GUIDE TO CATHOLIC RECORDS ABOUT NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE U.S.
Volume 3: Western United States
California: CA-89

San Francisco de Asis Mission, Mission Dolores Basilica
3321 Sixteenth Street
San Francisco, CA 94114

Phone: 415-621-8203

 

Hours: See website

Access: Some restrictions apply

Copying Facilities: Yes

 

History: San Francisco de Asís Mission, San Francisco, California, was once a predominantly Native American parish in the Archdiocese of San Francisco (Archives: Menlo Park, California).

1776-1836	Franciscans (Santo Evangelico Province) (Archives: Puebla, Mexico) established and administered San Francisco de Asís Mission, a.k.a. Mission Dolores (Ohlone, Wintun)
1791	Mission Dolores relocated to its current site
1817-1822	Franciscans at Mission Dolores attended to San Rafael Arcángel Mission (Miwok, Pomo, Wintun), San Rafael, California
1853 (Natives declined)-ca. 1900 (no longer Native)	San Francisco archdiocesan priests administered Mission Dolores

 

Holdings of Catholic records about Native Americans:

Inclusive dates: 1757-ca. 1900

Volume: Several volumes

Description: Sacramental records (e.g. baptisms, marriages, burials) for San Francisco de Asís Mission and San Rafael Arcángel Mission; 1 volume with appended records (baptisms, marriages, burials) from San José de Guadalupe Mission, Fremont (1797-1859).

 

Unless otherwise noted, the repository on this page holds (or held) the records described here and they are not held at the Marquette University Archives.

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