California, County Marriages, 1849-1957
Index and images of marriage records. Includes licenses, certificates, registers, applications, affidavits, and stubs. Due to contractual agreements, not all indexed names will have a viewable image.
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California, County Marriages
Source: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/California,_County_Marriages_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records
What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of an index of county marriages acquired from local courthouses for the years 1850 to 1953. Coverage years will vary by county. The county marriage records consist of a number of different type of documents including, licenses, certificates, registers, applications, affidavits, and stubs. These records are often in bound volumes but may also have some loose papers.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for California, County Marriages, 1850-1952. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Name of the groom
- Name of the bride, often including the maiden name of the bride
- Names of the officiator and witnesses
- Names of the parents or guardians of the bride and groom
- Date of the marriage
- Birthplaces of the bride and groom
- Residences of the bride and groom
- Age and races of the bride and groom
- Marital status of the bride and groom
Collection Content
Coverage Table
This table shows the number of record in this collection for each county. To search a specific county click the link in the Search column.
| County | Records | Search |
|---|---|---|
| Alameda | 886 | Search Alameda |
| Alpine | 396 | Search Alpine |
| Amador | 14,843 | Search Amador |
| Butte | 12,404 | Search Butte |
| Calaveras | 3,300 | Search Calaveras |
| Colusa | 3,754 | Search Colusa |
| Contra Costa | 44 | Search Contra Costa |
| Del Norte | 1,877 | Search Del Norte |
| El Dorado | 30,578 | Search El Dorado |
| Fresno | 32,711 | Search Fresno |
| Glenn | 5,023 | Search Glenn |
| Humboldt | 16,535 | Search Humboldt |
| Imperial | 10,847 | Search Imperial |
| Inyo | 1,233 | Search Inyo |
| Kern | 0 | Search Kern |
| Kings | 0 | Search Kings |
| Lake | 7,240 | Search Lake |
| Lassen | 9,952 | Search Lassen |
| Los Angeles | 1,313,025 | Search Los Angeles |
| Madera | 0 | Search Madera |
| Marin | 31,860 | Search Marin |
| Mariposa | 12,794 | Search Mariposa |
| Mendocino | 11,057 | Search Mendocino |
| Merced | 1,994 | Search Merced |
| Modoc | 0 | Search Modoc |
| Mono | 1,870 | Search Mono |
| Monterey | 9,986 | Search Monterey |
| Napa | 0 | Search Napa |
| Nevada | 14,705 | Search Nevada |
| Orange | 146,655 | Search Orange |
| Placer | 10,135 | Search Placer |
| Plumas | 68 | Search Plumas |
| Riverside | 14,947 | Search Riverside |
| Sacramento | 40,800 | Search Sacramento |
| San Benito | 11,381 | Search San Benito |
| San Bernardino | 29,264 | Search San Bernardino |
| San Diego | 0 | Search San Diego |
| San Francisco | 52,480 | Search San Francisco |
| San Joaquin | 52,014 | Search San Joaquin |
| San Luis Obispo | 5,316 | Search San Luis Obispo |
| San Mateo | 0 | Search San Mateo |
| Santa Barbara | 19,935 | Search Santa Barbara |
| Santa Clara | 47,227 | Search Santa Clara |
| Santa Cruz | 5,154 | Search Santa Cruz |
| Shasta | 7,263 | Search Shasta |
| Sierra | 3,203 | Search Sierra |
| Siskiyou | 0 | Search Siskiyou |
| Solano | 23,767 | Search Solano |
| Sonoma | 18,124 | Search Sonoma |
| Stanislaus | 26,078 | Search Stanislaus |
| Sutter | 16,059 | Search Sutter |
| Tehama | 4,594 | Search Tehama |
| Trinity | 817 | Search Trinity |
| Tulare | 0 | Search Tulare |
| Tuolumne | 0 | Search Tuolumne |
| Ventura | 0 | Search Ventura |
| Yolo | 10,958 | Search Yolo |
| Yuba | 8,247 | Search Yuba |
| California (state) | 1,044,472 |
Digital Folder Number List
This collection was published as a DGS browse collection. These collections do not include any human-readable waypoint data making them difficult to use. A table showing each DGS number and its contents can be found in California, County Marriages Digital Folder Number List. The list can be sorted by DGS number, GS number, author, title, and county.
Source information
Location of Original Records
Multiple county courthouses
"California, County Marriages, 1849-1957." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 16 September 2025. Multiple county courthouses, California.
