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California Missions Research Notes
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Title: California Missions Research Notes
Dates: 1940-1960
Collection number: MS 442
Collector:
University of California, Santa Cruz
Collection Size:
3 document boxes
Repository:
University of California, Santa Cruz. University Library.
Special Collections and Archives
Santa Cruz, California 95064
Abstract: Research notes and notebooks on the inhabitants of the Spanish Missions and settlements of California, 1766-1908.
Physical location: Stored in Special Collections & Archives: Advance notice is required for access to the material.
Languages:
Languages represented in the collection:
English
Collection open for research.
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by the creators of the records and
their heirs. For permission to publish or to reproduce the material, please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
California missions research notes. MS 442. Special Collections and Archives, University Library, University of
California, Santa Cruz.
Scope and Content of Collection
This collection contains research notes and notebooks on the inhabitants of various Spanish Missions and settlements in California.
The notebooks were created between 1940 and 1960, and record the births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, deaths, and burials
circa 1766-1902.
Missions included are: San Antonio, San Carlos (Carmel), San Diego, San Francisco, San Gabriel, San Juan Bautista, San Luis
Obispo, San Miguel, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Soledad. Also included are records for the Villa de Branciforte
settlement in Santa Cruz, Ca.
The notebooks are either typed or handwritten and are unsigned. The exception is a genealogy containing a signed note by Irene
Soberanes.
The material is organized alphabetically by Mission.
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in
the library's online public access catalog.
California Missions
California -- Genealogy