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| The Irish, French, Italians, and Chinese tended to settle in San Francisco. The Mexicans, Russians, and Japanese settled mostly in the Los Angeles area, as did Anglo-Saxons from the Midwest. Few Blacks settled in California until World War II. Those from the southern states usually went to Los Angeles or Oakland. | | The Irish, French, Italians, and Chinese tended to settle in San Francisco. The Mexicans, Russians, and Japanese settled mostly in the Los Angeles area, as did Anglo-Saxons from the Midwest. Few Blacks settled in California until World War II. Those from the southern states usually went to Los Angeles or Oakland. |
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| == Records ==
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| The major seaports of California have been Los Angeles, San Francisco, Oakland, and San Diego. There are very few passenger lists for the west coast ports. The Family History Library has ten microfilms of crew lists from the U.S. Customs House for the years 1848 to 1851, 1854 to 1862, 1881, 1886, and 1892.<br>
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| *'''1883 - 1924''' - {{RecordSearch|2443318|California San Francisco Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards 1883-1924}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — images
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| *'''1904 - 1952''' - {{FHL|San Diego%2C index to passenger arrivals 1904-1952|keywords|disp=San Diego, index to passenger arrivals 1904-1952}} <br>
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| *'''1936 - 1949''' - {{RecordSearch|2442743|California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index <br>
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| *'''1918''' - {{RecordSearch|1878523|California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
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| *'''1928 - 1942''' - {{RecordSearch|2427230|California Immigration Registers of Japanese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians at San Francisco, 1928-1942}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
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| *'''1929 - 1954''' - {{RecordSearch|2465054|California San Diego Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists 1929-1954}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search/ FamilySearch] — index
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| *'''1954 - 1957''' - {{RecordSearch|2299683|California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving, 1954-1957}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index
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| *'''1930 - 1936''' - {{RecordSearch|2299394|California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1930-1936}} at [https://www.familysearch.org/search FamilySearch] — index and images
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| The National Archives has recently discovered passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco for the years 1893 to 1953, with an index for 1893 to 1934. The Family History Library has copies of the lists for the years 1903 to 1918 and the indexes from 1893 to 1934.
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| A reconstruction of passenger lists is Louis J. Rasmussen, ''San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists'', Four Volumes. (Colma, California: ''San Francisco Historic Record and Genealogy Bulletin,'' [1965-]; Family History Library book {{FHL|979.461%2FS1 W3r|disp=979.461/S1 W3r}}; film {{FHL|125888|title-id|disp=1000139}}). This covers primarily 1850 to 1852.
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| An excellent source of about 30,000 names of miners, immigrants, and other pioneers in the gold rush is Charles Warren Haskins, [http://www.calarchives4u.com/argonauts/index.htm ''The Argonauts of California''] (New York, NY: Fords, Howard and Hulbert, 1890; {{FHL|1033667|film|disp=Family History Library film 1033667; fiche 6051188}}). This is indexed by Libera Martina Spinazze, ''Index to The Argonauts of California'' (New Orleans, Louisiana: Polyanthos, 1975; Family History Library {{FHL|928163|film|disp=book 979.4 H2w index; film 928163 item 2; fiche 6051192}}).
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| [http://www.sfgenealogy.com/californiabound/cb188.htm Passenger Lists] for those bound from New York to California for the Gold Rush, published 1851-1860 & 1865-1873 in the ''New York Daily Times.''
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| Histories and records for ethnic groups such as the Chilean, Chinese, French, German, Irish, Jewish, Yugoslav, and Polish are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under CALIFORNIA - MINORITIES.
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| Records of American Indians are found in the FamilySearch Catalog under CALIFORNIA - NATIVE RACES. From the [http://www.archives.gov/pacific/san-francisco/index.html National Archives—Pacific Region (San Bruno),]the library has acquired copies of agency records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for the years 1873 to 1947.
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| The [http://www.octa-trails.org/ Oregon-California Trails Association] is an educational organization that promotes the story of the westward migration. Their site includes a personal name index to trail diaries, journals, reminiscences, autobiographies, newspaper articles, guidebooks and letters at http://[http://www.paper-trail.org/ www.paper-trail.org/]<br>
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| [http://www.railsandtrails.com/gazetteer/1853/routeCA-OR.htm Hayward's United States Gazetteer] 1853 Routes to California and Oregon provides descriptions of the trails.
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| == California Pioneer Project == | | == California Pioneer Project == |