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*[http://www.huntington.org/Information/ECPPmain.htm Early California Population Project] Database of information contained in early mission records.<br>

The [[Family History Library|Family History Library]] has several histories of the Catholic, Presbyterian, Latter-day Saint, and Methodist churches in [[California, United States Genealogy|California]].

Ausustine Mission, Cabazon Mission, Cahuilla Mission, Campo Mission,Inaja-Cosmit Mission, La Jolla Mission, La Posta Mission,&nbsp;La Purisima 1787, Los Coytes Mission, Manzanita Mission, Mesa Grande&nbsp;Mission, Morongo Mission,&nbsp;Pala Mission, Pauma and Yuma Mission, Pechanga Mission, Ramona Mission, Rincon Mission, &nbsp;San Antonio 1771, Santa Barbara 1786, San Buenaventura 1782,&nbsp;&nbsp;San Carlos 1770, Santa Clara 1777, Santa Cruz 1791, San Diego 1769, San Fernando 1797, San Francisco 1776, San Gabriel 1771, San Jose 1797, San Juan Bautista 1797, San Juan Capistrano 1776, San Louis Obispo, San Louis Rey 1798, San Miguel 1797, San Pasqual Mission, San Rafael 1817, Santa Rosa Mission, Santa Ynez 1804, Santa Ysabel Mission, Soboba Mission, Solano 1823, Soledad 1771, Sycuan Mission, Torres-Martinez Mission, Yuma Mission.  

Additional resources are available for the following missions through the [http://www.huntington.org/Information/ECPPmain.htm Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens] through the Early California Population Project which is a database of the information contained in the mission records. The granting agencies that have supported this project are The John Randolph Haynes and Dorothy Haynes Foundation, the California State Library (Library Services and Technology Act), the Dan Murphy Foundation, the Giles W. &amp; Elise G. Mead Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. The records date from 1769 to 1850. You do have register an agree to use this resource for research purposes only.  

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*San Rafael

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*Santa Barbara Presidio<br>

*Los Angeles Plaza Church

Boscana, Geronimo (1776-1831), A New Original Version of Boscana's Historyical Account of the San Juan Capistrano Indians of Southern California. Ann Arbor, Mich. 1974. {{FHL|301970|item|ref=disp film 989498 item 6}}  

The first Catholic missions were organized in 1769. Most of the mission records begin in 1770 and are on film. The Family History Library and the Bancroft Library have extensive collections of the early records. For the index to these records, see:  

The following sources may help you find Catholic mission records:  

*Barton, Noel R. "Genealogical Research in the Records of the California Missions," ''Genealogical Journal'', Vol. 4, No. 1. {{FHL|244938|item}} 973 D25gj v. 3-4 (1974-1975)

[http://www.la-archdiocese.org/ Archdiocese of Los Angeles]<br>3424 Wilshire Boulevard<br>Los Angeles, CA 90010-2202<br>Phone: (213) 637-7000 <br>E-mail: [mailto:info@la-archdiocese.org info@la-archdiocese.org]  

The Archdiocese includes the counties of: [[Los Angeles County, California Genealogy|Los Angeles]], [[Santa Barbara County, California Genealogy|Santa Barbara]] and [[Ventura County, California Genealogy|Ventura]].<ref name="rome" />  

The diocese includes the counties of: [[Alpine County, California Genealogy|Alpine]], [[Calaveras County, California Genealogy|Calaveras]], [[Mono County, California Genealogy|Mono]], [[San Joaquin County, California Genealogy|San Joaquin]], [[Stanislaus County, California Genealogy|Stanislaus]] and [[Tuolumne County, California Genealogy|Tuolumne]].<ref name="rome" />  

[http://library.uop.edu/ha/ua/index.asp Holt-Atherton Church Archives]<br>University of the Pacific<br>3601 Pacific Avenue<br>Stockton, CA 95211<br>Phone: (209) 946-2404<br>Fax: (209) 946-2810  

[http://www.sfts.edu/student/library_sfts.asp San Francisco Theological Seminary Library]<br>105 Seminary&nbsp;Road<br>San Anselmo, CA 94960<br>Phone: (415) 451-2845  

[http://www.elca.org/who-we-are/history/elca-archives/regional-archives.aspx Region 2 Archives]''(Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming)''<br>Carol Schmalenberger <br>ELCA Region 2 Archives <br>Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary <br>2770 Marin Avenue <br>Berkeley, CA 94708-1597 <br>(510) 524-5264 <br>E-mail: archives@plts.edu  

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<br>'''Early, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church records for California '''Wards and Branches can be found on film and are located at the Family History Library of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  in Salt Lake City. The film numbers, for each ward, can be locate through the [https://www.familysearch.org/#form=catalog FamilySearch Catalog]. Or by refering to Jaussi, Laureen R., and Gloria D. Chaston. Register of Genealogical Society Call Numbers. 2 vols. Provo, Utah: Genealogy Tree, 1982. (FHL book 979.2258 A3j; fiche 6031507). These volumes contain the film numbers for many (but not all) membership and temple record films  

'''A wiki article describing an online collection is found at:'''  

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