Dedicated to researching the first families arriving in California starting in 1769, and some native people already living here.

Go to our Californio Ancestry main site.

Read our tutorial and FAQs on using the Californio First Families site.

See our suggested surname search values in CFF.

PLANNED MAINTENANCE: We update the CFF tree every Friday starting at 1:15 p.m. Pacific Time. The process takes approximately 30 minutes. During the update, the tree will not be available.