Trinity County, California Genealogy

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

County Courthouse
County Recorder has birth and death records indexes1873-1905 birth and death records from 1905 marriage record rec indexes 1857-1905 marriage records from 1905 and naturalization 1850-1940 Court Services has divorce and court from 1881 probate records from 1887 and land records

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

Description
The county was named from the Trinity River. The county seat Weaverville and the county was created February 18, 1850. The County is located in the northwest area of the state.

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
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Humboldt
 * Mendocino
 * Shasta
 * Siskiyou
 * Tehama

Biography

 * Index to Trinity County Biographies (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Trinity County Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)

Cemeteries
The following web sites may have additional information on Trinity  County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net California cemetery records by County.


 * 1850 - 1960 - at FamilySearch — index and images

History

 * 1891 - Trinity County, 1891, in Memorial And Biographical History Of Northern California (USGenWeb Archives)

Land and Property

 * Index to Federal Land Records, Trinity County, California (USGenWeb Archives)

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)



Civil War

 * - 1st Battalion Mountaineers, California Infantry (Union), Company C

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

County Courthouse
www.trinitycounty.org/default.htm

Family History Centers

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

Vital Records
See also How to order California Vital Records

Marriage

 * 1850 - 1952 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1854 - 1885 - Western States Marriage Index.
 * 1960 - 1985 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Voting Registers
California county clerks were to keep voting registers every other year from 1866 and well into the 20th century. These large books, called Great Registers, listed the men who registered to vote in that county. Besides name and age, the record may show place of birth, address, occupation, naturalization date and sometimes even a physical description.

These records are at the California State Library (1866-1944), and microfilmed copies are available through Family History Centers (1866-1910). Ancestry ($) has a searchable database of Trinity Great Registers from 1867-1896.

The Trinity records for 1872 are available on the RootsWeb site, by clicking here.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries
Trinity County Historical Society PO Box 333 Weaverville, CA 96093 Phone:530-623-5211 Website


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

Websites

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