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California Pioneers, 1542-1848
California inhabitants, pioneers, and a pioneer register
Description
This compilation was extracted from the monumental seven-volume History of California by Hubert Bancroft. The information extracted was done with the genealogist in mind and includes lists of inhabitants, lists of pioneers, and a pioneer register. The first section is a list of all male inhabitants from 1769 through 1800 and the number following the name refers to the following dates (1) 1769-1773, (2) 1774-1780, (3) 1781-1790, and (4) 1791-1800. The second section is a list of pioneers with the date they arrived in the territory following the name. In the last section, biographies are given of selected settlers to the area. With such a wealth of information, this database is a must see for researching a California ancestor.
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Samuel Upham, Voyage to California, 1848 Narrative of an East Coast clerk's journey to California in 1848
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James Carson, California Mining Life, 1848-52 Narrative of a miner who came to California in 1848
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Frederick Gay, Sketches of California, 1848 Promotional guide book to California in 1848
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Judge Benjamin Hayes, California Diary Pioneer notes from the diaries of Judge Benjamin Hayes, 1849-1875.
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David A. Shaw, California As Seen by a Pioneer Narrative of the building of California as told through the eyes of a pioneer
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Daniel Woods, Sixteen Months in California, 1849-50 Narrative of the experiences of Daniel Woods while mining in California for sixteen months in 1848-1850
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James Brown, Finding Gold at Sutter's Mill, 1848 Narrative account of the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, California on the 24th of January, 1848
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John Swan, Life in California, 1848 Narrative of an English sailor who traveled to the gold mines in 1848
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Charles Peters, Autobiography, 1915 The autobiography of Charles Peters, in 1915 the oldest pioneer living in California
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Prentice Mulford, Life in California Collection of writings by a pioneer who came to California by clipper ship in 1856
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