LOS CALIFORNIANOS

Dedicated to the Preservation of 
Alta California’s Heritage

History & Purpose

(updated 4 October 2006)

    In December 1968, a small group of descendants of Spanish Alta Californians formed Los Californianos in anticipation of the bicentennial year of the discovery of San Francisco Bay in 1769 by the expedition led by Don Gaspar de Portolá. Los Californianos was created for the purpose of preserving the heritage of the early Hispanic Californians in Alta California (also called Californios or Californianos) by conducting research on genealogy and civil, religious, military, social and cultural activities in Alta California in order to provide an accurate and authentic oral, written, and pictorial interpretation of the history of Spanish and Mexican Alta California.

     To this end, Los Californianos publishes the Antepasados periodically and the Noticias para Los Californianos quarterly. These publications are free to members.  Other services, provided for a nominal fee, include the Expediente Program that makes copies of Spanish and Mexican land grants available.

 Los Californianos is qualified as a nonprofit organization.
Gifts to help further its goals are tax deductible.
Los Californianos, P.O. Box 600522, San Diego, CA 92160-0522