GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-101

San Miguel Arcángel Mission
775 Mission Street
P.O. Box 69
San Miguel, CA 93451

Phone: 805-467-3256

 

Hours: See website

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying Facilities: Yes

 

History: San Miguel Arcángel Mission, San Miguel, San Luis Obispo County, California, was once a predominantly Native American (Yokuts) parish in the Diocese of Monterey (Archives: Monterey, California).

1797-1836	Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Miguel Arcángel Mission (Yokuts)
1836-1853	Two Californias diocesan priests (Archives: Hermosillo, Mexico) administered San Miguel
1853-1859 (Natives declined)	Monterey diocesan priests administered San Miguel
1859-1862	Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at San Antonio, Jolon, attended to San Miguel
1862-1878	Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests at San Luis Obispo, San Luis Obispo, attended to San Miguel
1878-ca. 1900 (no longer Native)	Monterey-Los Angeles diocesan priests administered San Miguel

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1797-ca. 1900

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Miguel de Arcángel Mission (copies).

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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