Madera County, California Genealogy

United States California  Madera County

County Courthouse
Madera County Courthouse 209 W Yosemite Ave Madera, CA 93637 Phone: 559.675.7700

County Clerk has birth, marriage, death, divorce, probate court and land records from 1893 and some voting records

Parent County
11 March 1893: Madera County was created from Fresno County. County seat: Madera

Record Loss
1906: Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Fresno
 * Mariposa
 * Merced
 * Mono
 * Tuolumne

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Madera California Family History Center
 * Oakhurst California Family History Center

Websites

 * Madera County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site