Plumas County, California Genealogy

United States California Plumas County

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

County Courthouse
Plumas County Courthouse 520 Main Street Quincy, CA 95971 Phone: 530.283.6218

County Clerk has divorce records from 1860; County Recorder has birth, marriage, death and probate records from 1860; County Museum Archives has biographies and photographs

Parent County
18 March 1854: Plumas County was created from Butte County. County seat: Quincy

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

Neighboring Counties

 * Butte
 * Lassen
 * Shasta
 * Sierra
 * Tehama
 * Yuba

Cemeteries
There are two in Quincy, one is called Cemetery Hill and the other East Quincy. Then there are a few Indian graveyard and a Chinese graveyard.

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Portola

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.
 * Beckwourth Trail 1850 left the Truckee Trail near present-day Sparks, Nevada going to Oroville and Marysville, California
 * 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
 * Portola California Family History Center
 * Quincy California Family History Center

Websites

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