish and Mexican-Californian Genealogical Records'' by Rudecinda Lo Buglio. (Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President, 1980, fiche 6085820).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Ramo de Californias: 1582-1842''] Historical materials from Viceroyalty of Nueva details Lower and Upper California. Includes settlement records of Pueblo de Los Angeles (1781), military lists (1748, 1769-74), and Inquisition records. Orginal records are at the Archivo General de al Nación in Mexico City.
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/651494?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''California Gazetteer''.] (Wilmington, DE: American Historical Publications, 1985, fiche 6088199).
 
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/254353?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Catalogue of materials in the Archivo General de Indias for the History of the Pacific Coast and the American Southwest''] by Charles E. Chapman. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1919).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&query=%2Bkeywords%3AHistorical%20%2Bkeywords%3ASociety%20%2Bkeywords%3Aof%20%2Bkeywords%3ASouthern%20%2Bkeywords%3ACalifornia%20%2Bkeywords%3AQuarterly&offset=120 ''Spanish Bluecoats, the Catalonian Volunteers in Northwestern New Spain, 1767-1810''] by Joseph P. Sánchez. (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1990). History and maps of Spanish claims to Mexico, California, and Alaska.<ref>Christina K. Schaefer, ''Genealogical encyclopedia of the colonial Americas : a complete digest of the records of all the countries of the Western Hemisphere'' (Baltimore, Maryland : Genealogical Publishing Company, c1998), 567-569. [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/39622039 WorldCat (Other Libraries)]; {{FHL|822639|item|disp=FHL book 929.11812 D26 1998}}</ref>
* [https://www.worldcat.org/title/founding-of-spanish-california-the-northwestward-expansion-of-new-spain-1687-1783/oclc/902685799&referer=brief_results ''The Founding of Spanish California: The Northwest Expansion of New Spain, 1687-1783''] by Charles E. Chapman. (New York: Macmillian & Co., 1916).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/21312?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish and Mexican Records of the American Southwest: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources: A Bibliographical Guide to Archive and Manuscript Sources''] by Henry Putney Beers. (Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 1979). Includes Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and Mexico.
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/997?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A History of California: The Spanish Period''] by Charles E. Chapman. (New York: Macmillan & Co., 1921, fiche 6051216).
*''Survey of Pre-Statehood Records: A New Look at Spanish and Mexican-Californian Genealogical Records'' by Rudecinda Lo Buglio. (Salt Lake City: Corporation of the President, 1980, fiche 6085820).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/119322?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish Alta California''] by Albert Johnston Denis. (New York: Macmillan & Co., 1927, film 1697423).
*''The Story of San José: California's First Pueblo, 1777-1869'' by Oscar O. Winther. (San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1935).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/549393?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish Families of Southern California''] 38 Vols. by Adam C. Derkum. (n.p., 1967, film 1597975 ff).
 
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/159175?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library''] by Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. (San Marion, CA: The Library, 11979).
==== Other ====
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/120971?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Russian Advance into California''] by Flora Faith Hatch. (Berkeley: University of California, 1922. Reprint. San Francisco: R & E Research Associates, 1971, fiche 6039366).
 
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/288623?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, California: Containing a History of California from 1513 to 1850, History of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, and the Official County Map''.] (1879. Reprint. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1968, film 0468752).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/651494?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''California Gazetteer''.] (Wilmington, DE: American Historical Publications, 1985, fiche 6088199).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/458397?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Index to Genealogical Tables of Spanish and Mexican Families of California''] by Thomas Workman Temple. (Berkeley, CA: Bancroft Library, 1959, film 0874197).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/254353?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Catalogue of materials in the Archivo General de Indias for the History of the Pacific Coast and the American Southwest''] by Charles E. Chapman. (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1919).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/119281?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A Brief History of the Calafia: The Californians, 1533-1795''] by Michael W. Mathes. (San Diego: n.p., 1974).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/159175?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Guide to American Historical Manuscripts in the Huntington Library''] by Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. (San Marion, CA: The Library, 11979).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/117388?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''French Activities in California: An Archival Calendar-Guide''] by Abraham Phineas Nasatir. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1945).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/120971?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Russian Advance into California''] by Flora Faith Hatch. (Berkeley: University of California, 1922. Reprint. San Francisco: R & E Research Associates, 1971, fiche 6039366).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/117421?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish Mexican Families of Early California: 1769-1850''] by Marie C. Northrup. (New Orleans: Polyanthos, 1976).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/288623?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, California: Containing a History of California from 1513 to 1850, History of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, and the Official County Map''.] (1879. Reprint. Woodbridge, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1968, film 0468752).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/618212?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A Guide to the History of California''] by Doyce B. Nunis and Gloria Ricci Lothrop. (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/458397?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Index to Genealogical Tables of Spanish and Mexican Families of California''] by Thomas Workman Temple. (Berkeley, CA: Bancroft Library, 1959, film 0874197).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/120546?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''California under Spain and Mexico, 1535-1847: A Contribution Toward the History of the Pacific Coast of the United States, Based on Original Sources (Chiefly Manuscript) in the Spanish and Mexican Archives and Other Repositories''] by Irving Berdine Richman. (1911. Reprint. New York: Cooper Square Publishing, 1965, film 0897366).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/119281?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A Brief History of the Calafia: The Californians, 1533-1795''] by Michael W. Mathes. (San Diego: n.p., 1974).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/116521?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Spanish and Indian Place Names of California, Their Meaning and Their Romance''] by Nellie Van de Grift Sanchez. (San Francisco: A.M. Robertson, 1930, film 1320727).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/117388?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''French Activities in California: An Archival Calendar-Guide''] by Abraham Phineas Nasatir. (Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1945).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/464042?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Pioneer Spanish Families in California''] by Charles Howard Shinn. (1896. Reprint. Santa Barbara, CA:W.T. Genns, 1991).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/618212?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''A Guide to the History of California''] by Doyce B. Nunis and Gloria Ricci Lothrop. (New York: Greenwood Press, 1989).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/372011?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California''] 3rd ed. Society of California Archivisits. (San Marino: The Society: The Society, 1991, 1st ed. on film 1035038).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/372011?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California''] 3rd ed. Society of California Archivisits. (San Marino: The Society: The Society, 1991, 1st ed. on film 1035038).
* [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/614070?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Local History and Genealogy Resources of the California State Library.''] Rev. ed. by Gary E. Strong. (Sacramento: California State Library Foundation, 1991).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/614070?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''Local History and Genealogy Resources of the California State Library.''] Rev. ed. by Gary E. Strong. (Sacramento: California State Library Foundation, 1991).
* ''The Story of San José: California's First Pueblo, 1777-1869'' by Oscar O. Winther. (San Francisco: California Historical Society, 1935).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/257114?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Russian population in Alaska and California : late 18th century-1867''] by by Svetlana G. Fedorova ; translated and edited by Richard A. Pierce and Alton S. Donnelly. (Kingston, Ontario : Limestone, 1973).
*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/257114?availability=Family%20History%20Library ''The Russian population in Alaska and California : late 18th century-1867''] by by Svetlana G. Fedorova ; translated and edited by Richard A. Pierce and Alton S. Donnelly. (Kingston, Ontario : Limestone, 1973).


===Maps===
===Maps===
[https://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/collections/disenos-collection/ The Diseños Collection at the California State Archives]. This is a collection of early hand drawn maps of Spanish and Mexican California lands.


== References ==
* [https://www.sos.ca.gov/archives/collections/disenos-collection/ The Diseños Collection at the California State Archives]. This is a collection of early hand drawn maps of Spanish and Mexican California lands.
 
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