Yolo County, California Genealogy

United States California  Yolo County

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

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, marriage, death and land records divorce, probate and court records from 1850

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

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
Brooks | Capay | Clarksburg | Davis | Dunnigan | El Macero | Esparto | Green | Guinda | West Sacramento | Winters | Woodland | Yolo |

Neighboring Counties

 * Colusa
 * Lake
 * Napa
 * Sacramento
 * Solano
 * Sutter

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)



Family History Centers

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

Vital Records
See also How to order California Vital Records

Marriage

 * For marriages from 1850-1880 see Western States Marriage Index.

Death

 * Yolo County, California Obituary and Death Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Davis, Woodland, West Sacramento, Winter, Dunnigan, Zamora, and Clarksburg areas.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Web Sites

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