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Revision as of 16:55, 15 February 2014
United States 
California Sutter County
Guide to Sutter County California genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.
| Sutter County, California | |
| Map | |
 Location in the state of California | |
 Location of California in the U.S. | |
| Facts | |
| Founded | February 18, 1850 |
|---|---|
| County Seat | Yuba City |
| Courthouse | |
| Address | Sutter County Courthouse 433 2nd Street Yuba City, CA 95992 Phone: 530.822.7120 Sutter County Website |
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
County Clerk Recorder has birth and death records from 1873
marriage, land and military records from 1850
Civil Division of Courts has divorce, probate and court records[1]
Historical Facts[edit | edit source]
Parent County[edit | edit source]
18 February 1850: Sutter County was created as an original county. County seat: Yuba City [2]
Boundary Changes[edit | edit source]
"Rotating Formation California County Boundary Maps" (1850-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.
Record Loss[edit | edit source]
1871: Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
Places/Localities[edit | edit source]
Populated Places[edit | edit source]
Neighboring Counties[edit | edit source]
- Butte, California
- Colusa, California
- Placer, California
- Sacramento, California
- Yolo, California
- Yuba, California
Resources[edit | edit source]
Bible Records[edit | edit source]
Biography[edit | edit source]
Cemeteries[edit | edit source]
The Sutter County GenWeb has made available online some of the Sutter County Cemeteries inscriptions. Included are: Fairview, Hunter, Isolaated Burials, Live Oak, Meridian, Nicolaus, Noyesburg, Pennsington, Pleasant Grove Pugh, Stahlman, Sutter, Sutter Yuba Memorial Park, Veterans Memorial, Yuba City, and Yuba City Mausoleum.
Cemeteries of Sutter County at Find A Grave
Individual cemeteries:
- Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak BillionGraves
- Sutter Cemetery, Sutter BillionGraves
- Sutter Cemetery in Sutter CA at Find A Grave
Census[edit | edit source]
For tips on accessing Sutter County, California Genealogy census records online, see: California Census.
Church History and Records[edit | edit source]
Church records vary significantly depending on the denomination and the record keeper. Usually listed on the town level, they may contain ages, dates (baptism, christening, birth, marriage, death), maiden names, and more. See also California Church Records.
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Sutter
- Yuba City
Court Records[edit | edit source]
Crime and Criminals[edit | edit source]
Directories[edit | edit source]
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups[edit | edit source]
Germans[edit | edit source]
Gazetteers[edit | edit source]
Genealogy[edit | edit source]
History[edit | edit source]
Local histories are available for Sutter County, California Genealogy. County histories may include biographies, church, school and government history, and military information. For more information about local histories, see the Wiki page section California Local Histories.
Land and Property[edit | edit source]
Land and property records provide exact location of land, often reveal family relationships, and give names of witnesses and neighbors. They include deeds, abstracts and indexes, mortgages, leases, grants and land patents. See California Land and Property for online resources, including early land grants.
Maps[edit | edit source]
1895 map of Sutter County, California
Migration[edit | edit source]
Military History and Records[edit | edit source]
Naturalization and Citizenship[edit | edit source]
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has microfilmed copies of Naturalization records of Sutter County found in the county courthouse in Yuba City. These copies are available for viewing at the Library in Salt Lake City, or can be ordered for viewing at any of the Library's Family History Centers.
Newspapers[edit | edit source]
Additional newspapers abstracts can sometimes be found using search phrases such as Sutter County, California Genealogy newspapers in online catalogs like:
- WorldCat (For instructions see WorldCat Online Catalog).
- Do a Sutter County, California Genealogy Place-name search for these and other records in the FamilySearch Catalog. Do NOT use the word County. (For instructions see FamilySearch Catalog Place-name Search).
Obituaries[edit | edit source]
Periodicals[edit | edit source]
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
Probate records include wills, fee books, claim registers, legacy records, inheritance records, probate ticklers, and dockets. They may give the decedent's date of death, names and residences of spouse, children, parents, siblings, in-laws, and others. For online records and more information, see California Probate Records.
Repositories[edit | edit source]
Archives, Libraries and Museums[edit | edit source]
County Courthouse[edit | edit source]
Family History Centers[edit | edit source]
Societies[edit | edit source]
Taxation[edit | edit source]
California tax records complement land records and can supplement the years between censuses. There may be gaps of several years in the tax records of some counties. For more information, see California Taxation.
Vital Records[edit | edit source]
Vital Records consist of births, adoptions, marriages, divorces, and deaths recorded on registers, certificates, and documents. The state has records since July 1905, although county records may start earlier. See California Vital Records for more information.
Birth[edit | edit source]
Marriage[edit | edit source]
For marriages from 1850-1877 see Western States Marriage Index.
Divorce[edit | edit source]
Death[edit | edit source]
Voting Registers[edit | edit source]
Websites[edit | edit source]
- Sutter County CAGenWeb
- Sutter County, CA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives backup site
- FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sutter County, California. Page 87At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).