Sutter County, California Genealogy

United States California  Sutter County

Guide to Sutter County California 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, land and military records from 1850 Civil Division of Courts has divorce, probate and court records

Parent County
18 February 1850: Sutter County was created as an original county. County seat: Yuba City

Boundary Changes
"Rotating Formation California County Boundary Maps" (1850-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Record Loss
1871: 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

 * Butte, California
 * Colusa, California
 * Placer, California
 * Sacramento, California
 * Yolo, California
 * Yuba, California

Cemeteries
The Sutter County GenWeb has made available online some of the Sutter County Cemeteries inscriptions. Included are: Fairview, Hunter, Isolaated Burials, Live Oak, Meridian, Nicolaus, Noyesburg, Pennsington, Pleasant Grove Pugh, Stahlman, Sutter, Sutter Yuba Memorial Park, Veterans Memorial, Yuba City, and Yuba City Mausoleum.

Cemeteries of Sutter County at Find A Grave

Individual cemeteries:


 * Live Oak Cemetery, Live Oak BillionGraves
 * Sutter Cemetery, Sutter BillionGraves
 * Sutter Cemetery in Sutter CA at Find A Grave

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Sutter
 * Yuba City

Maps
1895 map of Sutter County, California

Naturalization and Citizenship
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City has microfilmed copies of Naturalization recordsof Sutter County found in the county courthouse in Yuba City. These copies are available for viewing at the Library in Salt Lake City, or can be ordered for viewing at any of the Library's Family History Centers.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Yuba City California Family History Center

Marriage
For marriages from 1850-1877 see Western States Marriage Index.

Websites

 * Sutter County CAGenWeb
 * Sutter County, CA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy (Familytree101)
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site