PEOPLE

General Editor

Steven Hackel is an expert on early California history and American colonial history. He is Professor of History at UC Riverside, the general editor of the Early California Population Project, the creator of the Pobladores Database, and author of books and articles on early California. Hackel’s work on Indigenous Californians and the Early California Cultural Atlas has been supported by grants from UC Riverside, the NEH, the Haynes Foundation, and the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Robert C. Ritchie, in his capacity as Director of Research at the Huntington, served as project director for ECPP 1.0.

Staff

ECPP 1.0 benefited from an extremely able and dedicated group of data entry personnel. Anne M. Reid served as Lead Data Compiler. Over the years the following individuals worked on the ECPP as data entry assistants: Vanessa Browning, Reina Polanco, Karen Cavanaugh, Isolina Benitez-Martinez, Maria Fernandez, Leticia Polizzi, and Stephanie Ausensi.

In 2022 Mary Casey and Danny Archuleta, advanced history graduate students at UC Riverside, worked on the validation of the enhancement of ECPP 1.0 to ECPP 1.1. System migration to UCR was performed by CHASS IT, led by CIO James Lin and Deputy CTO Raymond Holguin, and team members, Enterprise System Architect Matthew Chu and Digital Media and Mobile Applications Manager Kelvin Mac.

The design structure of the initial ECPP database emerged in the fall and spring of 1999-2000 through the combined efforts of Steven Hackel, John R. Johnson, and Randall T. Milliken. Over time, as more data was added to the project, the ECPP database structure was expanded. This project benefited from the generosity of Hackel, Johnson, and Stephen O'Neil who contributed their own data to the project. Over many years, the ECPP has benefitted enormously from the skill and generosity of Sheila Ruiz Harrell, one of the true great pioneers in early California genealogy, whose contributions continue to shape our knowledge of the people and families of colonial California.

Consultants

The design and implementation of a new user interface for ECPP 1.1 was aided by suggestions from devoted and knowledgeable members of the ECPP user community: Jonathan Cordero, Lorraine Escobar, Kathleen Hull, and Stephen O’Neil.