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Surname you are researching | Contact person | County ancestor lived in |
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ABDILL | Sutter | |
Plumas & Placer | ||
| AHRENS | Leah Ahrens | Los Angeles |
AITKEN | ||
AKST | ||
| ALLEN | Evelyn Weaver | Monterey |
ALVARADO | ||
ANGEL | ||
ANGELL | ||
ANSELL | Imperial | |
| ARBOGAST | Vicky Lotts | ?? |
AREDONDO |
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ARELLANO | Contra Costa, | |
ARMISTEAD | Kern | |
ARNEL | ||
Solano | ||
ARVIDSON - ARVIDSSON | ||
AUGUST | ||
AXT | ||
AZEVEDO |
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BAHAM | ||
BAJCAR | ||
BAKER | ||
BALL | ||
BARRY | Placer | |
BASTIAEN | ||
BATCHELDER | ||
BAWDEN | ||
BAZURTO - BASURTO | ||
BAZURTO | ||
| BEINHORN | Nancy Meier Beinhorn | Tulare |
BERNHARDT | Sierra | |
| BERNUSSOU | Jeannette Caldwell | Mendocino, San Francisco |
BETANCOURT | ||
| BETHEL | Sandie Beck | San Francisco |
| BETTENCOURT | Evelyn Weaver | Monterey |
BEYER | ||
| BIDDLE | Joseph Motz | San Luis Obispo |
| BIRD | Traci O'Brian | Los Angeles |
| BLACK | Cindy Theimer | Los Angeles |
BLACKMORE | ||
| BLANC | Joe Blanc | Merced, Stanislaus |
BLASQUEZ | ||
BODY | ||
| BOHNENBERG | Gladys Dieckmann | San Francisco |
BORG | ||
| BOUSE | Praast | |
| BRABEC | Evelyn Weaver | Monterey |
| BRANAN - BRANNAN | Pam Duncan | Tulare, Siskiyou, Shasta |
| BRAND | B. Smith | San Francisco |
BRANNON | ||
| BREWSTER | Cathy Penland | Los Angeles |
BREZEE | Calaveras | |
BRITTON | ||
BRONSON | ||
BROOKS | ||
BROSCH | ||
BROWN | Yuba | |
BROWN |
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| BRUFF | Barbara Hemmingsen | Orange |
| BRUNDIGE | Pat Stromberg | Los Angeles |
BUDDE | ||
| BUERKLE | Ginny Eakin | San Diego |
BURNEY | Plumas | |
BURK | ||
BURNS | Sutter | |
BURNS | ||
| BURROWS | Ralph Anderson | Sutter |
BURT | ||
| BURTON | Mike & Linda Votaw | Los Angeles |
BUSACK | ||
BUSH | ||
Solano | ||
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CADEMARTORI | Calaveras | |
| CALDWELL | Jeannette Caldwell | Lake, Sonoma, Tulare, Kern |
Plumas, | ||
| CAPACI | Brigitte Tucker-Ford | Los Angeles |
CARLSON | Contra Costa | |
| CARROLL | Andre Vaughn | Los Angeles |
CARROLL | ||
| CARROLL | Richard Carroll | |
CARSWELL | ||
CARTER | ||
CARTZDAFNER | ||
CARVALHO | ||
CATER | ||
CATONE | ||
| CERVANTES | Evelyn Weaver | Monterey |
CHACON | ||
CHARNOCK | Contra Costa, | |
CHASTAIN |
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CHLEBORAD | ||
CLARKE | ||
CLUCK | ||
COALE | ||
| COBB | Margie Hinton | Lake, Colusa, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Glenn |
COLBY | Yolo | |
| COLE | Charles H. Dawkins | Lake |
CONNOR | Stanislaus | |
CONSTANCIA - CONSTANCIO | Kern | |
COOLEY | Yolo, Solano, | |
COOLEY | Sierra, Plumas, Lassen | |
COOPER | ||
CORDOVA | Contra Costa | |
| CORNELL | Delbert Broyles | Lassen, Modoc |
COSTA | ||
COSTA | ||
| COSTA | Bob Davis | El Dorado |
COVARRUBIAS | ||
COUCH | ||
COWART - COWARD | ||
COWDELL | ||
COX | ||
CRAIG | ||
| CRAIG | Rebecca Nicholson | Los Angeles |
CRANE | ||
CROOKS | Stanislaus | |
CROWE | ||
| CUMMINS | Delbert Broyles | Yuba, Modoc |
| CURRY | Bob Davis | Los Angeles |
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DALY | Kern | |
| DANBORN | Emma Skinner | Merced, Stanislaus |
| DAVIS | Libby Saxby | Tulare |
DAY | Mariposa | |
| DAY | Cliff Day | Yuba, Butte |
DEAL | Yuba | |
DEANE | ||
De BERNARDI | ||
| De FREMERY | John O'Keefe | San Mateo |
DEBNEY | ||
Kern | ||
| DELURY | Theresa Smalls | Sierra, San Francisco, Alameda, Mono & Virginia City, NV |
| DENNING | Rebecca Nicholson | Los Angeles |
DeVEE | ||
| DeWITT | Janet Struss | Lassen |
| DeWOLF | M. Weschke | Del Norte |
| DIECKMANN | Gladys Dieckmann | San Francisco |
| DONOHO | Sandy Morrey | Los Angeles |
| DORSCHNER | Patti Thornton Felty | Los Angeles |
DRAGON | ||
DREW | ||
| DUFFY | Theresa Smalls | Sonoma, San Francisco, San Mateo |
| DUQUETTE | Charles Ranft | Los Angeles |
DURAZZO | ||
DUTRA | ||
| DYE | Nancy Meier Beinhorn | Tulare |
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| EARLY | Kris Quart | Los Angeles |
| EASTERLY | Kris Quart | Los Angeles |
| ELLIS | Dorothy Berry | Humboldt |
ELLISON | Stanislaus | |
| ERICKSON | Janet L. Smythe | San Luis Obispo |
| ERTMAN | David Hendsch | Calaveras |
ESPINOSA | Calaveras, Contra Costa, | |
ESTRADA | ||
| ETTER | Helen Lowrey | Madera |
EUSTIS | Solano, Yolo | |
EVANS | ||
EYRAUD | Kern | |
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FABER | ||
| FAIRLEE | Delbert Broyles | Sutter |
| FANNON | Andrew Fishburn | Los Angeles |
FAUCETTA | ||
FELIX | ||
FERNANDES |
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FIGUEROA | Contra Costa, | |
| FINANE | Theresa Smalls | Sierra |
| FISHER | Jody Rumsey | Imperial |
FLANAGAN | ||
FLANSBURG | ||
| FLETCHER | Sandie Beck | San Francisco |
FLETTER | ||
| FLOOD | Margie Hinton | San Francisco, Alameda, Santa Clara |
FORD | ||
| FORD | Jonnica McClure | Lassen |
| FRANEY | Chris Johnson | Alameda, Lake |
FRASINELLO | ||
FRITS - FRITZ - FRIX - FRICKS | Contra Costa, Solano, | |
FRIZZELLE | ||
FURMAN | ||
| FUTCH | John E. Futch | San Francisco |
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GARDINER | Solano | |
| GARDNER | Dorothy Berry | Humboldt |
| GARLOCK | Faye Irvin | Contra Costa |
| GARNER | J. Rye | Plumas, Placer, Butte |
| GARROW | George Regan | |
GELLESPIE | Mendocino | |
GENTRY | ||
GESHNER | ||
GHAN | ||
| GIACOMO | Ruby Porter | San Bernardino, Los Angeles |
GIBSON |
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GILBART | ||
GLEASON | ||
GOODWILL | Calaveras | |
| GORHAM | Clay Shannon | Humboldt |
| GRAHEK | Jeannette Caldwell | San Francisco, Sonoma |
GRAY | ||
GRIGSBY | Colusa, Humboldt, | |
| GRIMES | Evelyn Weaver | Monterey |
GROPPER | Yuba | |
GULLY | ||
| GUNNE | Sunday Thompson | Los Angeles? |
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HALE | Sierra | |
| HALE | Janet L. Smythe | Fresno |
HALL | ||
HANSEN | ||
HARDIN |
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HARDING | Yuba | |
HARRIS | Mariposa | |
| HARRIS | Kayra Dillon | Sutter |
HART | ||
| HARVEY | Stephanie Harvey | Sacramento |
| HATFIELD | Norton W. Hatfield | Orange |
HAWKINS | ||
HAYDEN | ||
HAYS | ||
HEACKER | ||
HECKER | ||
| HECTOR | Libby Saxby | Tulare |
| HENDSCH | David Hendsch | Calaveras |
| HERRING | Walter Thompson | Solano |
HESTER |
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HEYDENREICH | ||
| HICKS | Sandra Adkins | Tulare |
| HICKS | Pauline | Alameda |
HILL | ||
HILL | ||
| HINTON | Margie Hinton | Lake, Mendocino, Sonoma, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Monterey, Trinity, Humboldt |
| HINTON | Sharon Miller | Monterey |
HOLLOWAY | ||
| HOLMAN | Cheryl Davis-Holman | Shasta, Sacramento, Santa Clara |
HOLMES | Mendocino | |
HOME | ||
HOXIE | ||
| HUBBARD | William Hubbard | Solano |
HUGHES | ||
HUMPHREYS | Yuba | |
HYATT |
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ILIFF | ||
INGERSOLL | Solano | |
IRISH | ||
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| JAFFE | Dorienne Jaffe | San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles |
| JAMESON | Sherry S. Smith | Marin |
JANEWAY | ||
JANCZURA |
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JOHNSON | Mendocino, | |
JOHNSON | ||
| JONES | Ruby Porter | San Bernardino, Los Angeles |
Contra Costa, Santa Clara ( | ||
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KAHL | ||
KAMINSKY | ||
| KEITH | Cliff Day | Butte, Yuba |
KELLOGG | ||
KELLOGG | ||
KELSEY | Plumas | |
| KILLORAN | Mike Killoran | Sacramento |
KINDER | ||
| KING | Ruby Porter | San Bernardino, Los Angeles |
| KINGERY | N. Good (Dwyer) | San Francisco |
| KINGLSEY | Scott Bates | Santa Cruz |
| KINNISON - KINISON | Sharon Miller | Monterey |
| KISSEE | Cathy Penland | San Bernardino |
KNAVER | ||
| KOELLER | Helen Ruatti | Alameda, Los Angeles |
| KOLLENBORN | Clay Shannon | Humboldt, Mendocino, Colusa, Calaveras |
KORNMAIER | ||
| KOTOFF | Kris Quart | Los Angeles, Kern, San Francisco |
KRAYENHAGEN | ||
| KREMESEC | Jeannette Caldwell | San Francisco, Sonoma |
KROKSTROM | ||
KUECHLER | ||
KUENY | ||
| KURING | G. Weber | San Francisco |
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LAMB | Kern | |
LAMBRUSCHINI | Mariposa, | |
LANGENBAHN | ||
| LAVENDER | Jane Moroni | Unknown |
LEARMONT | ||
LEAVAS | Contra Costa, | |
| LEONARD | Pam Duncan | Siskiyou, Shasta |
| LINDQUIST | Dorothy Lindquist | San Francisco, Alameda, Orange, Los Angeles, Contra Costa |
| LIPTAY | Patricia Liptay-Williams | Santa Clara |
LISIAGA |
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| LISS | Janet L. Smythe | Alameda, San Luis Obispo |
LOFTON | Yuba | |
LOVEALL |
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LOVEALL | ||
| LOVEMONEY | Nora Keohane Hickey | San Francisco, Alameda |
| LUCKY | Clay Shannon | Humboldt |
LUTMAN | Shasta, Trinity, | |
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MacRAY |
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MARIE | ||
MARISCAL | ||
| MARQUET | Jeannette Caldwell | Mendocino, San Francisco |
MARTEN | ||
Contra Costa, Mendocino, | ||
| MARUEJOULS | Jeannette Caldwell | San Francisco |
| MAULDIN | Sherry Nethercott | San Francisco |
McCAFFREY | ||
McCANN | ||
McCARTY | Imperial | |
| McCLINE | Andre Vaughn | Los Angeles |
McCLOSKEY | ||
| McCLURE | Jonnica McClure | San Joaquin |
McCONLOGUE | Solano | |
| McCOY | Jeannette Caldwell | San Francisco |
| McCOY | Sandie Beck | San Francisco |
| McCOY | Kayra Dillon | Sutter |
| McDEVITT | JoAnn DuBeau | Placer |
McDONALD | ||
McGEE | ||
| McGRATH | Theresa Smalls | Alameda |
| McHALE | Nora Keohane Hickey | Alameda |
| McMAINS | Shawn Haley | Sutter, Yuba |
McNIECE |
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McQUADE | ||
MEADOR | ||
| MEADOR | Cheryl Davis-Holman | Santa Clara, Lake |
| MEIER | Nancy Meier Beinhorn | Tulare |
MELLO | ||
| MEYER | Donna Meyer | Shasta |
MICHALOPOULOS | ||
MILES | ||
| MILLER | R. E. Miller | Fresno |
MILLER | ||
| MILLER | Sherry Nethercott | San Francisco |
| MOHR | Nadine Mohr | Sacramento |
MONTROY (MONTROUIL, MONTROVIL) | ||
MOREE | ||
MORGAN | Solano | |
MORIE | ||
| MORREY | Sandy Morrey | Los Angeles |
| MOTZ | Joseph Motz | San Luis Obispo |
MOUTREY | Mariposa | |
| MUELLER | Nancy Meier Beinhorn | Tulare |
MURPHY | ||
Yolo | ||
| MUZENHAR | G. Weber | San Francisco |
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NASH | ||
NELSON | ||
NELSON | ||
| NELSON | Clay Shannon | Humboldt |
| NETTLETON | Janet L. Smythe | Fresno |
NIES | Amador | |
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| O'BRIEN | Penny Thiessen | |
O'CONNELL | ||
OLIVER |
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ORNBAUM | Mendocino, Yolo, Shasta | |
ORNBAUN | Mendocino, Yolo, Shasta | |
ORR |
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| ORTEGA | Jerome R. Roseborough | Riverside |
OSTERHUES | ||
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PACHECO | ||
PADDOCK | ||
PAGE | Solano, | |
PAIGE | ||
| PALUMBO | Susan Palumbo | Santa Clara |
PASERO | ||
PATZER | ||
PEARCE | ||
| PEARCE | Charlotte Ramos | Unknown |
PEARDON | Yuba | |
PEHL | Contra Costa, | |
| PENDELL | Bernice Doyle | Los Angeles |
| PENLAND | Cathy Penland | Fresno, Kern |
PERNECHELE | ||
| PERRY | Evelyn Weaver | Monterey |
PETERSON | Placer, Solano, | |
| PETTIS | Andre Vaughn | Los Angeles |
PHELPS | ||
PINNELL | ||
PITTS | Placer, | |
PLANETT | ||
| PLASKET/PLASKETT | Suzanne Tiemstra | San Francisco, Mendocino, others |
| POOLER | Penny Thiessen | |
| PORTER | Andre Vaughn | Riverside |
POWERS | Plumas, Shasta | |
PRESCHERN | ||
Mendocino | ||
PRIGGE | ||
PUTTOCK | ||
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QUINN | ||
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| RAANES | Jeannette Caldwell | San Francisco, San Mateo, Alameda |
RACOBS |
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RAGGIO | Calaveras | |
| RALSTON - ROLSTON | Carolyn Ralston Reid | Orange, San Diego |
RAMSAY | Sutter, Placer | |
| RANDLE - RANDALL | Pam Duncan | Tulare, Siskiyou, Shasta |
| RASCHETTI | Diana Speziali | Nevada |
RASCHKE | ||
RAYMOND |
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REDONDO |
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REGAN | ||
Solano, | ||
RICKBORN | Marin | |
RICKBORN | ||
RIDDLE | Stanislaus | |
RIDGLEY | ||
| RIVERS | Andre Vaughn | Los Angeles |
| ROBERTS | Edward Roberts | Los Angeles |
| ROBINSON | Kayra Dillon | Sutter |
| ROCCHIO | Debi | |
| ROGERS | Nancy Meier Beinhorn | Tulare |
ROPER | ||
| ROSENQUIST | Dorothy Lindquist | Santa Cruz, San Francisco, Tehama, Sonoma, Alameda |
| ROSS | Penny Thiessen | |
RUBIO | ||
RUH | ||
RUHLE - RIIHLE | ||
RUSSELL | Tehama, | |
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SANCHEZ | Mariposa | |
| SAUER | Joseph Motz | San Luis Obispo |
SAULQUE | Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles | |
| SAUNDERS | Jacky Ridley | Contra Costa |
| SCHATT | Corinne Schatt | Sutter |
| SCHEFF | Dorienne Jaffe | San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles |
| SCHERECHEWSKY - SHERESHEVSKY - SCHERASHEFFSKY | Dorienne Jaffe | San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles |
SCHIESTEL | ||
SCHLADOR | ||
| SCHLICHTMAN | Richard Carroll | |
SCHNEIDER | ||
| SCHOEPPNER | Sandy Morrey | Los Angeles |
| SCHULP | Nancy Meier Beinhorn | Tulare |
| SCHWARTZ | Kayra Dillon | Sutter |
SEVERA |
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| SHANNON | Clay Shannon | Humboldt, Mendocino, Trinity, Tulare |
| SHIRLEY | Dale Shirley | Alameda, San Diego |
SIMMONS | ||
| SIMON | Pat Stromberg | |
SIMS | Solano, | |
SISSON | ||
| SMITH | Ernie McCornack | El Dorado |
SMITH | Yuba | |
SMYTHE | ||
| SMYTHE | Janet L. Smythe | Fresno |
| SNIDER | Ruby Porter | San Bernardino, Los Angeles |
| SOARES | Evelyn Weaver | Monterey |
SOMMARS/SOMMERS | ||
SOSSMAN | ||
| SPAULDING | Kayra Dillon | Sutter |
SPERRY | ||
SPIELMAN | ||
| SPROULE | B. Smith | San Francisco |
Colusa, | ||
| STAGMIAR | Kayra Dillon | Sutter |
STARKWEATHER |
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| STEGEMERE | Kayra Dillon | Sutter |
STEINBECK |
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| STERLINO | Jonnica McClure | San Joaquin |
| STOBIE | Libby Saxby | Tulare |
| STODDARD | Jody Rumsey | Kern |
STRATTON | ||
STEGEMAN | ||
| STRINGFIELD | N. Good (Dwyer) | San Luis Obispo, San Francisco |
Placer, | ||
SURWILLO | ||
| SUYTAR | Karen Friedbauer | Ventura |
SWIFT | ||
| SWIGART | Judy Turpin | Los Angeles |
SZILAGYI | Dorienne Jaffe | San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles |
TATOM | ||
| TERRELL | Penny Thiessen | |
THEISS |
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| THIESSEN | Penny Thiessen | |
THOMAS | ||
THOMAS | ||
THOMASSON | ||
| THOMPSON | Mike Killoran | Los Angeles, Orange |
THORPE | ||
TIRADO | ||
| TOMASINI | Phyllis Yant | Monterey |
| TOMPKINS | Libby Saxby | Tulare |
| TONEY | Mary Jane Wood | Colusa, Tulare |
| TOURTELLOTTE | William Hubbard | Solano |
TRABUCCO | Mariposa | |
TREACY | ||
TSCHANNEN | ||
TUCKER | Amador, | |
TURNER | ||
| TURPIN | Judy Turpin | Fresno |
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VAN HEUSEN | ||
VANDERHAEGHEN | ||
| VASQUEZ | Phyllis Yant | Monterey |
| VAUGHAN - VAUGHN | Andre Vaughn | Los Angeles |
VAUGHN | ||
VERSELL | Humboldt | |
VILLALOBOS | ||
VILLEGAS | ||
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WAAGE | ||
WAGNER | ||
WALFORD | ||
WALLACE |
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| WALTER | Cheryl Davis-Holman | Santa Clara |
WARD | Stanislaus | |
Mariposa, | ||
| WAYMAN | Theresa Smalls | Sierra |
WEAVER | ||
WEBB |
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WEBER | ||
WEDEKIND | ||
| WEEKS | Linda Mills | Tulare, Riverside |
| WEICHERS | Dawn R. Hadfield | Contra Costa |
| WEIL | Dorienne Jaffe | San Francisco, Sacramento, Los Angeles |
WEIST, WUEST | Mendocino, | |
WELLS | ||
| WESTBROOK | Helen Thompson | Tulare |
WESTFAHL | ||
WESTFALL | Mariposa | |
WESTPHAL | ||
WHITE | ||
WHITNEY | ||
WHITTINGTON | ||
WILKES | Contra Costa, | |
| WILLIAMS | Ruby Porter | San Bernardino, Los Angeles |
| WILSON | Roy | San Francisco |
| WINROD | Theresa Smalls | Sierra |
WOODLIEF | Calaveras, | |
| WOODRUFF | Cathy Penland | Fresno, Kern, San Bernardino, Tulare |
WOODWORTH | ||
WOOLSEY | Stanislaus | |
WRIGHT | ||
WREN | ||
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| YAGER | Sandy Morrey | Amador |
YARETZKY | ||
| YORBA | Ruth Kilday | Santa Barbara |
YOUNG | Contra Costa | |
| YOUNT | NoName | Napa |
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| ZASTROW | Jeannette Caldwell | San Francisco, San Mateo, Sonoma |
ZITZMAN | Contra Costa, |