Santa Clara County, California Genealogy

United States California  Santa Clara County

Parent County
18 February 1850: Santa Clara County was created as an original county. County seat: San Jose

Record Loss
May 18, 1931: 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

Populated Places
San Jose

Neighboring Counties

 * Alameda
 * Merced
 * Monterey
 * San Benito
 * San Joaquin
 * San Mateo
 * Santa Cruz
 * Stanislaus

Cemeteries

 * Santa Clara County list of cemeteries
 * Alta Mesa Cemetery, Palo Alto BillionGraves
 * Madronia Cemetery, Saratoga BillionGraves
 * Santa Clara Cemetery, Santa Clara BillionGraves

Please refer to populated places for individual cemetery information.

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records: Gilroy, Los Gatos, Naglee (San Jose), Palo Alto, San Jose and Willow Glen (San Jose).

Vital Records
The website for the Office of the Clerk-Recorder for Santa Clara County has information about how to request birth, death, and marriage records. They have births and deaths after 1873, marriages after 1851.

A considerable number of early marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Los Altos California Family History Center
 * Milpitas California Family History Center (San Jose)
 * San Jose California Family History Center
 * Santa Clara California Family History Center

Websites

 * Santa Clara County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site