GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-108

Holy Cross Church
126 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060

Phone: 831-423-4182

 

Hours: See website

Access: No restrictions

Copying Facilities: Yes

 

History: Holy Cross Church, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, California, had been a predominantly Native American parish in the Archdiocese of San Francisco (Archives: Menlo Park, California).

1791-1834 (closed)	Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered Santa Cruz Mission (Chumash, Ohlone)
1840, 1857 (no longer Native)	Earthquakes destroyed Santa Cruz Mission, which was rebuilt in 1889 as Holy Cross Church, a non-Indian parish

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1791-ca. 1857

Volume: Few volumes

Description: Sacramental records (copies; e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of Santa Cruz Mission.

 

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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