San Luis Obispo County
California

 This Site is part of the CAGenWeb And The US GenWeb

Hostesses:
Linda L Donnelly
Martha A Crosley Graham

Brief History of San Luis Obispo County, California

In 1542 two small ships sailed the California coast under the command of Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo and the flag of Spain. Later, well known explorers in California were Sir Francis Drake in 1579 and Sebastian Vizcaino in 1603. Much later, in 1769, the King of Spain sent sea and land expeditions to occupy California for Spain. Don Gaspar de Portola, leader of the land party, entered what is now San Luis Obispo County on September 2, 1769. Father Serra founded the fifth California Mission at San Luis Obispo in 1772. San Miguel Mission was established in 1797.

Father Serra founded the fifth California Mission at San Luis Obispo in 1772. San Miguel Mission was established in 1797. In 1822 California declared its independence from Spain. In 1825 Mexico claims California as a territory. Mexico ceded California to the United States in 1848, ending the war between the United States and Mexico.

In 1850 California became the 31st state, and San Luis Obispo was created one of the 27 original counties. 1861 brought stagecoaches to the county on their runs between San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 1886 the railroad reached as far south as San Miguel and Paso Robles. Not until 1894 did the railroad reach the city of San Luis Obispo because of the rugged terrain of the Cuesta Ridge.

And from the SLO Wiki

 New Project

The San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society has been given permission to Index and Digitize Civil Court Cases.

The first phase of the 'Platinum Opportunity' involves the digitizing of 164 rolls of Microfilm 'found' in the Superior Court. As soon as the films are digitized and prepared, the Abstractors will create Indexes. From the individual indexes a master database has been created and will be updated as new indexes are finished. 

The following abstracted information will be available: Case #, Type of Case, Plaintiff, Defendant.

The Website and Civil Case Index can be found here.

San Luis Obispo County Naturalization Indexes

The San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society has completed this Project.

The Website can be found here

 Search California Mission Records!

The Huntington Library along with Sponsors support the "Early California Population Project"

Included in this Project are the Records from all of the California Missions.

The Databases are free but you do have to register to use them.

Help Wanted:

Database Work

Help needed with updating the Cayucos - Morro Bay Cemetery Database: Matching headstone data & Correcting same.

Requirements: Excel, Image software, DropBox & Dual Pane File Manager

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Historical News Articles, Deaths & Obituaries

This Project will be ongoing as historical News Articles, Death Notices & Obituaries are found online. The articles will be transcribed and uploaded to a Web Site yet to be created. I have a subscription to Genealogy Bank and will find the articles. I will also find information on the California Digital Newspaper Site. The pdf files or jpegs will be uploaded to a drop box, the Transcriber will type out the article and then send it to me as an attachment.

Requirements:

Decent Internet Connection, DropBox, Word or other similar software & Adobe Reader.

Contact Martha for Details

The San Luis Obispo Genealogical Society has two Genealogical Libraries:

The Genealogical Library in San Luis Obispo is located upstairs in the

Palm Street Public Library

Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10:00 to 3:00

Our telephone (805-785-0383)

 The Arroyo Grande Genealogical Library is located upstairs in the

South County Branch of the Public Library.

Branch Street, Arroyo Grande, California

Hours: Tuesday and Thursday from 1:00 to 4:00. 

Each Library has a List of Books:

This is the Shelf List for the San Luis Obispo Genealogical Library

This is the Shelf List for the Arroyo Grande Genealogical Library

The Shelf Lists are fully searchable pdf files. 

WiFi is available in both Genealogical Libraries.

Bring your Laptop or use our Computer to access the Internet.

"The Fine Print"

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This web page is maintained on behalf of the California portion of The USGenWeb Project and is paid for by supporters.  Although believed to be correct as presented, if you have corrections, changes, additions, or find that any links provided on this page are not functioning properly, please contact the webmaster for prompt attention to the matter.

Site Updated: 2 April 2012

Martha A Crosley Graham