Sonoma County, California Genealogy

United States California Sonoma County

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

County Courthouse
County Recorder has birth, marriage, death and land records County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1850

Parent County
18 February 1850: Sonoma County was created as an original county. County seat: Santa Rosa

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

Record Loss
1906: Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.

For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:


 * Burned Counties Research
 * http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424

Neighboring Counties

 * Lake
 * Marin
 * Mendocino
 * Napa

Cemeteries
BillionGraves:


 * Cloverdale Cemetery, Cloverdale
 * Oak Mound Cemetery, Healdsburg
 * Santa Rosa Calvary Cemetery, Santa Rosa

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Santa Rosa

Archives, Libraries and Museums
Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Cloverdale California Family History Center
 * Coalinga California Family History Center
 * Santa Rosa California Family History Center
 * Sonoma California Family History Center

Death

 * Sonoma County, California Obituary and Death Notice Collection Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Santa Rosa area as well as those of celebrities and VIP's.

Websites

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