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by D. W. Standeford (Author)
During the last-half of the 1800s, each California County periodically produced their Great Register, as required by legislation, and which published the County Voter Registration List for the specified period. At election time, published copies of these books were given to local precincts to verify voter registration, and following the election, most books were discarded or destroyed. The individual County Clerks of each county certified the publications as 'true and complete.' El Dorado County, California, was in the heart of 'Gold Country, ' during the great Gold Rush of 1849. Thousands of individuals, from all over the United States, descended upon this area in search of their fortune, and many remained following the bust. This 1867 Voter Registration for El Dorado County is a valuable resource for local historians and genealogists. The information it contains includes the names, ages, place of nativity, occupation, and place of residence of each registered voter in the County, and totals approximately 5,000 individuals. These books are rare and extremely difficult to locate. They do, however, provide researchers with valuable information often found only in the original records.
