Siskiyou County, California Genealogy

United States California  Siskiyou County

Parent Counties
22 March 1852: Siskiyou County was created from Shasta and former Klamath Counties. County seat: Yreka

Neighboring Counties

 * Del Norte
 * Humboldt
 * Jackson County, Oregon
 * Josephine County, Oregon
 * Klamath County, Oregon
 * Modoc
 * Shasta
 * Trinity

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Etna

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


 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Applegate Trail since 1846 (avoided the Forty Mile Desert) by leaving the Humboldt River in Nevada early at present-day Rye Reservoir, Nevada and passing through the Black Rock Desert to Fandango Pass past Goose Lake on to the Lost River and eventually the Willamette Valley in Oregon

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Etna California Family History Center
 * Mount Shasta California Family History Center
 * Yreka California Family History Center

Websites

 * Siskiyou County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site