Lake County, California Genealogy

United States California Lake County

Guide to Lake County, California ancestry, family history, and genealogy birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
County Clerk has birth, marriage, death and land records from 1867, mining and miscellaneous records; Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate and court records

Parent County
20 May 1861: Lake County was created from Napa County. County seat: Lakeport

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

Record Loss
1867 -- 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

 * Colusa
 * Glenn
 * Mendocino
 * Napa
 * Sonoma
 * Yolo

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Highlands California Family History Center
 * Lakeport California Family History Center

Websites

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