Tehama County, California Genealogy

United States California  Tehama County

Guide to Tehama County California genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth and death records from 1889 marriage records from 1856 and military records from 1944

Parent Counties
9 April 1856: Tehama County was created from Butte, Colusa and Shasta Counties. County seat: Red Bluff

Boundary Changes
"Rotating Formation California County Boundary Maps" (1850-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Neighboring Counties

 * Butte
 * Glenn
 * Mendocino
 * Plumas
 * Shasta
 * Trinity

Cemeteries
Red Bluff Cemetery District 735 Cemetery Lane, Red Bluff, California (530) 527-4417

Tehama Cemetery 7772 Woodlawn Ave. Gerber, California

Corning Cemetery District 4470 Oren Ave. Corning, California

Orland Cemetery 3900 County Road P. Orland, California (530) 865-3880

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records

Corning

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * The Lassen Cutoff 1848 was established by gold rushers from Oregon going to California. It branched off the Applegate Trail at Davis Creek, went through Devil's Garden to the Pit River passing east of Mt. Lassen, and turning west to Lassen Rancho, California, and from there to Sacramento. In some years as much as 1/3 of emigrants mistakenly took the Applegate Trail-Lassen Cutoff, a much longer and more difficult trail than the Truckee or Carson routes.
 * Nobles Road 1851 from the Applegate Trail at Rabbithole Springs in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada to Shasta City, California

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Corning California Family History Center
 * Red Bluff California Family History Center

Websites

 * Tehama County CAGenWeb
 * Tehama County, CA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site