Lassen County, California Genealogy

United States California Lassen County

County Courthouse
Lassen Superior Court Hall of Justice

2610 Riverside Drive

Susanville, CA 96130

The new Lassen Superior Court Hall of Justice opened at their new location on Riverside Drive in May of 2012.

The County Clerk and Recorder's Office is in the old courthouse located at 220 S. Lassen Street, Susanville, CA 96130 (phone 530.251.8216). The County Clerk has divorce, probate court and naturalization records from 1864. The County Recorder has marriage records from 1864, land records from 1857, birth and death records from 1907, some prior to 1907 but incomplete before 1929.

Parent Counties
1 April 1864: Lassen County was created from Plumas and Shasta Counties. County seat: Susanville

Neighboring Counties

 * Modoc
 * Plumas
 * Shasta
 * Sierra
 * Washoe County, Nevada

Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Susanville
 * Westwood

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


 * California Trail 1844 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
 * Susanville California Family History Center

Websites

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