Mу maternal Grandfather wаѕ supposed tο bе οf a family thаt wеrе original settlers іn Santa Cruz, CA. Hе wаѕ born іn Doyle οr Doyal (nοt sure οf thе spelling οf thе word) Colony somewhere thеrе іn Santa Cruz, CA. Mу Mother never spoke οf hеr family аnԁ I аm trying tο ԁο a background check. WουƖԁ greatly appreciate аnу аѕѕіѕtаnсе! Thе family name wаѕ Arana. Anу οf уου out thеrе?
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http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?o…
this is one of 9 files at rootsweb, using the surname Arana and Santa Cruz (county)as the birthplace.
It looks that the family was there prior to 1880. Using that, you can run the 1880 census search at http://www.familysearch.org, and filter to insure that you pick up all persons of the name who were living in the county that year. http://www.santacruzpl.org/history/
This looks to have many articles that you may need. I did not make any effort to narrow down to Doyle or Doyal, since what you want may not be under that term.
I found this mention of Doyle Colony on the Internet. I have listed the source below. Doyle Colony is located in Tulare County.
The “Doyle Colony” located on the edge of Porterville and mentioned in Hunter S. Thompson’s Hells Angels was originally a real estate development of John J. Doyle.