California Mission records collection
Finding aid prepared by Brooke M. Black.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens
Manuscripts Department
The Huntington Library
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
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Descriptive Summary
Title: California Mission records collection
Dates: 1770-1965
Collection Number: MSS MFilm 00528
Creator OR Collector:
Extent:
57 reels of microfilm
Repository:
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
Manuscripts Department
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, California 91108
Phone: (626) 405-2191
Email: reference@huntington.org
URL: http://www.huntington.org
Abstract: This collection contains microfilm copies of all the obtainable records (1770-1965) of the missions of early California.
Language of Material: The records are in Spanish and English.
Administration Information
Access
Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader
Services.
Publication Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material,
nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and
obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], California Mission records collection, The Huntington Library, San
Marino, California.
Acquisition Information
San Gabriel Mission Records were acquired through Thomas Workman Temple, 1960. The rest of the records were acquired through
Brother Veronius Henry, F.S.C., 1965.
Scope and Content
This collection contains copies of all the obtainable records (1770-1965) of the missions of early California. These records
consist mainly of baptismal, marriage, and burial records, often with indices. There are also copies of historical material
(Santa Clara Mission), church music (San Juan Bautista Mission), Indians Census Books and clothing distribution to the Indians
(San Buenaventura), and account books (San Juan Bautista, Santa Cruz and San Carlos Borromeo Missions).
1. San Antonio de Padua (2 reels) -- 2. San Carlos de Borromeo (2 reels) -- 3. San Francisco de Asís (2 reels) -- 4. San Juan
Capistrano (3 reels) -- 5. San Jose de Guadalupe (5 reels) -- 6. San Rafael (4 reels) -- 7. San Miguel (4 reels) -- 8. San
Luis Rey (1 reel) -- 9. Santa Cruz (1 reel) -- 10. San Francisco Solano (1 reel) -- 11. Santa Clara (3 reels) -- 12. Santa
Barbara (7 reels) -- 13. San Juan Bautista (4 reels) -- 14. San Buenaventura (1 reel) -- 15. San Luis Obispo (5 reels) --
16. San Diego de Alcalá (3 reels) -- 17. San Antonio de Pala (Asistencia) (1 reel) -- 18. San Gabriel (6 reels) -- 19. Santa
Gertrudis (Baja), San Borja (Baja), San Diego (misc.) (1 reel) -- FAC 759 (mix of items from more than one mission).
It has been impossible to obtain records of all the missions. Because of fire, earthquakes, and problems of secularization
there has been a loss of records for certain periods at various missions. Most of these records are now available through
the Family Center of the Church of Latter Day Saints.
FAC 759: 2, 4 is missing and may not have been made or it never came to the Huntington as it contains the exact information
as two other reels. At some point there may have been reels 20 and 21 containing second source material on the missions and
material about Soledad, but those reels are no longer present. Part 18 (San Gabriel) formerly cataloged as MSS MFilm 00439
and MSS MFilm 00440; these call numbers have now been cancelled.
Related Material: The Huntington Library's Early California Population Project has related California mission material: http://www.huntington.org/information/ecppmain.htm
Indexing Terms
Subjects
Indians of North America -- California
Missions -- California -- Archives
Geographic Areas
California -- History -- Sources
Genre
Microfilms -- California
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 1, reel I
San Antonio de Padua: Baptisms (1771-1811)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 1, reel II
San Antonio de Padua: Burials (1771-1819)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 2, reel I
San Carlos de Borromeo (Carmel): Index of Baptisms (1840-1877), Marriages (1772-1908), Burials (1770-1915), Record books
(1770-1831), Account book (1868-1890), Marriage dispensations (1870-1891)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 2, reel II
San Carlos de Borromeo (Carmel): Confirmations (1778-1898)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 3, reel I
San Francisco de Asís (Dolores): Account book (1805-1828)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 3, reel II
San Francisco de Asís (Dolores): Burials (1822-1858)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 4, reel I
San Juan Capistrano: Baptisms Book I (1776-1812), Baptisms Book II (1812-1858) with index
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 4, reel II
San Juan Capistrano: Burials Books I (1777-1828), Burials Book II (1828-1915) with index
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 4, reel III
San Juan Capistrano: Marriages (1777-1915) with index
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 5, reel I
San José de Guadalupe: Baptisms Book I (1797-1830)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 5, reel II
San José de Guadalupe: Baptisms Book II (1830-1859)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 5, reel III
San José de Guadalupe: Marriages & Index (1797-1859)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 5, reel IV
San José de Guadalupe: Burials Book I (1797-1827)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 5, reel V
San José de Guadalupe: Burials Book II (1837-1859)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 6, reel I
San Rafael: "Baptisms, Marriages, Burials" (1817-1839)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 6, reel Ia
San Rafael: "Libro Segundo de Bautismos." Baptisms (1840-1945)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 6, reel II
San Rafael: "Codex matrimonii" (1817-1839)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 6, reel III
San Rafael: Burials (1817-1839)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 7, reel I
San Miguel: Marriages (1798-1860, 1879-1926, 1944-1950), Burials (1879-1924), Baptisms (1921-1944)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 7, reel II
San Miguel: Marriages (1798-1860) positive copy
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 7, reel III
San Miguel: Index of Baptisms (1879-1926), Baptisms (1797-1943)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 7, reel IV
San Miguel: Index of Baptisms (1899-1926), 1891-1950, 1879-1949, Baptisms (1797-1862), Marriages (1854-1898), Baptisms (1879-1899)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 8
San Luis Rey: Baptisms (1869-1965), Burials (1893-1965), First communions (1943-1965), Census (1917, printed), Discovery
of Arizona by Marcos de Niza, printed), Marriages (1869-1965)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 9
Santa Cruz: Baptisms (1791-1857), Confirmations (1793-1903, with index), Burials Book I (1791-1834), Burials Book II (1834-1894),
Marriages (1791-1902), Dispensations (1863-1882), Account book (1863-1872), Record books, etc. (1806-1834)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 10
San Francisco Solano (Sonoma): Baptisms (1840-1946), Index of baptisms (1870-1946), Confirmations (1882-1945), Pending marriages
(1948-1961), Burials (1927-1945), Marriages (1909-1946), St. Mary's Cemetery, Oakland, burial records (1958-1963)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 11, reel I
Santa Clara: Baptisms (1804-1866)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 11, reel II
Santa Clara: Burials (1840-1866)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 11, reel III
Santa Clara: Historical material collected by Dr. Antrim E. Osborne.
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 12, reel I
Santa Barbara: Baptisms (1782-1861)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 12, reel II
Santa Barbara: Baptisms - Indians (1786-1858)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 12, reel III
Santa Barbara: Marriages (1786-1886)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 12, reel IV
Santa Barbara: Marriages - Indians (1787-1857)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 12, reel V
Santa Barbara: Burials (1782-1874)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 12, reel VI
Santa Barbara: Confirmations (1786-1863)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 12, reel VII
Santa Barbara: Index to baptisms, marriages, burials (1782-1912)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 13, reel I
San Juan Bautista: Burials (1797-1962), Confirmations (1851-1937), Census (1811, 1814, 1816, 1823, 1826), Church music to
page 63
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 13, reel II
San Juan Bautista: Church music from page 63 to end, Baptisms (1797-1918)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 13, reel III
San Juan Bautista: Baptisms & index (1917-1963), Marriages (1797-1963), collection of holy pictures
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 13, reel IV
San Juan Bautista: Accounts & records (1817-1825), Miscellaneous accounts of presidios at Monterey and San Francisco (1820-1825),
Index of parishes of Monterey district
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 14
San Buenaventura: Burials (1824-1912)
San Buenaventura reel is continued on FAC 759: 1 & 3
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 15, reel I
San Luis Obispo: Confirmations (1778-1906)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 15, reel II
San Luis Obispo: Marriages (1772-1902)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 15, reel III
San Luis Obispo: Burials Book I (1772-1838)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 15, reel IV
San Luis Obispo: Sick Call Book (1947-1949), Index of burials (1777-1913), Burials Books II & III (1838-1952), Cemetery lots
(1892-1930)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 15, reel V
San Luis Obispo: Index of Baptisms (1772-1908), Baptisms (1821-1907)
San Luis Obispo reel is continued on FAC 759: 1 & 3
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 16, reel I
San Diego : Confirmations (1774-1904)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 16, reel II
San Diego : Incomplete records of baptisms and burials, 1805, 1834-1840, Baptisms Book I (1769-1822) - with index
Mostly the same as MSS Film 528: 17
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 16, reel III
San Diego: Baptisms Book II (1822-1855), Burials Books I-III (1776-1880), Marriages Books I-II (1776-1880)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 17
San Antonio de Pala (Asistencia): Incomplete records of baptisms and burials, 1805, 1834-1840, Robidoux's Ranch in the '70s
by Robert Hornbeck (printed)
Mostly the same as MSS Film 528: 16B
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 18, reel I
San Gabriel: Baptisms Book I (1771-1794)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 18, reel II
San Gabriel: Baptisms Book II (1795-1819)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 18, reel III
San Gabriel: Baptisms Book III (1820-1855)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 18, reel IV
San Gabriel: Baptisms & index (1771-1873) - typed transcript
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 18, reel V
San Gabriel: Marriages (1774-1855)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 18, reel VI
San Gabriel: Burials (1774-1855)
Reel MSS MFilm 00528: 19
Santa Gertrudis (B.C.): Baptisms (1751-1812); San Borja (B.C.): Burials (1768-1822); San Diego: Notes, clippings, etc.
Reel FAC 759: 1 & 3
San Buenaventura: Baptisms (1836-1853), Marriages (1872-1879, 1891-1893), Indian Census Books I & II (1788-1824, 1825),
Clothing Distribution to Indians (1806-1815), Inventory of goods (1790); San Luis Obispo: Baptisms (1866-1880), Marriage dispensations
(1856-1890), Burial Book II (1838-1884, with partial index), Cemetery lots (1892-1923).