California, United States Genealogy

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When the United States acquired California in 1848, it agreed to recognize earlier claims. A commission was established in 1852 to process the claims. The National Archives has these commission records, including petitions and translations of Spanish documents. These are indexed in J.N. Bowman, Index to the Spanish-Mexican Private Land Grant Records and Cases of California, 1958, Reprint (Berkeley, California: Bancroft Library, University of California, 1970; FHL film 833343).

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There are statewide California birth and death indexes online for free. You can search births (1905 to 1995) at: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/calbirths and deaths (1940 to 1997) at: http://www.familytreelegends.com/records/caldeaths

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