California Genealogy

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Alameda County
Alameda Albany Altamount Berkeley	Castro Valley Dublin Fremont Hayward	Irvington Livermore Mount Eden Murray	Oakland Piedmont Pleasanton San Leandro	San Lorenzo Union City Warm Springs Washington Township
Alpine County
Fredericksburg	Monitor	Silver Mountain	Woodfords
Amador County
Amador City Drytown	Fiddletown Ione	Jackson Pine Grove	Plymouth Sutter Creek	Volcano
Butte County
Bangor Berry Creek Biggs Centerville in Butte County	Cherokee Chico Cohasset Durham	Feather Falls Forbestown Forest Ranch Gridley	Honcut Magalia Oregon Oroville	Paradise Stirling City Thermalito Wyandotte	Yankee Hill
Calaveras County
Altaville Angels Camp	Campo Seco Jesus Maria	Milton Mokelumne Hill	Murphys San Andreas	Vallecito Valley Springs
Colusa County
Arbuckle College City	Colusa Grand Island	Maxwell Stonyford	Williams
Contra Costa County
Antioch Brentwood Concord	Crockett Danville El Cerrito	El Sobrante Lafayette Martinez	Moraga Orinda Pacheco	Pittsburg Pleasant Hill Richmond	San Pablo San Ramon Walnut Creek
Del Norte County
Crescent City	Gasquet	Smith River
El Dorado County
Cameron Park Camino Clarksville	Coloma Diamond Springs El Dorado	El Dorado Hills Frenchtown Georgetown	Greenwood Kelsey Latrobe	Lotus Pilot Hill Placerville	Shingle Springs South Lake Tahoe
Fresno County
Academy Auberry Caruthers Centerville in Fresno County	Clovis Coalinga Del Rey Dunlap	Firebaugh Fowler Fresno Kerman	Kingsburg Laton Parlier Piedra	Reedley Riverdale San Joaquin Sanger	Selma Squaw Valley Tollhouse Trimmer
Glenn County
Afton Artois	Chrome Elk Creek	Newville Orland	Willows
Humboldt County
Arcata Blue Lake Eureka	Ferndale Fortuna Hydesville	Iaqua Loleta Orleans	Petrolia Rohnerville Table Bluff	Trinidad Waddington
Imperial County
Bard	El Centro	Imperial
Inyo County
Big Pine Bishop	Darwin Death Valley	Death Valley Junction Independence	Keeler Lone Pine
Kern County
Arvin Bakersfield California City Delano	Fellows Glennville Havilah Johannesburg	Kernville Lake Isabella Mojave Onyx	Ridgecrest Rosamond Shafter Taft	Tehachapi Wasco Wofford Heights Woody
Kings County
Armona	Avenal	Corcoran	Hanford	Kettleman City	Lemoore
Klamath County
Black Bear Camp Gaston	Dillon Hoopa Valley	Klamath Liberty	South Fork
Lake County
Clearlake	Kelseyville	Lakeport	Lower Lake	Middletown	Upper Lake
Lassen County
Bieber Big Valley	Doyle Janesville	Madeline Milford	Nubieber Susanville	Westwood
Los Angeles County
Agoura Hills Alhambra Arcadia Avalon Azusa Baldwin Park Bell Bell Gardens Bellflower Beverly Hills Burbank Carson Cerritos Chatsworth Claremont Commerce Compton	Covina Culver City Diamond Bar Downey Duarte El Monte El Segundo Gardena Glendale Glendora Granada Hills Hacienda Heights Hawthorne Hermosa Beach Hollywood Huntington Park Industry	Inglewood La Canada Flintridge La Mirada La Puente La Verne Lakewood Lancaster Lawndale Lennox Lomita Long Beach Los Angeles Los Nietos Lynwood Malibu Manhattan Beach Marina Del Rey	Maywood Monrovia Montebello Monterey Park Newhall North Hollywood Norwalk Ocean Park Pacoima Palmdale Palos Verdes Estates Paramount Pasadena Pico Rivera Pomona Rancho Palos Verdes Redondo Beach	Reseda Rolling Hills Estates Rosemead Rowland Heights San Dimas San Fernando San Gabriel San Marino San Pedro Santa Clarita Santa Fe Springs Santa Monica Sawtelle Sierra Madre South Gate South Pasadena Spadra	Sylmar Temple City Torrance Tujunga Van Nuys Venice Walnut Watts West Covina West Hollywood Whittier Wilmington
Madera County
Borden	Chowchilla	Madera	North Fork	Oakhurst	Raymond
Marin County
Angel Island Bolinas Kentfield	Larkspur Mill Valley Nicasio	Novato Point Reyes Ross	San Antonio San Quentin San Rafael	Sausalito Tomales
Mariposa County
Bear Valley Briceburg	Catheys Valley Coulterville	Hornitos Indian Gulch	Mariposa Midpines	Yosemite
Mendocino County
Anchor Bay Boonville Caspar	Covelo Elk Fort Bragg	Gualala Hopland Laytonville	Little River Mendocino Philo	Point Arena Redwood Valley Ukiah	Westport Willits
Merced County
Atwater Delhi Dos Palos	Gustine Hilmar Hopeton	Le Grand Livingston Los Banos	Merced Plainsburg Snelling	Stevinson Winton
Modoc County
Adin Alturas	Campbell Cedarville	Fort Bidwell Lake City	Likely Lookout	Willow Ranch
Mono County
Bodie	Bridgeport	Coleville	Mammoth Lakes	Mono Lake
Monterey County
Alisal Aromas Carmel-by-the-Sea	Greenfield Jolon King City	Lockwood Monterey Moss Landing	Pacific Grove Pebble Beach Salinas	Seaside Soledad
Napa County
Angwin	Calistoga	Napa	Pope Valley	St Helena	Yountville
Nevada County
Grass Valley Nevada City	North Bloomfield North San Juan	Penn Valley Rough and Ready	Truckee Washington
Orange County
Anaheim Brea Buena Park Costa Mesa Dana Point	El Toro Fountain Valley Fullerton Garden Grove Huntington Beach	Irvine La Habra La Palma Laguna Beach Laguna Hills	Lake Forest Los Alamitos Mission Viejo Newport Beach Orange	Placentia San Clemente San Juan Capistrano Santa Ana Seal Beach	Tustin Villa Park Westminster Yorba Linda
Placer County
Auburn Colfax Dutch Flat	Foresthill Gold Hill Gold Run	Iowa Hill Lincoln Loomis	Newcastle Rocklin Roseville	Tahoe City Weimar Yankee Jims
Plumas County
Beckworth Chester	Chilcoot-Vinton Crescent Mills	Greenville La Porte	Portola Quincy	Taylorsville Vinton
Riverside County
Banning Beaumont Blythe Calimesa Cathedral City	Coachella Corona Eagle Mountain Elsinore Hemet	Idyllwild Indio La Quinta Lake Elsinore Moreno Valley	Murrieta Norco Palm Springs Perris Riverside	San Jacinto Sun City Sunnymead Temecula Wildomar
Sacramento County
Citrus Heights Courtland	Elk Grove Fair Oaks	Folsom Franklin	Galt Hagginwood	Rancho Murieta Sacramento	Sheldon Sloughhouse
San Benito County
Hollister	Priest Valley	Rock Spring Peak	San Juan Bautista
San Bernardino County
Agua Mansa Alta Loma Angelus Oaks Barstow Big Bear City Big Bear Lake Calico	Chino Chino Hills Colton Cucamonga Daggett Etiwanda Fontana	Hesperia Highland Joshua Tree Lake Arrowhead Loma Linda Ludlow Mentone	Montclair Needles Oak Glen Ontario Oro Grande Phelan Rancho Cucamonga	Redlands Rialto San Bernardino Silver Lake Trona Twentynine Palms Upland	Victorville Yermo Yucaipa Yucca Valley
San Diego County
Alpine Bonita Campo Carlsbad Chula Vista Coronado	Descanso El Cajon Encinitas Escondido Fallbrook Jacumba Hot Springs	Julian La Jolla La Mesa National City Nestor Ocean Beach	Oceanside Pala Pauma Valley Potrero Poway Ramona	San Diego San Luis Rey San Marcos San Pasqual Santa Ysabel Spring Valley	Valley Center Vista
San Francisco County
San Francisco
San Joaquin County
Atlanta Clements Elkhorn Township	Escalon French Camp Linden	Lockeford Lodi Manteca	Ripon Stockton Tracy	Woodbridge
San Luis Obispo County
Adelaida Arroyo Grande	Atascadero Cambria	Halcyon Morro Bay	Nipomo Oceano	Paso Robles San Luis Obispo	San Miguel Shandon
San Mateo County
Atherton Belmont Brisbane	Burlingame Colma Daly City	East Palo Alto Half Moon Bay Hillsborough	Menlo Park Millbrae Pacifica	Pescadero Redwood City San Bruno	San Mateo South San Francisco Woodside
Santa Barbara County
Ballard Carpenteria Carpinteria	Gaviota Goleta Guadalupe	Lompoc Los Alamos Mission Hills	Montecito Orcutt Santa Barbara	Santa Maria Santa Ynez Sisquoc	Solvang Summerland
Santa Clara County
Alma Almaden Burnett College Park	Cupertino Gilroy Los Altos Los Gatos	Mayfield Milpitas Morgan Hill Mountain View	New Almaden Palo Alto San Jose Santa Clara	Saratoga Stanford Sunnyvale
Santa Cruz County
Aptos Boulder Creek	Felton La Selva Beach	Santa Cruz Soquel	Watsonville
Shasta County
Anderson Big Bend Buckeye Burney	Cottonwood Delta Fall River Mills French Gulch	Igo Kennett Lakehead Millville	Ono Platina Redding Shasta Lake	Shingletown Summit City Whitmore
Sierra County
Brandy City	Downieville
Siskiyou County
Callahan Etna Forks of Salmon	Fort Jones Gazelle Happy Camp	Hornbrook Montague Mount Shasta	Sawyers Bar Scott Valley Weed	Yreka
Solano County
Benicia Binghamton	Dixon Fairfield	Rio Vista Suisun City	Tremont Vacaville	Vallejo
Sonoma County
Annapolis Cloverdale Fort Ross	Freestone Fulton Geyserville	Hacienda Healdsburg Occidental	Petaluma Santa Rosa Sebastopol	Sonoma Stewarts Point Windsor
Stanislaus County
Ceres Crows Landing Denair Emory	Empire Eugene Grayson Hughson	Knights Ferry La Grange Modesto Newman	Oakdale Patterson Riverbank Roberts Ferry	Salida Turlock Warnerville Waterford
Sutter County
Meridian Nicolaus	Pleasant Grove Rio Oso	Sutter Trowbridge	Yuba City
Tehama County
Corning Flournoy	Kirkwood Los Molinos	Manton Red Bluff	Tehama Vina
Trinity County
Hayfork	Helena	Lewiston	Weaverville
Tulare County
Dinuba Ducor Exeter Farmersville	Ivanhoe Kaweah Lindsay Orosi	Plano Porterville Springville Strathmore	Terra Bella Three Rivers Tipton Traver	Tulare Visalia White River Woodville
Tuolumne County
Big Oak Flat Chinese Camp	Columbia Jamestown	Sonora Springfield	Tuolumne
Ventura County
Camarillo Conejo Fillmore	Moorpark Newbury Park Ojai	Oxnard Piru Port Hueneme	Santa Paula Simi Valley Thousand Oaks	Ventura
Yolo County
Buckeye in Yolo County Davis	Dunnigan Esparto	Knights Landing Madison	Winters Woodland	Yolo
Yuba County
Browns Valley Brownsville	Brownville Dobbins	Marysville Olivehurst	Smartsville Strawberry Valley	Wheatland

California Birth Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County	Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County	Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Cemetery Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County	Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County	Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Census Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Klamath County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County	Orange County Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County	Shasta County Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Church Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County	Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County	Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Death Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Klamath County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County	Orange County Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County	Shasta County Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California City Directories
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Humboldt County Imperial County Kern County Kings County	Lake County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County Placer County Plumas County Riverside County	Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County Sierra County Siskiyou County	Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Genealogies
Alameda County Colusa County Contra Costa County Fresno County Kern County Los Angeles County	Mendocino County Merced County Monterey County Nevada County Orange County Placer County	Riverside County Sacramento County San Diego County San Joaquin County Santa Clara County Siskiyou County	Solano County Sonoma County Sutter County Tulare County Ventura County Yuba County
California Historical Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Klamath County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County	Orange County Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County	Shasta County Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Land Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County	Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County	Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Marriage Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County	Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County	Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Military Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County Placer County	Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County Sierra County	Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Newspapers
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County	Orange County Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County	Santa Cruz County Shasta County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Obituaries
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County	Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County Shasta County	Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Probate Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mendocino County Merced County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County	Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County	Santa Cruz County Shasta County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California School Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Colusa County Contra Costa County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Lake County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County Orange County Placer County	Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County	Shasta County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County
California Vital Records
Alameda County Alpine County Amador County Butte County Calaveras County Colusa County Contra Costa County Del Norte County El Dorado County Fresno County Glenn County Humboldt County Imperial County Inyo County Kern County	Kings County Klamath County Lake County Lassen County Los Angeles County Madera County Marin County Mariposa County Mendocino County Merced County Modoc County Mono County Monterey County Napa County Nevada County	Orange County Placer County Plumas County Riverside County Sacramento County San Benito County San Bernardino County San Diego County San Francisco County San Joaquin County San Luis Obispo County San Mateo County Santa Barbara County Santa Clara County Santa Cruz County	Shasta County Sierra County Siskiyou County Solano County Sonoma County Stanislaus County Sutter County Tehama County Trinity County Tulare County Tuolumne County Ventura County Yolo County Yuba County