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California Yuba County
County Courthouse
Yuba County Courthouse
935 14th Street
Marysville, CA 95901
Phone 530.721.6547
County Clerk has marriage records from 1865
Divorce, probate and court records from 1850
and voting records from 1866[1]
Historical Facts
Parent County
18 February 1850; Yuba County was created as an original county. County seat: Marysville [2]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Bible Records
Biography
Cemeteries
YubaRoots.com has a database of cemetery listings for Yuba County and surrounding areas.
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed the book, Yuba County California Cemeteries by Anita Heston DuVall (1985). The microfiche copy is available in Salt Lake City or in any of its affiliated Family History Centers.
The Yuba County GenWeb site also has a database of a few cemeteries.
Census
For tips on accessing Yuba County, California census records online, see: California Census.
Church History and Records
Court Records
Crime and Criminals
Directories
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Germans
Gazetteers
Genealogy
History
History of Yuba County California, by Thompson and West (1879)
Other histories of the area are listed by YubaRoots.com
Land and Property
An Index to Yuba County Federal Land Records is available online.
The following records of Yuba County land records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and are available for viewing at the Library in Salt Lake or they can be ordered for viewing at any of the Library's Family History Centers:
- Deeds 1866-1906 (from Yuba County Clerk/Recorder Office in Marysville)
- Deeds 1850-1888 (also from the Clerks office in Marysville)
- Yuba County Plat Books 1854-1898 (from the John Q Packard Library in Marysville)
Maps
YubaRoots.com has a number of maps available (from Thompson and West's 1879 book) and also a map of 1861 and another of 1885.
Migration
Early migration routes to and from Yuba County, California for emigrant settlers included:[3][4]
- California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
- Henness Pass Road 1850 branched off the Truckee Trail at Verdi, Nevada headed for Camptonville and steamboat service at Marysville, California. In 1860 it became a major route to the Comstock Lode silver mines in Nevada.
- Beckwourth Trail 1850 left the Truckee Trail near present-day Sparks, Nevada going to Oroville and Marysville, California
Military History and Records
Raymond H Banks has abstracted records of the Yuba County Civilian Draft Registration Cards (1917-1918) and made them available online through the USGenweb of Yuba County.
Naturalization/Citizenship Records
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed copies of naturalization papers found in the Yuba County Clerk's Office, and these records are available for viewing either in Salt Lake City or they can be ordered at any of the Library's Family History Centers.
Newspapers
Current
1530 Ellis Lake Drive
Marysville, CA 95901
Telephone: 505-741-2345 or 800-831-2345
Hours: Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm
Obituaries
Periodicals
Probate Records
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has made copies of probate records found in the Yuba County Clerk's Office in Marysville, California. These copies can be read at the Library in Salt Lake City or can be ordered at any of the Library's Family History Centers. Copies of these records are also available at the California State Archives. The microfilm copies are as follows:
- Probate records 1850-1920 (Superior and Probate Court records)
- Wills 1855-1919 (Superior Court records)
- Wills 1855-1919 (another copy)
- Early California Wills from Placer, Shasta and Yuba counties
Repositories
Archives, Libraries and Museums
Forbestown Museum/Yuba-Feather Historical Association
P.O. Box 54
Brownsville, CA 95919
(530) 589-0218
http://www.caohwy.com/f/forbestm.htm
Mary Aaron Memorial Museum Association
704 D Street
Marysville, CA 95901
(916) 743-1004
Yuba County Library Local History Room
303 2nd Street
Marysville, CA 95901
530-749-7386
http://www.co.yuba.ca.us/departments/library/
County Courthouse
Main Courthouse
Address: 215 Fifth Street, Suite 200
Marysville, CA 95901
Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Phone: (530) 749-7600
Courtrooms: Department 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7
Richard A. Schoenig Annex
Address: 120 Fifth Street
Marysville, CA 95901
Hours: Monday - Friday:
8:30am-12:00pm, 1:00pm - 4:30pm
Phone: (530) 749-7685
Courtrooms: Department 6
Family History Centers
- Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
- Camptonville California Family History Center
- Loma Rica California Family History Center
Societies
Taxation
Vital Records
Birth
Marriage
For marriages from 1850-1872 see Western States Marriage Index.
Divorce
Death
Voting Registers
Websites
- Yuba County CAGenWeb
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives backup site
- FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Yuba County, California. Page 88At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
- ↑ National Park Service, "California Trail" (map) in California National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/CALImap1-web.pdf (accessed 5 August 2011).
- ↑ Wikipedia contributors, "California Trail" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Trail (accessed 5 August 2012).
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