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Do You Have
California Gold Country
Pioneer Roots?

Let Us Help You Find Your Ancestry

The El Dorado County (the California county in which gold was discovered in 1849) courthouse was destroyed by fire in 1910. All birth and death records were lost. Finding information on these individuals requires a search of historical references in a variety of old books, cemeteries, etc. They are not currently online because most genealogical  sites require more data than is available for them to publish. 

So if you're looking for your pioneer past, a 'down and dirty' search through less conventional sources is all that's available.

There are hundreds of settlers mentioned in the index to the History of El Dorado County that's online at this site. Thousands of other references are available through a manual search. Are you looking for your past? Try the index first. If you can't find them there, then you might like to have us search for you. 

 
Mini-search  
We'll search the complete index from all known pioneer cemeteries in El Dorado County. Of course we don't know what, if anything we'll find, but we'll deliver any/all the information we find,  generally within 10 days. Only
$100.00

Let's Search

If we find some of your ancestors, you may choose any of the additional photographic or research services as follows:

Gold Dust Package

Low resolution digital photos on a website or emailed to you. These would be of gravesites (if locatable), and 4-5 current photos of the general area in which they settled. 

Only
$150
Gold Nugget Package
This would include high-resolution (300 dpi for print) digital photos of gravesites, the local area in which they lived, and any historic photos found that can be scanned and delivered to you. 

 


Only
$350

The Gold Vein Package

This photographic package would include high-resolution digital images of all of the above plus pictures of any properties they owned (if locatable - as they appear today, or in historic images -- if available) . These images will be composed into a large, framable, archival quality image that will preserve your family history for generations to come.

Photos only $750


*
Composed Photographic Image (as shown at top of page and at the left)

Only $1000.00

*Preserve your history for your successors with this 300 year archival printing process. Images will be approximately 24" x 36" depending on the images located and the size demanded by the quantity and nature of the images. Framed, add $200.

 

 

 

El Dorado County, CA -- HISTORY MENU

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History of El Dorado County 1883 
by Paolo Sioli

Table of Contents
I. Early Discoveries and Exploration of the Coast and Lower California
II
. Missions in Upper Calif.
III
. Civil Gov't under Spanish
IV
. Calif. under Mexican

V. California under Mexican Regime (continued)

VI
. The Bear Flag War

VII. American Conquest--Mexican War

VIII
. American Conquest--Mexican War (continued)
IX
. American Conquest--Mexican War (end)
X
. California under American Regime
XI
. Laws and Organizations
XII.
Early Condition, Inhabitants and Exploration

XIII. Early Condition, Inhabitation and Explorations in this Region

XIV
. Discovery of Gold
XV
. Routes of Immigrants
XVI.
Organization of County

XVII. El Dorado County, Geographically
XVIII.
Mining--River Mining
XIX.
Mining --Dry Digging and Hydraulic Mining
XX.
Mining --Quartz Mines
XXI
. Mining Laws
XXII
. The Water Supply

XXIII. Farming Industry &  Statistics

XXIV
. Internal Improvements--Roads
XXV
. Internal Improvements--Bridges--Stage --Express & Telegraph Companies
XXVI.
Internal Improvements--Railroads
XXVII
. Journalism
XXVIII
. Secret Societies
XXIX
. Hospitals, Schools, etc.

XXX. Criminal Annals

XXXI. Indian Troubles

XXXII
. General Election

XXXIII. Reminiscences and Anecdotes

     Local History 

Coloma 
Uniontown
Michigan Flat
Pilot Hill (Centerville)
Hoggs Diggings
Murderer's Bar

Spanish Dry Diggings

Greenwood

Georgetown

Kelsey Spanish Flat
Mosquito Valley
Newtown
Grizzly Flat

Indian Diggings

Saratoga

Latrobe
 
Shingle Springs

Negro Hill
Salmon Falls

El Dorado

Cold Springs

Diamond Springs
Placerville (Hangtown)

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