This is where I will keep links to any documents, Rosters, images, etc. that reference Lodi. Click here for for the Lodi timeline. Click here for the list of cities in San Joaquin 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 and you want them photographed and put online, please contact me.
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Santa Cruz, California Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline of events that were happening duringthe lives of your ancestors, and aid in genealogical research by locality. Click here for links to rosters, directories, documents, etc. that reference Santa Cruz. Click here for the list of cities in Santa Cruz County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Useful Resources
Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz
SFGenealogy.com This is a great site I stumbled across, that has links to databases and more. It has resources for many counties surrounding San Francisco
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
1866 Santa Cruz Incorporated
1870 Santa Cruz Lighthouse built
1877 Jim Crow Law enacted till 1950s
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act
1894 A great fire destroys much of downtown Santa Cruz
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
Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz
SFGenealogy.com This is a great site I stumbled across, that has links to databases and more. It has resources for many counties surrounding San Francisco
Santa Cruz, California Documents, Rosters, Images etc.
This is where I will keep all the links to historical documents, images, rosters, etc. that reference Santa Cruz. Click here for the Santa Cruz timeline. Click here for the list of cities in Santa Cruz County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Vetereans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Vetereans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
Cities In Santa Cruz County, California
Here is a list of the cities in Santa Cruz County. If I have more information on any of the cities listed, it's name is a live link. Click here for the list of counties in California.
Capitola
Santa Cruz
Scotts Valley
Watsonville
Capitola
Santa Cruz
Scotts Valley
Watsonville
Berkeley, California Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline of event that happened during the lives of your ancestors. Click here for the links to documents, rosters, directories, etc. that reference Berkeley. Click here for the list of Cities in Alameda County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
Useful Resources
Berkeley Historical Society
SFGenealogy.com This is a great site I stumbled across, that has links to databases and more. It has resources for many counties surrounding San Francisco
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
1868 University of California Berkley created
1877 Jim Crow Law enacted till 1950s
1878 Berkeley incorporated
1882 The Chinese Exclusion Act
1898 the American Anti-Imperialist League formed
1899 Residents of Berkeley vote to make Berkeley an alcohol free zone
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
1923 A major fire sweeps through Berkeley
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
Berkeley Historical Society
SFGenealogy.com This is a great site I stumbled across, that has links to databases and more. It has resources for many counties surrounding San Francisco
Berkeley, California Rosters, Documents, Directories Etc.
This is where I will keep all historical odds and ends, that reference Berkeley. Click here for a basic timeline of Berkeley. Click here for the list of cities in Alameda 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
This blog is meant to aid in genealogical research by locality. If you have any historical documents pre 1950 that you would like me to photograph and post here, please contact me. Thank you.
Rosters
Roster
Department of California and Nevada
Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Organized April 15, 1909 at Pasadena, California
1947
This blog is meant to aid in genealogical research by locality. If you have any historical documents pre 1950 that you would like me to photograph and post here, please contact me. Thank you.
Ocean Park / Venice, California Basic Timeline
This is meant to be a very basic timeline, to give you an idea of what was happening during the lives of your ancestors. Click here for the links to rosters, directories, etc.. that reference Ocean Park.
Click here for the list of cities in Los Angeles County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
There is a great blog post about Ocean Park history on a wordpress blog called Ocean Park California. It has a great deal of information and resources.
1848 Mexico cedes California to the United States
1849 The Gold Rush begins
1862 The great floods of California
1870s Ocean Park and Santa Monica is being settled
1875 Santa Monica Founded
1876 Southern Pacific Railroad completes a line between San Francisco to Los Angeles
1880 Abbot Kinney decides to turn Santa Monica into a beach resort then focus on Venice of America
1885 Santa Fe Railroad comes to Los Angeles
1886 Santa Monica incoporated
1890s - 1910 Piers, Attractions and Housing were built to draw tourists to the area.
1895 The area is named Ocean Park
Venice was called Ocean Park at the time
1899 Ocean Park Post Office opens
1901 Ocean Park had about 200 cottages, a few stores, a pleasure pier, a casino, race track, and post office.
1904 Ocean Park Developement Company is dissolved, the unincorporated area goes by Ocean Park, although some of the areas that were considered Ocean park lie in Santa Monica.
Kinney wins the famous coin toss and gains the marshlands.
1905 Ocean Park Bath House Opens, and is a huge draw for tourists
1906-1911 There are power struggles over what city owns Venice of America.
1911 Ocean Park's name is changed to Venice
1925 Voters in Venice vote to be annexed to Los Angeles
Useful Resources
Venice Historical Society
Woodlawn Cemetery Santa Monica
Click here for the list of cities in Los Angeles County. Click here for the list of Counties in California.
There is a great blog post about Ocean Park history on a wordpress blog called Ocean Park California. It has a great deal of information and resources.
1848 Mexico cedes California to the United States
1849 The Gold Rush begins
1862 The great floods of California
1870s Ocean Park and Santa Monica is being settled
1875 Santa Monica Founded
1876 Southern Pacific Railroad completes a line between San Francisco to Los Angeles
1880 Abbot Kinney decides to turn Santa Monica into a beach resort then focus on Venice of America
1885 Santa Fe Railroad comes to Los Angeles
1886 Santa Monica incoporated
1890s - 1910 Piers, Attractions and Housing were built to draw tourists to the area.
1895 The area is named Ocean Park
Venice was called Ocean Park at the time
1899 Ocean Park Post Office opens
1901 Ocean Park had about 200 cottages, a few stores, a pleasure pier, a casino, race track, and post office.
1904 Ocean Park Developement Company is dissolved, the unincorporated area goes by Ocean Park, although some of the areas that were considered Ocean park lie in Santa Monica.
Kinney wins the famous coin toss and gains the marshlands.
1905 Ocean Park Bath House Opens, and is a huge draw for tourists
1906-1911 There are power struggles over what city owns Venice of America.
1911 Ocean Park's name is changed to Venice
1925 Voters in Venice vote to be annexed to Los Angeles
Useful Resources
Venice Historical Society
Woodlawn Cemetery Santa Monica
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