Solano County, California Genealogy

United States California  Solano County

Guide to Solano 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, marriage, death and land records County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1850.

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

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Contra Costa
 * Napa
 * Sacramento
 * Yolo

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Vallejo

Genealogy
Vacaville California FamilySearch Center

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)



Civil War

 * - 3rd Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company C
 * - 3rd Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company E
 * - 3rd Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company F
 * - 3rd Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company G
 * - 3rd Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company H
 * - 5th Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company I
 * - 8th Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company I

Obituaries
Solano County Library, Vacaville, CA - http://www.solanolibrary.com/research/template.cfm?id=2122

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Fairfield California Family History Center
 * Vacaville California Family History Center

Societies
Solano County Genealogical Society

Vital Records
See also How to order California Vital Records

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Web Sites

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