California Voting Records

Online Resources

 * 1866-1898 California, Voter Registers, 1866-1898 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)
 * 1866-1910 California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1900-1968 California, Voter Registrations, 1900-1968 at Ancestry.com - index and images ($)

Voting Rights History

 * By 1856: Universal white male suffrage
 * 1870: The 15th Amendment is passed and prohibits restricting suffrage based on race
 * 1911: Women are given the right to vote

What Can be Found in the Records
For more information about how Voter Records can help your genealogical research see United States Voting Records. Voting records often contain:
 * Name
 * Birth place
 * Residence
 * Years living in city, county, state
 * Whether naturalized, date, court

How to Find Voter Records
Most voter records were kept on the county level (for New England states this should be town level). To see what FamilySearch has for your county (town) of research follow these steps:
 * Go to the FamilySearch Catalog and in the place field type in California
 * Go to United States, California
 * Once there, click on "Places within United States, California"
 * Select the county that contains your town of interest