GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-123

Mission San Buenaventura
211 East Main Street
Ventura, CA 93001

Phone: 805-643-4318

 

Hours: See website

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying Facilities: Yes

 

History: Mission San Buenaventura, Ventura (a.k.a. San Buenaventura), Ventura County, California, had been a predominantly Native American (Chumash) parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles (Archives: Mission Hills, California).

1782-1854 (Natives declined)	Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Buenaventura Mission (Chumash)
1854-ca. 1922	Monterrey (California) diocesan priests administered San Buenaventura
1922-ca. 1925 (no longer Native)	Monterrey-Los Angeles diocesan priests administered San Buenaventura

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1782-ca. 1925

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (includes copies; e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for Native American parishioners of San Buenaventura 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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