Shasta County, California Genealogy

United States California  Shasta County

Guide to Shasta County California genealogy. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1880 County Recorder has birth, marriage and death records

www.co.shasta.ca.us/

Parent County
18 February 1850: Shasta County was created as an original county. County seat: Redding

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

Record Loss
14 June 1853: 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

Indian Reservations or Rancherias
The Big Bend Indian Rancheria is located in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Lassen
 * Modoc
 * Plumas
 * Siskiyou
 * Tehama
 * Trinity

Cemeteries

 * Saint Josephs Cemetery, Redding BillionGraves

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Redding
 * Shasta

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


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * The Lassen Cutoff 1848 was established by gold rushers from Oregon going to California. It branched off the Applegate Trail at Davis Creek, went through Devil's Garden to the Pit River passing east of Mt. Lassen, and turning west to Lassen Rancho, California, and from there to Sacramento. In some years as much as 1/3 of emigrants mistakenly took the Applegate Trail-Lassen Cutoff, a much longer and more difficult trail than the Truckee or Carson routes.
 * Nobles Road 1851 from the Applegate Trail at Rabbithole Springs in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada to Shasta City, California

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Anderson California Family History Center
 * Fall River California Family History Center
 * Redding California Family History Center

Websites

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