California Missions Resource Center: An excellently organized comprehensive and unique resource for historical information on the 21 missions.
The Spanish Missions of California: A Resource Website for Teachers and Students in Their Study of the California Missions.
California Missions: Contains photos and brief information on all 21 missions. Includes information on mission life, Native Americans and a printable map of the missions (County of Monterey).
Social Studies Fact Cards - The California Missions: Great site for collected information, photos, and floor plans of the missions, including instructions on how to make a mission model.
A Virtual Tour of the California Missions: Find complete descriptions, pictorial tours and maps of the missions.
California Missions 1780-Present (Calisphere, University of California)
California Missions and Their Saints (Catholic Online)
California Missions eBooks (San Mateo Public Library): You can access these for free, just use the word "missions" for the username and password.
Indian Labor at the California Missions - Slavery or Salvation? (San Diego History Center)
A History of American Indians in California (National Park Service)
Native Americans and California Missions: (C-Span American History TV) History Professor Willy Bauer lectures on the native peoples and the missions. Approximately one hour and 17 minutes.
Junipero Serra (PBS - The West)
Junipero Serra (Catholic Online)
Decision to Canonize Father Serra Draws Divided Reaction (Los Angeles Times Article, January 16, 2015)
Pope Francis Announces Sainthood for California Mission Founder Junipero Serra (San Jose Mercury News, January 16, 2015)
Fermin Francisco de Lasuen (Spartacus Educational): Second president of the California Missions.
Fray Francisco Palou (Encyclopedia of San Francisco - San Francisco Museum and Historical Society)
Francisco Palou (Spartacus Educational)
Francisco Palou (American Journeys) Contains a biography of Father Palou and an online accessible copy of his book Francisco Palou's Life and Apostolic Labors of the Venerable Father Junipero Serra, Founder of the Franciscan Missions of California.
Perspectives on California's Missions Have Changed in News, Teaching (by Christopher Reynolds, Los Angeles Times, September 5, 2014)
A Day in the Life of a Friar (California Missions Studies Association)
Links to California Mission Websites: Visit the official websites of each of the California Missions.
Asistencias and Estancias: The Sub-Missions of California
Pictured at right from top to bottom are: Mission San Diego de Alcala; Mission San Antonio de Padua; columns at Mission San Antonio de Padua; Mission San Miguel Arcangel; Mission La Purisima Concepcion altar.