Siskiyou County, California Genealogy

United States California  Siskiyou County

Parent Counties
22 March 1852: Siskiyou County was created from Shasta and former Klamath Counties. County seat: Yreka

Neighboring Counties

 * Del Norte
 * Humboldt
 * Jackson County, Oregon
 * Josephine County, Oregon
 * Klamath County, Oregon
 * Modoc
 * Shasta
 * Trinity

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Etna

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Applegate Trail since 1846 (avoided the Forty Mile Desert) by leaving the Humboldt River in Nevada early at present-day Rye Reservoir, Nevada and passing through the Black Rock Desert to Fandango Pass past Goose Lake on to the Lost River and eventually the Willamette Valley in Oregon
 * Yreka Trail 1851 from the Applegate Trail to Yreka, California

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Etna California Family History Center
 * Mount Shasta California Family History Center
 * Yreka California Family History Center

Websites

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