This is where I will keep rosters, documents, news clippings etc. that reference Inglewood. Click here for the Inglewood timeline. Click here for the list of cities in Los Angeles. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans on the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
The main purpose of this blog is to provide context, and resources for people researching genealogy by locality. It will start with information based on my own personal research, and will expand to a State/ National index as time goes by.
Thursday, January 26, 2017
Ontario, California Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline that will give you an idea of what was going on during the lives of your ancestors. Click here for rosters, documents, etc. that reference Ontario. Click here for the list of cities in San Bernadino. Click here for the list of counties in California.
Useful Resources
Ontario Heritage
City of Ontario historic preservation web page
City of Ontario local history room
Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery
San Secondo D'Asti Catholic Church founded 1926
Some of the Native American Tribes known to inhabit California were the Hupa, Maidu, Pomo, Modic, Mohave, Chowignas, Pimunguns. According to Ereferencedesk there were over 135 distinct language dialects.
1542 The official discovery of California by Spain
1545 Typhus and other European diseases start killing larges amounts of native populations in Cuba, and New Spain
1579 Sir Francis Drake claims some land north of San Francisco for England
1633 - 1634 Small Pox
Spanish missionaries start settling California in the 1700s
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
1793 Yellow Fever
1812 Russian fur traders build Fort Ross just north of San Francisco
1820 American Trappers start arriving from the East
1820 - 1875 Texas - Indian Wars
1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain
1832 - 1866 Cholera
1846 - 1848 Mexican - American War
1848 California is ceded to the United States by Mexico
1849 The Gold Rush begins
1850 California becomes the 31st State
1858 Scarlet Fever
1861-1864 The Civil War
1862 The Great Floods
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1877 Jim Crow Law enacted till 1950s
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act
1891 Ontario Incorporated
1898 the American Anti-Imperialist League formed
1900 Oil discovered in California
1905 Japanese and Korean Exclusion league formed in California and gained 80,000 + members
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fires
1906 - 1907 Typhoid
1910 Angel Island opens (West Coast’s Ellis Island)
1913 California Alien Land Law
1914 - 1918 WWI
1915 - 1955 Polio Outbreaks
1918 - 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic
1920 ACLU founded
1920 Women get the right to vote
1920 - 1933 Prohibition
1921 - 1925 Diphtheria Outbreaks
1924 United States gives citizenship to some Native Americans
1929 Beginning of the Great Depression
1933 The Long Beach Earthquake
1939 - 1945 WWII
1941 Pearl Harbor
1942 President Roosevelt Signed Executive Order 9066 (Feb)
1942 General Dewitt issued Public Proclamation No. 1(Mar, internment camps) Useful Resources
Ontario Heritage
City of Ontario historic preservation web page
City of Ontario local history room
Bellevue Memorial Park Cemetery
San Secondo D'Asti Catholic Church founded 1926
Ontario, California Rosters, Documents, Images Etc.
This is where I will keep any rosters, documents, images etc. that reference Ontario. Click here for the Ontario timeline. Click here for the list of cities in San Bernadino County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
If you have any documents, directories, etc. pre 1950 that you would like online, please contact me.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
If you have any documents, directories, etc. pre 1950 that you would like online, please contact me.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Cities In San Bernadino County, California
Here is a list of cities in San Bernadino County. If I have more information about a particular city, it's name will be a live link. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Adelanto
Apple Valley
Barstow
Big Bear Lake
Chino
Chino Hills
Colton
Fontana
Grand Terrace
Hesperia
Highland
Loma Linda
Montclair
Needles
Ontario
Rancho Cucamonga
Redlands
Rialto
San Bernadino
Twentynine Palms
Upland
Victorville
Yucaipa
Yucca Valley
Adelanto
Apple Valley
Barstow
Big Bear Lake
Chino
Chino Hills
Colton
Fontana
Grand Terrace
Hesperia
Highland
Loma Linda
Montclair
Needles
Ontario
Rancho Cucamonga
Redlands
Rialto
San Bernadino
Twentynine Palms
Upland
Victorville
Yucaipa
Yucca Valley
Huntington Park, California Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline that will give you some basic idea of what was happening during the lives of your ancestors. Click here for the documents, rosters, directories, etc. that reference Huntington Park. Click here for the list of cities in Los Angeles County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
1906 Huntington Park is incoporated,and named after Henry E. Huntington
Useful Resources
The Huntington Library
Huntington Park Website
1906 Huntington Park is incoporated,and named after Henry E. Huntington
Some of the Native American Tribes known to inhabit California were the Hupa, Maidu, Pomo, Modic, Mohave, Chowignas, Pimunguns. According to Ereferencedesk there were over 135 distinct language dialects.
1542 The official discovery of California by Spain
1545 Typhus and other European diseases start killing larges amounts of native populations in Cuba, and New Spain
1579 Sir Francis Drake claims some land north of San Francisco for England
1633 - 1634 Small Pox
Spanish missionaries start settling California in the 1700s
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
1793 Yellow Fever
1812 Russian fur traders build Fort Ross just north of San Francisco
1820 American Trappers start arriving from the East
1820 - 1875 Texas - Indian Wars
1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain
1832 - 1866 Cholera
1846 - 1848 Mexican - American War
1848 California is ceded to the United States by Mexico
1849 The Gold Rush begins
1850 California becomes the 31st State
1858 Scarlet Fever
1861-1864 The Civil War
1862 The Great Floods
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1877 Jim Crow Law enacted till 1950s
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act
1898 the American Anti-Imperialist League formed
1900 Oil discovered in California
1905 Japanese and Korean Exclusion league formed in California and gained 80,000 + members
1906 Huntington Park Incorporated
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fires
1906 - 1907 Typhoid
1910 Angel Island opens (West Coast’s Ellis Island)
1913 California Alien Land Law
1914 - 1918 WWI
1915 - 1955 Polio Outbreaks
1918 - 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic
1920 ACLU founded
1920 Women get the right to vote
1920 - 1933 Prohibition
1921 - 1925 Diphtheria Outbreaks
1924 United States gives citizenship to some Native Americans
1929 Beginning of the Great Depression
1933 The Long Beach Earthquake
1939 - 1945 WWII
1941 Pearl Harbor
1942 President Roosevelt Signed Executive Order 9066 (Feb)
1942 General Dewitt issued Public Proclamation No. 1(Mar, internment camps) Useful Resources
The Huntington Library
Huntington Park Website
Huntington Park, California Rosters, Documents, Images Etc.
This is where I will keep the rosters, directories, documents etc. that reference Huntington Park. Click here for the Huntington Park timeline. Click here for the list of cities in Los Angeles County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
Compton, California Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline to give you an idea of events that happened during your ancestors lives. Click here for rosters, directories, images, etc. that reference Compton. Click here for the list of cities in Los Angeles County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
1950s A large population boom of African Americans are arriving because Watts which is close by had a devoloped African American Community.
Useful Resources
Compton 125 Historical Society
Some of the Native American Tribes known to inhabit California were the Hupa, Maidu, Pomo, Modic, Mohave, Chowignas, Pimunguns. According to Ereferencedesk there were over 135 distinct language dialects.
1542 The official discovery of California by Spain
1545 Typhus and other European diseases start killing larges amounts of native populations in Cuba, and New Spain
1579 Sir Francis Drake claims some land north of San Francisco for England
1633 - 1634 Small Pox
Spanish missionaries start settling California in the 1700s
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
1793 Yellow Fever
1812 Russian fur traders build Fort Ross just north of San Francisco
1820 American Trappers start arriving from the East
1820 - 1875 Texas - Indian Wars
1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain
1832 - 1866 Cholera
1846 - 1848 Mexican - American War
1848 California is ceded to the United States by Mexico
1849 The Gold Rush begins
1850 California becomes the 31st State
1858 Scarlet Fever
1861-1864 The Civil War
1862 The Great Floods
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1867 Griffith Dickenson Compton led 30 pioneers to the area
1877 Jim Crow Law enacted till 1950s
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act
1888 Compton was incorporated
1898 the American Anti-Imperialist League formed
1900 Oil discovered in California
1905 Japanese and Korean Exclusion league formed in California and gained 80,000 + members
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fires
1906 - 1907 Typhoid
1910 Angel Island opens (West Coast’s Ellis Island)
1913 California Alien Land Law
1914 - 1918 WWI
1915 - 1955 Polio Outbreaks
1918 - 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic
1920 ACLU founded
1920 Women get the right to vote
1920 Compton Airport opens
1920 - 1933 Prohibition
1921 - 1925 Diphtheria Outbreaks
1924 United States gives citizenship to some Native Americans
1929 Beginning of the Great Depression
1933 The Long Beach Earthquake
1939 - 1945 WWII
1941 Pearl Harbor
1942 President Roosevelt Signed Executive Order 9066 (Feb)
1942 General Dewitt issued Public Proclamation No. 1(Mar, internment camps) 1950s A large population boom of African Americans are arriving because Watts which is close by had a devoloped African American Community.
Useful Resources
Compton 125 Historical Society
Compton, California Documents, Rosters, Directories, Etc.
This is where I will keep any rosters, documents, images, etc. I find that reference Compton. Click here for the Compton timeline. Click here for the list of cities in Los Angeles County. Click here for the list of counties in California.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
Modesto,California Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline that gives you an idea of some of the things that were going on during your ancestors lives. Click here for documents, rosters, etc. that reference Modesto. Click here for the list of cities in Stanislaus County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Useful Resources
The McHenry Museum and Historical Society
A site I found called Historic Modesto
Stanislaus County Research
Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County
Some of the Native American Tribes known to inhabit California were the Hupa, Maidu, Pomo, Modic, Mohave, Chowignas, Pimunguns. According to Ereferencedesk there were over 135 distinct language dialects.
1542 The official discovery of California by Spain
1545 Typhus and other European diseases start killing larges amounts of native populations in Cuba, and New Spain
1579 Sir Francis Drake claims some land north of San Francisco for England
1633 - 1634 Small Pox
Spanish missionaries start settling California in the 1700s
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
1793 Yellow Fever
1812 Russian fur traders build Fort Ross just north of San Francisco
1820 American Trappers start arriving from the East
1820 - 1875 Texas - Indian Wars
1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain
1832 - 1866 Cholera
1846 - 1848 Mexican - American War
1848 California is ceded to the United States by Mexico
1849 The Gold Rush begins
1850 California becomes the 31st State
1858 Scarlet Fever
1861-1864 The Civil War
1862 The Great Floods
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1870 Modesto named, and becomes a town. It was going to be named Ralston for it's finacier William Ralston, but he asked for the town to be named something else due to his modesty. The town was named Modesto in honor of his modesty.
1877 Jim Crow Law enacted till 1950s
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act
1884 Modesto Incorporated
1898 the American Anti-Imperialist League formed
1900 Oil discovered in California
1905 Japanese and Korean Exclusion league formed in California and gained 80,000 + members
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fires
1906 - 1907 Typhoid
1910 Angel Island opens (West Coast’s Ellis Island)
1913 California Alien Land Law
1914 - 1918 WWI
1915 - 1955 Polio Outbreaks
1918 - 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic
1920 ACLU founded
1920 Women get the right to vote
1920 - 1933 Prohibition
1921 - 1925 Diphtheria Outbreaks
1924 United States gives citizenship to some Native Americans
1929 Beginning of the Great Depression
1933 The Long Beach Earthquake
1939 - 1945 WWII
1941 Pearl Harbor
1942 President Roosevelt Signed Executive Order 9066 (Feb)
1942 General Dewitt issued Public Proclamation No. 1(Mar, internment camps) Useful Resources
The McHenry Museum and Historical Society
A site I found called Historic Modesto
Stanislaus County Research
Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County
Modesto, California Rosters, Documents Etc.
This page is where I will keep any rosters, letters, documents etc. that reference Modesto. Click here for the Modesto timeline. Click here for the list of cities in Stanislaus County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena California
1947
If you have any pre 1950 documents directories etc., and you would like them photographed and put online, please contact me.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena California
1947
If you have any pre 1950 documents directories etc., and you would like them photographed and put online, please contact me.
Cities in Stanislaus County, California
Lodi, California Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline to give you an idea of what was happening in your ancestors lives, and aid in genealogical research by locality. Click here for the list of documents, rosters, images, etc. that reference Lodi. Click here for the list of cities in San Joaquin County, Click here for the list of counties in California.
1915 The first hospital in the area built
Useful Resources
Lodi Historical Society
San Joaquin Historical Society and Museum
Cherokee Memorial Park
1915 The first hospital in the area built
Some of the Native American Tribes known to inhabit California were the Hupa, Maidu, Pomo, Modic, Mohave, Chowignas, Pimunguns. According to Ereferencedesk there were over 135 distinct language dialects.
1542 The official discovery of California by Spain
1545 Typhus and other European diseases start killing larges amounts of native populations in Cuba, and New Spain
1579 Sir Francis Drake claims some land north of San Francisco for England
1633 - 1634 Small Pox
Spanish missionaries start settling California in the 1700s
1775 - 1783 Revolutionary War
1776 Declaration of Independence signed
1793 Yellow Fever
1812 Russian fur traders build Fort Ross just north of San Francisco
1820 American Trappers start arriving from the East
1820 - 1875 Texas - Indian Wars
1821 Mexico gained independence from Spain
1832 - 1866 Cholera
1846 - 1848 Mexican - American War
1848 California is ceded to the United States by Mexico
1849 The Gold Rush begins
1850 California becomes the 31st State
1858 Scarlet Fever
1859 Lodi's First school established
1861-1864 The Civil War
1862 The Great Floods
1863 Emancipation Proclamation
1869 Railroad arrives in Lodi
1873 Lodi gets it's name
1877 Jim Crow Law enacted till 1950s
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act
1898 the American Anti-Imperialist League formed
1900 Oil discovered in California
1905 Japanese and Korean Exclusion league formed in California and gained 80,000 + members
1906 Lodi is incorporated
1906 San Francisco Earthquake and fires
1906 - 1907 Typhoid
1910 Angel Island opens (West Coast’s Ellis Island)
1911 Lodi Fire Department established
1913 California Alien Land Law
1914 - 1918 WWI
1915 - 1955 Polio Outbreaks
1915 The first hospital in the area built
1918 - 1919 Spanish Flu Pandemic
1920 ACLU founded
1920 Women get the right to vote
1920 - 1933 Prohibition
1921 - 1925 Diphtheria Outbreaks
1924 United States gives citizenship to some Native Americans
1929 Beginning of the Great Depression
1933 The Long Beach Earthquake
1939 - 1945 WWII
1941 Pearl Harbor
1942 President Roosevelt Signed Executive Order 9066 (Feb)
1942 General Dewitt issued Public Proclamation No. 1(Mar, internment camps) Useful Resources
Lodi Historical Society
San Joaquin Historical Society and Museum
Cherokee Memorial Park
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