Tehama County, California Genealogy

Guide to Tehama 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 birth and death records from 1889 marriage records from 1856 and military records from 1944

Parent Counties
9 April 1856: Tehama County was created from Butte, Colusa and Shasta Counties. County seat: Red Bluff

Description
The county was named for the City of Tehama. The county seat Red Bluff and the county was created 1856. 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.

Populated Places
For a complete list of populated places, including small neighborhoods and suburbs, visit HomeTown Locator. The following are the most historically and genealogically relevant populated places in this county:

Neighboring Counties

 * Butte
 * Glenn
 * Mendocino
 * Plumas
 * Shasta
 * Trinity

Biography

 * Index to Tehama County Biographies (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Tehama County Biographies (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Tehema County Transcribed Biographies (CAGenWeb Project)

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


 * Interment.net California cemetery records by County.


 * 1850 - 1960 - at FamilySearch — index and images

Church History and Records

 * 1864-1985 - at FamilySearch — index

Ward and Branch Records of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Corning

Maps

 * Maps of California (1850-1925)

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.
 * Nobles Road 1851 from the Applegate Trail at Rabbithole Springs in the Black Rock Desert of Nevada to Shasta City, California

Online Records
 * 1929-1954 - at FamilySearch — index

Military History and Records

 * 1883 - Tehama County – List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883 (Genealogy Trails)

Civil War

 * 1886 - Roster of Civil War Veterans, J. K. Mansfield Post No. 75, G. A. R. 1886 (USGenWeb Archives)

World War II

 * Index to Tehama County World War II Army Enlistees (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Tehama County, World War II Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel (Genealogy Trails)

Obituaries

 * Tehama County Obituary Index (Genealogy Trails)
 * Index to Tehama County Obituaries (USGenWeb Archives)
 * Obituaries and Death Notices - Index of surnames (CAGenWeb Project)

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

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to Family History Centers
 * Corning California Family History Center
 * Red Bluff California Family History Center

Vital Records
See also How to order California Vital Records

Birth

 * 1800 - 1994 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1812 - 1988 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1905 - 1995 - at FamilySearch — index
 * Early Tehama County Birth Notices (CAGenWeb Archives)
 * Early Tehama County Birth Notices by year (Genealogy Trails)

Marriage

 * 1800 - 2007 - California, United States Marriages at FindMyPast — index $
 * 1850 - 1945 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1850 - 1952 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1854 - 1885 - Western States Marriage Index.
 * 1854 - 1860 - Tehama County Marriage Index, 1854-1860 (CAGenWeb Project)
 * 1960 - 1985 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * Early Tehama County Marriage Notices (CAGenWeb Project)
 * Early Tehama County Marriage Notices (Genealogy Trails)

Divorce

 * 1966 - 1984 - at FamilySearch — index

Death

 * 1800 - 1994 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1905 - 1939 - at FamilySearch — index
 * 1940 - 1997 - at FamilySearch — index
 * Tehama County Obituaries and Death Notices - Index of surnames (CAGenWeb Project)

Genealogy Societies, Archives and Libraries
Tehama County Genealogical and Historical Society P. 0. Box 415 Red Bluff, CA 96080 Website


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

Websites

 * Tehama County, CA History, Records, Facts and Genealogy
 * California Genealogy Network Community on Google+
 * California Genealogy Network Group on Facebook
 * Tehama County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * FamilySearch Catalog
 * Tehama County, California Genealogy Trails
 * Tehama County CA Genealogy (ldsgenealogy.com)