Colusa County, California Genealogy

Guide to Colusa County, California ancestry, family history, and genealogy 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

Description
The county was named for of an Indian tribe living on the west side of the Sacramento River. The county seat Colusa and the county was created 1850. The County is located in the north central corner 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.

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

Cemeteries
The following web site may have additional information on Colusa County cemeteries.


 * Interment.net California cemetery records by County.

History

 * Colusa County CAGenWeb

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)



Probate Records
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
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

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

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries
Colusa County Genealogical Society P.O. Box 973 Williams 95987

Colusa County Historical Society P.O. Box 643 Willows 95988 Website


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