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=== Description === | === Description === | ||
Modoc County was created 17 February 1874<ref>Individual County Chronologies, https://digital.newberry.org/ahcb/documents/CA_Individual_County_Chronologies.htm</ref> and was named for the Modoc people who lived in what is now northern California, near Lost River and Tule Lake. Its county seat is Alturas. It is located in the northeast area of the state.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Merced County, California" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'', https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modoc_County,_California 05/04/2017.</ref> | |||
=== County Courthouse === | === County Courthouse === | ||
{{CA Courthouse Intro|Modoc}} | {{CA Courthouse Intro|Modoc}} | ||
'''Modoc County Courthouse'''<br>205 S East Street<br>Alturas, CA 96101-0131<br>Phone: 530-233-6516<br> [http://www.co.modoc.ca.us/ Modoc County Website]<br><br> | '''Modoc County Courthouse'''<br>205 S East Street<br>Alturas, CA 96101-0131<br>Phone: 530-233-6516<br> [http://www.co.modoc.ca.us/ Modoc County Website]<br><br> | ||
County Clerk has divorce, probate, court and voter | County Clerk has divorce, probate, court and voter registration records from 1874. <br>County Recorder has birth, marriage and death records. <ref>''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Modoc County, California. Page 85 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FSC|1049485|item|disp=FS Library Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref> | ||
=== Modoc County, California Record Dates === | === Modoc County, California Record Dates === | ||
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[[Category:Modoc_County,_California]] | [[Category:Modoc_County,_California]] | ||
[[Category:California Counties]] | [[Category:California Counties]] | ||
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