THE EDUCATED GENEALOGIST

 "Plague at the Golden Gate"  and  Records at University of the Pacific I recently watched a documentary on PBS called "Plagu...

Most of the crimes committed by people in these mug books seem to be Petite Larceny, Grand Larceny, Burglary or Robbery.  These crimes might...

The Center for Sacramento History uploaded police mugs books dated from 1860 to 1948 to Internet Archive .   I can't tell you how ma...

The newspaper articles and the chapter in the 1861 California State Statutes mention slave children in Missouri. The affidavits from Zacha...

I was able to follow the history of Senate bill 84 somewhat through the newspapers: Mr. Heacock gave notice that at an early day he would ...

I found the probate for Nicholas Swan in Sacramento County.  It contained the usual petitions, claims, and receipts.  There is no mention of...

I found another newspaper mention for Zachariah Simpson - a tiny little paragraph. Who was Squire Drisdom and why was he opposing the ...

In the 1861 California State Statutes (chapter 76, page 59) there is an act authorizing the public administrator, Jared Irwin, to sell the...

The Journal of the Assembly During the Thirteenth Session of the Legislature of the State of California for 1862 LIST OF PARDONS GRAN...

A copy of the 1861 California State Statutes can be found HERE NAME CHANGES chapter 11, pg 8 An Act to change the na...