Yuba County, California Genealogy

Guide to Yuba 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 marriage records from 1865 Divorce, probate and court records from 1850 and voting records from 1866

Parent County
18 February 1850; Yuba County was created as an original county. County seat: Marysville

Description
The county was named from after the Yuba River. The county seat Marysville and the county was created February 18, 1850. The County is located in the north central area of the state.

Boundary Changes
For animated maps illustrating California county boundary changes, "Rotating Formation California County Boundary Maps" (1850-1925) may be viewed for free at the MapofUS.org website.

Records Loss
There is no known history of courthouse disasters in this county.

Neighboring Counties

 * Butte
 * Nevada
 * Placer
 * Plumas
 * Sierra
 * Sutter

Cemeteries
The following web sites may have additional information on Yuba  County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net California cemetery records by County.


 * 1850 - 1960 - at FamilySearch — index and images

History
History of Yuba County California, by Thompson and West (1879)

Other histories of the area are listed by YubaRoots.com

Land and Property
An Index to Yuba County Federal Land Records is available online.

The following records of Yuba County land records have been microfilmed by the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah and are available for viewing at the Library in Salt Lake or they can be ordered for viewing at any of the Library's Family History Centers:


 * Deeds 1866-1906 (from Yuba County Clerk/Recorder Office in Marysville)
 * Deeds 1850-1888 (also from the Clerks office in Marysville)
 * Yuba County Plat Books 1854-1898 (from the John Q Packard Library in Marysville)

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)
 * YubaRoots.com has a number of maps available (from Thompson and West's 1879 book) and also a map of 1861 and another of 1885. [[Image:Cayuba.png|center|200px|Cayuba.png]]

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


 * California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Henness Pass Road 1850 branched off the Truckee Trail at Verdi, Nevada headed for Camptonville and steamboat service at Marysville, California. In 1860 it became a major route to the Comstock Lode silver mines in Nevada.
 * Beckwourth Trail 1850 left the Truckee Trail near present-day Sparks, Nevada going to Oroville and Marysville, California

Military History and Records
Raymond H Banks has abstracted records of the Yuba County Civilian Draft Registration Cards (1917-1918) and made them available online through the USGenweb of Yuba County.

Civil War

 * - 1st Battalion, California Native Cavalry (Union), Company A
 * - 1st Regiment, California Cavalry (Union), Company D
 * - 1st Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company I
 * - 7th Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company B
 * - 8th Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company G
 * - 8th Regiment, California Infantry (Union), Company I

Naturalization/Citizenship Records
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has microfilmed copies of naturalization papers found in the Yuba County Clerk's Office, and these records are available for viewing either in Salt Lake City or they can be ordered at any of the Library's Family History Centers.

Current
Appeal-Democrat 1530 Ellis Lake Drive Marysville, CA 95901 Telephone: 505-741-2345 or 800-831-2345 Hours: Monday through Friday 8 am to 5 pm

Probate Records
The Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah has made copies of probate records found in the Yuba County Clerk's Office in Marysville, California. These copies can be read at the Library in Salt Lake City or can be ordered at any of the Library's Family History Centers. Copies of these records are also available at the California State Archives. The microfilm copies are as follows:


 * Probate records 1850-1920 (Superior and Probate Court records)
 * Wills 1855-1919 (Superior Court records)
 * Wills 1855-1919(another copy)
 * Early California Wills from Placer, Shasta and Yuba counties

Online Probate Records
 * 1782 – 1999 California Wills and Probate Records 1782-1999 at Ancestry.com — index and images $
 * 1833 – 1991 at FamilySearch — images

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Forbestown Museum/Yuba-Feather Historical Association

P.O. Box 54 Brownsville, CA 95919 (530) 589-0218

http://www.caohwy.com/f/forbestm.htm

Mary Aaron Memorial Museum Association 704 D Street Marysville, CA 95901 (916) 743-1004

Yuba County Library Local History Room 303 2nd Street Marysville, CA 95901 530-749-7386

http://www.co.yuba.ca.us/departments/library/

County Courthouse
Main Courthouse

Address: 215 Fifth Street, Suite 200 Marysville, CA 95901 Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30am - 4:30pm Phone: (530) 749-7600 Courtrooms: Department 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7

Richard A. Schoenig Annex Address: 120 Fifth Street Marysville, CA 95901 Hours: Monday - Friday: 8:30am-12:00pm, 1:00pm - 4:30pm Phone: (530) 749-7685

Courtrooms: Department 6

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Camptonville California Family History Center
 * Loma Rica California Family History Center

Vital Records
See also How to order California Vital Records

Marriage

 * 1850 - 1952 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1854 - 1885 - Western States Marriage Index.
 * 1960 - 1985 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Voting Registers
California county clerks were to keep voting registers every other year from 1866 and well into the 20th century. These large books, called Great Registers, listed the men who registered to vote in that county. Besides name and age, the record may show place of birth, address, occupation, naturalization date and sometimes even a physical description.

These records are at the California State Library (1866-1944), and microfilmed copies are available through Family History Centers (1866-1910). Ancestry ($) has a searchable database of Yuba Great Registers from 1867-1896.

Several Yuba records from 1867 to 1894 are available on the RootsWeb site, by clicking here.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

 * List of California Archives, Libraries, Publications, Historical &amp; Genealogical Societies

Websites

 * Yuba County, CA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * California Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * California Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Yuba County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site