Napa County, California Genealogy

United States California Napa County

Guide to Napa County, California ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk Recorder has birth and death records from 1873 marriage and land records from 1850 Court Executive Officer has divorce and court records from 1850

Parent County
18 February 1850: Napa County was created as an original county. County seat: Napa

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating California county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation California County Boundary Maps" (1850-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Records Loss
For a list of record loss in California counties see: California Counties with Burned Courthouses

Populated Places

 * American Canyon
 * Angwin
 * Calistoga
 * Napa
 * Oakville
 * Rutherford
 * St._Helena (Wikipedia)St. Helena
 * Yountville

Neighboring Counties

 * Contra Costa
 * Lake
 * Solano
 * Sonoma
 * Yolo

Cemeteries

 * Calistoga Pioneer Cemetery
 * George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery and Ancient Indian Burial Ground
 * George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery and Ancient Indian Burial Ground BillionGraves
 * Holy Cross Cemetery
 * Napa Valley Memorial Park
 * Partrick Cemetery
 * Pioneer Cemetery
 * St. Helena Public Cemetery
 * Tulocay Cemetery
 * Tulocay Cemetery BillionGraves
 * Valley Memorial Park
 * Veterans Memorial Grove Cemetery
 * White Church Cemetery

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Napa 1st Ward
 * Napa 2nd Ward
 * Napa 3rd Ward
 * Napa 4th Ward (YSA)
 * St. Helena Branch

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)



Probate Records
Online Probate Records
 * 1782 – 1999 California Wills and Probate Records 1782-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1833 – 1991 at FamilySearch — images

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Napa California Family History Center

Societies

 * Napa County Historical Society
 * Napa Valley Genealogical and Biographical Society

Vital Records
See also How to order California Vital Records

Death

 * Napa County, California Obituary and Death Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Napa, St. Helena, American Canyon, Calistoga, Yountville, Deer Park, Anguin, Rutherford and Spanish Flat areas.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries
Napa County Historical Society 1219 First Street Napa 94559 Napa County Historical Society

Napa Valley Genealogical And Biographical Society 1701 Menlo Avenue Napa 94558-4725 Napa Valley Genealogical and Biographical Society


 * List of California Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Web Sites

 * Napa County, CA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * California Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * California Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Napa County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * Tombstone Transcription Project
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site