California Church Records: Difference between revisions

{{Block indent|1=a. Click on the [https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&placeId=11&query=%2Bplace%3A%22United%20States%2C%20California%22 '''records of United States, California'''].|2=3}}

{{Block indent|b. Click on '''Places within United States, California''' and a list of counties will appear.|3}}

{{Block indent|c. Click on your county if it appears.|3}}

{{Block indent|d. Click on the '''"Church records"''' topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.|3}}

{{Block indent|e. Click on '''Places within United States, California [COUNTY]''' and a list of towns will appear.|3}}

{{Block indent|f. Click on your town if it appears, or the location which you believe was the parish which served your town or village.  |3}}

{{Block indent|g. Click on the '''"Church records"''' topic. Click on the blue links to specific record titles.|3}}

{{Block indent|h. Some combination of these icons will appear at the far right of the listing for the record. [[File:FHL icons.png|75px]].  The magnifying glass indicates that the record is indexed. Clicking on the magnifying glass will take you to the index. Clicking on the camera will take you to an online digital copy of the records.|3}}

{{Block indent|The Archdiocese includes the counties of: [[Marin County, California Genealogy|Marin]], [[San Francisco County, California Genealogy|San Francisco]] and [[San Mateo County, California Genealogy|San Mateo]].|2}}

{{Block indent|[https://sfarch.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/AASF_Guide-to-Genealogy-Research_20220420.pdf '''Sacramental Records and Genealogy Research Guide''']|2}}

{{Block indent|1=[https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5sz94qz72aj7iif/AABuyqBFObUsYpvgN9b3X65Ra?dl=0&preview=Application+for+Family+History+Fillable+Rev+8-28-18.pdf '''Application for Family History Information''']|2=2}}

{{Block indent|The diocese includes the counties of: [[Monterey County, California Genealogy|Monterey]], [[Santa Cruz County, California Genealogy|Santa Cruz]], [[San Benito County, California Genealogy|San Benito]] and [[San Luis Obispo County, California Genealogy|San Luis Obispo]].|2}}

{{Block indent|The diocese includes the counties of: [[Alameda County, California Genealogy|Alameda]] and [[Contra Costa County, California Genealogy|Contra Costa]].|2}}

{{Block indent|*[https://www.scd.org/parishes '''Local parishes'''] }}

{{Block indent|The diocese includes the counties of: [[Amador County, California Genealogy|Amador]], [[Butte County, California Genealogy|Butte]], [[Colusa County, California Genealogy|Colusa]], [[El Dorado County, California Genealogy|El Dorado]], [[Glenn County, California Genealogy|Glenn]], [[Lassen County, California Genealogy|Lassen]], [[Modoc County, California Genealogy|Modoc]], [[Nevada County, California Genealogy|Nevada]], [[Placer County, California Genealogy|Placer]], [[Plumas County, California Genealogy|Plumas]], [[Sacramento County, California Genealogy|Sacramento]], [[Shasta County, California Genealogy|Shasta]], [[Sierra County, California Genealogy|Sierra]], [[Siskiyou County, California Genealogy|Siskiyou]], [[Solano County, California Genealogy|Solano]], [[Sutter County, California Genealogy|Sutter]], [[Tehama County, California Genealogy|Tehama]], [[Trinity County, California Genealogy|Trinity]] and [[Yolo County, California Genealogy|Yolo]].|2}}

{{Block indent|The diocese includes the counties of: [[Riverside County, California Genealogy|Riverside]] and [[San Bernardino County, California Genealogy|San Bernardino]].|2}}

{{Block indent|The diocese includes the counties of: [[Imperial County, California Genealogy|Imperial]] and [[San Diego County, California Genealogy|San Diego]].|2}}

{{Block indent|The diocese includes the counties of: [[Del Norte County, California Genealogy|DelNorte]], [[Humboldt County, California Genealogy|Humboldt]], [[Lake County, California Genealogy|Lake]], [[Mendocino County, California Genealogy|Mendocino]], [[Napa County, California Genealogy|Napa]] and [[Sonoma County, California Genealogy|Sonoma]].|2}}

{{Block indent|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]].|2}}

'''Carefully evaluate''' the church records you find to make sure you have really found records for your ancestor and not just a '''"near match"'''. If one or more of the details do not line up, be careful about accepting the entry as your ancestor. There are guiding principles for deciding how to resolve discrepancies between records that are seemingly close. For more instruction in evaluating evidence, read the Wiki article, [[Evaluate the Evidence|'''Evaluate the Evidence'''.]]