Napašnipit hihe'it'i he'lšup, 'ipwakapi hiptayašnipit, k'ayke swil 'it'i hisiywe' hi kiynohnonočwaš.
"Walk softly over this land; beneath it the ancestors sleep" - Barbareño Chumash
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Dedicated to preserving the history of California's "First Families" - those who were here before 1848 - the indigenous peoples and the Californios (Spanish/Mexican colonists).
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We express special gratitude to: The Early California Population Project, Edition 1.1. General Editor, Steven W. Hackel (University of California, Riverside and The Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 2022), for making California mission records available for searching online and breathing life into California's Native and Hispanic pioneers. The Huntington Library reminds us that review of data in the Early California Population Project database is not a substitute for the consultation of the original records.
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Click on link to go to a cemetery with burials of pre-1848 ancestors.

Loreto, Baja California Sur
Mission and Presidio: (Oct. 1697-1848)

San Diego de Alcalá
Mission: First location-NO RECORDS (July 16, 1769-Nov 4, 1774); Second Location (Nov. 5, 1774-Jun. 14, 1831).
Presidio Chapel: (July 16, 1769-Jun 14, 1831).
El Campo Santo: (1849-1880; many Californios buried here)

Monterey
San Carlos Borromeo
Mission: First Location (June 1770-1771); Second Location as Carmel (1771-1855).
Presidio Chapel: First Cemetery (June 3, 1770-1831); Campo Santo San Carlos (1832-Present).

San Antonio de Padua
Mission Cemetery (Aug. 27, 1771-Apr. 22, 1849).

San Gabriel
San Gabriel Arcangel
(Aug. 6, 1774-Dec. 30, 1849; Pueblo de los Angeles burials Sep. 1781-Mar. 1846)

San Luís Obispo de Tolosa
First Cemetery (Oct. 4, 1772-Nov 30, 1850); New-Mission-Cemetery (1859-1877); several pre-1879 remains transferred to the Old Mission Cemetery (1879-Present).

San Francisco
Mission: San Francisco de Asís "Dolores" (Feb. 25, 1777-Dec. 22, 1850).
Presidio Chapel (Only 12 burials, and one was removed: Dec. 21, 1776-Nov. 19, 1801)

San Juan Capistrano
Mission: (Oct. 27, 1777-Mar. 31, 1848)

Santa Clara de Asís
Mission: (June 22, 1777-Dec. 19, 1849).

Los Angeles
Pueblo established Sep. 4, 1781. All burials were at Mission San Gabriel until Reina de los Angeles ("Plaza Church") established its own cemetery in March 1826. Plaza Cemetery (Mar. 3, 1826-June 25, 1840); Old Calvary (June 1840-1896)

Ventura
Mission: San Buenaventura (Apr. 15, 1782-Dec. 23, 1850).
Many pre-1848 ancestors also buried here: Cemetery Memorial Park and Ivy Lawn

Santa Bárbara
Mission (SB): Mission (SB: Aug. 8, 1787-Dec. 31, 1841; BP: Jan. 1, 1842-Dec. 20, 1850).
Presidio Chapel (BP): Presidio Chapel (BP: Dec. 29, 1782-Mar 27, 1846).
NOTE: BP records contain many Mission burials even before the books were combined Jan. 1, 1842.
Many pre-1848 ancestors also buried here: Cieneguitas/La Patera and Calvary

Lompoc
La Purísima Concepción
Mission: First Location 1787-1812; Second Location 1812-Oct. 15, 1851). NOTE: This listing contains burials for both the neophyte (Indian) cemetery and "gente de razón" cemetery.

Santa Cruz
Mission Cemetery (Nov. 19, 1791-Dec. 19, 1850). Also served residents of Pueblo Branciforte after it was established in 1797.

Soledad
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad. Mission: 1791-1835. Church: 1835-1846; 1859-Present
Cemetery (1791-1846)

San José
Pueblo established Nov. 29, 1777. Residents were served by Missions Santa Clara and San José.

Fremont
Mission San José de Guadalupe
Mission Cemetery (Sep. 18, 1797-1850)

San Juan Bautista
Mission Cemeteries: First Cemetery (Sep. 23, 1797-1860?);
Second Cemetery (Since 1860)

San Miguel Arcángel
Mission Cemetery (Mar. 17, 1798-Aug. 5, 1840).

San Fernando
San Fernando Rey de España: First Cemetery (Apr. 7, 1798-Nov. 1850).

Oceanside
San Luís Rey de Francia
Mission: 1798-1834. Church: 1834-1846; 1865-Present Cemetery (1798-1850)

Santa Ynez
Santa Inés: Cemetery (Jan. 23, 1805-Oct. 1850).

San Rafael
Mission San Rafael Arcángel: Cemetery (Jan. 3, 1818-1870)

Sonoma
Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma: Cemetery (Dec. 26, 1823-1880)

Napašnipit hihe'it'i he'lšup, 'ipwakapi hiptayašnipit, k'ayke swil 'it'i hisiywe' hi kiynohnonočwaš.
"Walk softly over this land; beneath it the ancestors sleep" - Barbareño Chumash
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Dedicated to preserving the history of California's "First Families" - those who were here before 1848 - the indigenous peoples and the Californios (Spanish/Mexican colonists).
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We express special gratitude to: The Early California Population Project, Edition 1.1. General Editor, Steven W. Hackel (University of California, Riverside and The Henry E. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, 2022), for making California mission records available for searching online and breathing life into California's Native and Hispanic pioneers. The Huntington Library reminds us that review of data in the Early California Population Project database is not a substitute for the consultation of the original records.
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Click on link to go to a cemetery with burials of pre-1848 ancestors.

Loreto, Baja California Sur
Mission and Presidio: (Oct. 1697-1848)

San Diego de Alcalá
Mission: First location-NO RECORDS (July 16, 1769-Nov 4, 1774); Second Location (Nov. 5, 1774-Jun. 14, 1831).
Presidio Chapel: (July 16, 1769-Jun 14, 1831).
El Campo Santo: (1849-1880; many Californios buried here)

Monterey
San Carlos Borromeo
Mission: First Location (June 1770-1771); Second Location as Carmel (1771-1855).
Presidio Chapel: First Cemetery (June 3, 1770-1831); Campo Santo San Carlos (1832-Present).

San Antonio de Padua
Mission Cemetery (Aug. 27, 1771-Apr. 22, 1849).

San Gabriel
San Gabriel Arcangel
(Aug. 6, 1774-Dec. 30, 1849; Pueblo de los Angeles burials Sep. 1781-Mar. 1846)

San Luís Obispo de Tolosa
First Cemetery (Oct. 4, 1772-Nov 30, 1850); New-Mission-Cemetery (1859-1877); several pre-1879 remains transferred to the Old Mission Cemetery (1879-Present).

San Francisco
Mission: San Francisco de Asís "Dolores" (Feb. 25, 1777-Dec. 22, 1850).
Presidio Chapel (Only 12 burials, and one was removed: Dec. 21, 1776-Nov. 19, 1801)

San Juan Capistrano
Mission: (Oct. 27, 1777-Mar. 31, 1848)

Santa Clara de Asís
Mission: (June 22, 1777-Dec. 19, 1849).

Los Angeles
Pueblo established Sep. 4, 1781. All burials were at Mission San Gabriel until Reina de los Angeles ("Plaza Church") established its own cemetery in March 1826. Plaza Cemetery (Mar. 3, 1826-June 25, 1840); Old Calvary (June 1840-1896)

Ventura
Mission: San Buenaventura (Apr. 15, 1782-Dec. 23, 1850).
Many pre-1848 ancestors also buried here: Cemetery Memorial Park and Ivy Lawn

Santa Bárbara
Mission (SB): Mission (SB: Aug. 8, 1787-Dec. 31, 1841; BP: Jan. 1, 1842-Dec. 20, 1850).
Presidio Chapel (BP): Presidio Chapel (BP: Dec. 29, 1782-Mar 27, 1846).
NOTE: BP records contain many Mission burials even before the books were combined Jan. 1, 1842.
Many pre-1848 ancestors also buried here: Cieneguitas/La Patera and Calvary

Lompoc
La Purísima Concepción
Mission: First Location 1787-1812; Second Location 1812-Oct. 15, 1851). NOTE: This listing contains burials for both the neophyte (Indian) cemetery and "gente de razón" cemetery.

Santa Cruz
Mission Cemetery (Nov. 19, 1791-Dec. 19, 1850). Also served residents of Pueblo Branciforte after it was established in 1797.

Soledad
Nuestra Señora de la Soledad. Mission: 1791-1835. Church: 1835-1846; 1859-Present
Cemetery (1791-1846)

San José
Pueblo established Nov. 29, 1777. Residents were served by Missions Santa Clara and San José.

Fremont
Mission San José de Guadalupe
Mission Cemetery (Sep. 18, 1797-1850)

San Juan Bautista
Mission Cemeteries: First Cemetery (Sep. 23, 1797-1860?);
Second Cemetery (Since 1860)

San Miguel Arcángel
Mission Cemetery (Mar. 17, 1798-Aug. 5, 1840).

San Fernando
San Fernando Rey de España: First Cemetery (Apr. 7, 1798-Nov. 1850).

Oceanside
San Luís Rey de Francia
Mission: 1798-1834. Church: 1834-1846; 1865-Present Cemetery (1798-1850)

Santa Ynez
Santa Inés: Cemetery (Jan. 23, 1805-Oct. 1850).

San Rafael
Mission San Rafael Arcángel: Cemetery (Jan. 3, 1818-1870)

Sonoma
Mission San Francisco Solano de Sonoma: Cemetery (Dec. 26, 1823-1880)