Madera County, California Genealogy

&lt;a href="United States"&gt;United States&lt;/a&gt; &gt; &lt;a href="California"&gt;California&lt;/a&gt; &gt; Madera County

Historical Facts
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Parent County
11 March 1893: Madera County was created from &lt;a href="Fresno County, California"&gt;Fresno&lt;/a&gt; County. County seat: Madera

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

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


 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Burned Counties Research"&gt;Burned Counties Research&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424"&gt;http://blogs.ancestry.com/circle/?p=2424&lt;/a&gt;

Neighboring Counties

 * &lt;a href="Fresno County, California"&gt;Fresno&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Mariposa County, California"&gt;Mariposa&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Merced County, California"&gt;Merced&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Mono County, California"&gt;Mono&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="Tuolumne County, California"&gt;Tuolumne&lt;/a&gt;

Family History Centers

 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Introduction to LDS Family History Centers"&gt;Introduction to LDS Family History Centers&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Madera California Family History Center"&gt;Madera California Family History Center&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a _fcknotitle="true" href="Oakhurst California Family History Center"&gt;Oakhurst California Family History Center&lt;/a&gt;

Websites

 * &lt;a href="http://www.cagenweb.com/madera/"&gt;Madera County CAGenWeb&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CA/Madera/"&gt;Linkpendium&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/madera/madera.html"&gt;USGenWeb Archives&lt;/a&gt;
 * &lt;a href="http://www.usgwarchives.org/ca/madera/madera.html"&gt;USGenWeb Archives&lt;/a&gt; backup site
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