1.you might check the records for 2.dutch flat -el dorado co mining records 3.hangtown deaths and births prior to 1850 4.the great book of el dorado couty. early calif records. 5. the web site for native sos of the golden west and native daughters of thegolden west ancestors in early calif index. 6 all stage coach stops and steamboat ferry records were in s.f. prior to the earthquake and may be found in the str library on the s.f. peninsula these include butterfield and butterfield, studebaker, wells fargo,fremont and blackstone stage co.s the auburn court house burned, but many records had ben transferrred to vital stats in sacramento. there is a web site listng american cemetaries,not on private lands there is a 12 volume mimeographed set of books produced by an author in the santa barbara -carpeteria area of calif called "going west" that lists the names of the majority of people ,tain names, leaders and scouts on the calif, applegate, oregon and other trais west. info may be obtained from the santa clara city library heily and homstead roads- attention genealogy liibrarin san jose calif happy hunting