I found some information today that leads me to believe that an ancestor may not have disappeared in California during the Gold Rush. Sanborn Johnson B: ABT. 1833 in Brooks, Waldo County, ME I have a hand written note from my Grandmother, Rosa Lee Johnson Saxton, that says: "went to California in 1849, and not heard from after he wrote to his mother he was coming home, as he had all the gold he wanted." I found a listing on the "Family Search.com" site listing a Sanborn Johnson marrying JENNIE CHANDLER in 1860 in Sonoma County CA. If anyone has any information, I would greatly appreciate it!! Dana Gould