Colusa County, California Genealogy

United States California Colusa County

Guide to Colusa County California ancestry, family history, and genealogy research page. Birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

County Courthouse
Colusa County has birth records 1873, marriage records from 1853, death records from 1889, probate, court, land and assessment rolls from 1851, Great Registers from 1866 and military rolls from 1879

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

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
For a list of record loss in California counties see: California Counties with Burned Courthouses

Populated Places
Arbuckle

College City, Colusa (County Seat)

Delavan

Fouls Springs

Grimes

Lodoga

Maxwell

Princeton

Sites, Stonyford, Sycamore

Williams, Wilbur Springs

Neighboring Counties

 * Butte
 * Glenn
 * Lake
 * Sutter
 * Yolo

History

 * Colusa County CAGenWeb

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)



Archives, Libraries and Museums
Colusa County Library 738 Market Stret Colusa, CA 95932 530 458-7671

Colusa County Historical Society Colusa County Historical Records Commission c/o Colusa County Library 738 Market Street Colusa, CA 95932 Phone: (530) 458-7671 The county commission oversees preservation and conservation of county records of historical importance and the county records archives.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Vital Records
See also How to order California Vital Records

Marriage
For marriages from 1853-1872 Western States Marriage Index.

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries

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

Web Sites

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