Thank you for this info. My great grandmother was born in San Diego in 1866, but I don't know when her parents came to CA. Her mother was born in IN in 1849 and her father was born in MI about 1835. Where/when they got married is a brick wall for me. One that I work on everytime I am in CA. My aunt went to her grave thinking we were CA Pioneers. I would like to solve the mystery. Pat in Maryland ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Roddy" <billroddy@cox.net> To: NORCAL@rootsweb.com Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 9:53:52 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [NORCAL] CA Pioneer Society membership A person is eligible for membership having an ancestor arriving or living in California before 1850, including Spanish and Mexican residents. Originally it was open to male ancestors and male members, but now women are eligible in both categories. Erin Doyle Ebeling is current president. I have the 2010 Membership Roster listing the original members and their descendents and will do look ups. Bill Pioneer web site. http://www.californiapioneers.org/ ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message