GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-75
California State Archives
1020 “O” Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone 916-653-7715
Alternate website: Online Archive of California
Hours: See website
Access: No restrictions
Copying facilities: Yes
Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:
Inclusive dates: 1784-1902
Volume: Ca. .2 cubic foot
Description: 5 series and collections include Native Catholic records:
/1 “Series 159, Spanish Census and Customhouse Records”
Inclusive dates: 1796-1798, 1834
Volume: 2 folders and 1 reel of microfilm
Description: Details inhabitants in given years; 51 pages; in Spanish
A. Presidio Districts [with missions], 1798: San Diego, Santa Bárbara, Monterey, and San Francisco
B. Missions: San Carlos Borromeo de Carmel (Esselen and Ohlone), 1796; San Luis Obispo de Tolosa (Chumash and Yokuts), 1797-1798; San Antonio de Padua (Chumash and Yokuts), 1798; and Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (Esselen, Ohlone and Yokuts), 1798
/2 “Series 160, Spanish Archives: Spanish-Mexican Land Grant Records”
Inclusive dates: 1784-1846
Volume: Less than 5% of 19 oversize volumes and 8 reels of microfilm
Description: Records to lands in California granted by Spain and Mexico; includes Franciscan mission lands and related petitions from Native Americans (e.g. Cahuilla, Cupeño, Kumiai, Ohlone) and non-Native Americans; arranged alphabetically by surname of grant and grantee or petitioner and numerically by case numbers
A. Spanish-Mexican Expedientes [petitions for land grants], 8 volumes; in Spanish
B. Translation of Spanish/Mexican Expedientes, 8 volumes; in English
C. Diseños [maps of lands granted], 2 volumes D. Official Register of Land Grants, 1839-1840; 1 volume; copy from California State Library, Sacramento, California
/3 “Series 161, Surveys of Original Spanish Grants by U.S. Surveyor General”
Inclusive dates: 1855-1875
Volume: Few items within 5 oversize volumes
Description: Map drafts and copies by the U.S. Surveyor General, including those of Franciscan missions in California; Archbishop J.S. [Joseph Sadoc] Alemany, O.P. [Dominicans] was the grantee for most mission land grants.
/4 “Indexes of Witnesses and Maps and Diseños in Spanish-Mexican Land Grant Cases, Series 163”
Inclusive dates: Between 1784-1846
Volume: Few cards within several card drawers
Description: 3 x 5-inch card index to case files of private California land grants made by Spain and Mexico, including those of Franciscan missions; arranged alphabetically by surname of witnesses and numerically by case numbers.
/5 “Munsey Photograph Collection, F3938:62-86”
Inclusive dates: 1900-1902
Volume: Few prints
Description; San Luis Rey de Francia, San Juan Capistrano, San Diego de Alcalá, and Santa Bárbara Missions in California.
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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