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United States California Calaveras County

	California Online Records

Calaveras County, North Dakota
Map
Location of North Dakota in the U.S.
Facts
Founded	February 18, 1850
County Seat	San Andreas
Courthouse
Address	Calaveras County Courthouse; 891 Mountain Ranch Rd; San Andreas, CA 95249 Phone: 209.754.6376 Calaveras County Website

1 County Courthouse
2 Historical Facts
3 Places/Localities
- 3.1 Populated Places
- 3.2 Neighboring Counties
4 Resources
5 Web Sites
6 References

County Courthouse

County Recorder has birth records from 1860, marriage, death and divorce records from 1882, probate and court records from 1866, land records from 1852 & mining claims from 1850^[1]

Historical Facts

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Calaveras County, California

Parent County

18 February 1850: Calaveras County was created as an original county. County seat: San Andreas ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

Census

For tips on accessing Calaveras County, California census records online, see: California Census.

Church History and Records

Court Records

Crime and Criminals

Directories

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Germans

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

BLM Land Grants

Maps

Calaveras County Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Calaveras County, California for emigrant settlers included:^[3]^[4]

California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California

Carson (River) Trail 1848 (aka Mormon Emigrant Trail) crossed the Forty Mile Desert past the west side of the Carson Sink to pick up the Carson River near Fallon, Nevada up to Hope Valley and Red Lake. The Devil's Ladder then climbed 700 feet (210 m) in half a mile so ropes, chains, and pulleys were required to lift the wagons. Carson Pass was followed by the relatively easy West Pass (Kirkwood, California) and then on to Pollock Pines, Placerville, and Sutter's Fort, California

Big Tree Road (Ebbetts Pass) 1851 from western Nevada to Markleeville, Murphys, and Stockton, California

California Pioneer Project

Military History and Records

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991

Passenger Records

Periodicals

Probate Records

California Probate Records

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Calaveras County Historical Museum

County Courthouse

Family History Centers

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Marriages from 1854-1877
Western States Marriage Index
California Marriage Index, 1960-1985
California County Marriages, 1850-1952

Divorce

California Divorce Index, 1966-1984

Death

Voting Registers

California Great Registers, 1866-1910

Web Sites

References

↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Calaveras County, California. Page 84 At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
↑ National Park Service, "California Trail" (map) in California National Historic Trail at http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/CALImap1-web.pdf (accessed 5 August 2011).
↑ Wikipedia contributors, "California Trail" in Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Trail (accessed 5 August 2012).

v • d • e Links to California-related articles

Topics	Introduction · American Indians · Archives and Libraries · Bible Records · Biography · Cemeteries · Census · Church Records · Court Records · Directories · Emigration and Immigration · Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups · Gazetteers · Genealogy · History · Land and Property · Maps · Military Records · Naturalization and Citizenship · Newspapers · Online Records · Orphans and Orphanages · Periodicals · Probate Records · Vital Records · Voting Registers · For Further Reading

Counties	Alameda · Alpine · Amador · Butte · Calaveras · Colusa · Contra Costa · Del Norte · El Dorado · Fresno · Glenn · Humboldt · Imperial · Inyo · Kern · Kings · Lake · Lassen · Los Angeles · Madera · Marin · Mariposa · Mendocino · Merced · Modoc · Mono · Monterey · Napa · Nevada · Orange · Placer · Plumas · Riverside · Sacramento · San Benito · San Bernardino · San Diego · San Francisco · San Joaquin · San Luis Obispo · San Mateo · Santa Barbara · Santa Clara · Santa Cruz · Shasta · Sierra · Siskiyou · Solano · Sonoma · Stanislaus · Sutter · Tehama · Trinity · Tulare · Tuolumne · Ventura · Yolo · Yuba

Extinct Co.	Branciforte · Klamath · Lake (Nevada) · Pahute · Roop · Nataqua Territory

Major Repositories	California State Archives · California State Library · Sutro Library · California Historical Society · California Genealogical Society · UC Berkeley Bancroft Library · Los Angeles Public Library · Chinese Historical Society · National Archives Pacific Region (Riverside) · National Archives Pacific Region (San Francisco) · Family History Library

Migration Routes	Applegate Trail · Butterfield Overland Mail · California Trail · Camino Real de California · Central Overland Trail · Mormon Trail to Southern California · Old Spanish Trail · Atlantic and Pacific Railroad · Central Pacific Railroad · Santa Fe Railway · Southern Pacific Railroad · Texas and Pacific Railway · Union Pacific Railroad · Ship Passenger Arrivals

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-''[[United States|United States]] &gt; [[California|California]] &gt; Calaveras County'' [[Image:Calaveras county.png|thumb|right|400px|<center>Calaveras County</center>]]
+''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]][[California|California]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Calaveras County'''
+<br>
+{{CADC}}
+[[Image:Calaveras county.png|thumb|right|400px]]
+{{Infobox U.S. County
+| county = Calaveras County
+| county_map =
+| state = North Dakota
+| state_map = California.png
+| latd =
+| longd =
+| founded year = 1850
+| founded date = February 18
+| seat = San Andreas
+| building image =
+| building address = Calaveras&nbsp;County Courthouse; 891 Mountain Ranch Rd; <br>San Andreas, CA 95249<br>Phone: 209.754.6376 [http://calaverasgov.us/ContactDept.aspx '''Calaveras County Website'''] }}
+=== County Courthouse  ===
+County Recorder&nbsp;has birth records from 1860, marriage, death and divorce records from 1882, probate&nbsp;and court records from 1866, land records from 1852 &amp; mining claims&nbsp;from 1850<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Calaveras County, California. Page 84 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
 === Historical Facts  ===
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 *[http://billiongraves.com/ Billion Graves]
 *[http://usgwtombstones.org/california/calaveras.html Calaveras County Tombstone Inscription Project]
 *[http://www.cyndislist.com/us/ca/cemeteries/ Cyndi's List California Cemeteries and Funeral Homes]
 *[http://gravelocator.cem.va.gov/j2ee/servlet/NGL_v1 Veterans Burial Locations]
 === Census  ===
 {{Census|California}}
-*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1771089 California State Census, 1852]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1771089 California State Census, 1852]
+*[https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/ 1940 U.S. Federal Census]
 === Church History and Records  ===
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 === History  ===
 *[http://www.gocalaveras.com/history/ Brief History of Calaveras County]
 *[http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/ California Pioneers Project]
 === Land and Property  ===
+*[http://www.glorecords.blm.gov/ BLM Land Grants]
 === Maps  ===
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 === Migration  ===
-Early migration routes to and from {{PAGENAME}} for emigrant settlers included:<ref>National Park Service, "California Trail" (map) in ''California National Historic Trail'' at http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/CALImap1-web.pdf  (accessed 5 August 2011).</ref><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "California Trail" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Trail (accessed 5 August 2012).</ref>
+Early migration routes to and from {{PAGENAME}} for emigrant settlers included:<ref>National Park Service, "California Trail" (map) in ''California National Historic Trail'' at http://www.nps.gov/cali/planyourvisit/upload/CALImap1-web.pdf (accessed 5 August 2011).</ref><ref>Wikipedia contributors, "California Trail" in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia'' at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Trail (accessed 5 August 2012).</ref>
 *'''''[[California Trail]]''''' 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
-:*'''''Carson (River) Trail''''' 1848 (aka '''''Mormon Emigrant Trail''''') crossed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Mile_Desert#Forty_Mile_Desert Forty Mile Desert] past the west side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Sink Carson Sink] to pick up the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_River Carson River] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallon,_Nevada Fallon, Nevada] up to Hope Valley and Red Lake. The Devil's Ladder then climbed 700 feet (210 m) in half a mile so ropes, chains, and pulleys were required to lift the wagons. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Pass Carson Pass] was followed by the relatively easy West Pass ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood,_California Kirkwood, California]) and then on to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock_Pines,_California Pollock Pines], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placerville,_California Placerville], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter%27s_Fort Sutter's Fort, California]
+*'''''Carson (River) Trail''''' 1848 (aka '''''Mormon Emigrant Trail''''') crossed the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Mile_Desert#Forty_Mile_Desert Forty Mile Desert] past the west side of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Sink Carson Sink] to pick up the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_River Carson River] near [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallon,_Nevada Fallon, Nevada] up to Hope Valley and Red Lake. The Devil's Ladder then climbed 700 feet (210 m) in half a mile so ropes, chains, and pulleys were required to lift the wagons. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carson_Pass Carson Pass] was followed by the relatively easy West Pass ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirkwood,_California Kirkwood, California]) and then on to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollock_Pines,_California Pollock Pines], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placerville,_California Placerville], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sutter%27s_Fort Sutter's Fort, California]
+*'''''Big Tree Road (Ebbetts Pass)''''' 1851 from western [[Nevada|Nevada]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markleeville,_California Markleeville], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphys,_California Murphys], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California Stockton], California
-::*'''''Big Tree Road (Ebbetts Pass)''''' 1851 from western [[Nevada|Nevada]] to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markleeville,_California Markleeville], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murphys,_California Murphys], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton,_California Stockton], California
+*[http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/ '''California Pioneer Project''']
 === Military History and Records  ===
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 === Naturalization and Citizenship  ===
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1849982 California Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1840471 California San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1849628 California Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976]
-=== Newspapers ===
+=== Newspapers  ===
 *[http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/search/pages/results/?state=California&date1=1836&date2=1922&proxtext=&x=15&y=15&dateFilterType=yearRange&rows=20&searchType=basic Chronicling America LOC Newspaper Project]
 *[http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc California Digital Newspaper Project]
-=== Obituaries ===
+=== Obituaries  ===
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1929846 California, San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991]
-=== Passenger Records ===
+=== Passenger Records  ===
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1916084 California, Los Angeles Passenger Lists, 1907-1948]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1916078 California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953]
 === Periodicals  ===
-=== Probate Records ===
+=== Probate Records  ===
 *[[California Probate Records|California Probate Records]]
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 === Repositories  ===
-==== Archives, Libraries and Museums ====
+==== Archives, Libraries and Museums  ====
 *[http://www.calaverascohistorical.com/museum.html Calaveras County Historical Museum]
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 === Societies  ===
 *[http://www.calaverascohistorical.com/index1 Calaveras County Historical Society]
 *[http://www.cagenweb.com/cpl/ California Pioneers Project]
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 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/2001879 California Birth Index, 1905-1995]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1674703 California Births and Christenings, 1812-1988]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1674735 California Marriages, 1850-1945]
 ==== Marriage  ====
 *Marriages from 1854-1877<br>[http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1949339 California Marriage Index, 1960-1985]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1804002 California County Marriages, 1850-1952]
-==== Divorce ====
+==== Divorce  ====
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/2015584 California Divorce Index, 1966-1984]
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 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1932433 California Death Index, 1905-1939]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/2015582 California Death Index, 1940-1997]
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1385518 California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1931]
-=== Voting Registers ===
+=== Voting Registers  ===
 *[https://www.familysearch.org/search/collection/show#uri=http://www.familysearch.org/searchapi/search/collection/1935764 California Great Registers, 1866-1910]
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 *[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CA/Calaveras/ Linkpendium]
 *[http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/calaveras/calaveras.html USGenWeb Archives]
-*[http://www.usgwarchives.org/ca/calaveras/calaveras.html USGenWeb Archives] backup site
+*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/calaveras/calaveras.html USGenWeb Archives] backup site
 *{{FHL|206476|subject-id|disp=FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog}}

Calaveras County, California

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County Courthouse

Historical Facts

Parent County

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

Census

Church History and Records

Court Records

Crime and Criminals

Directories

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Germans

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Migration

Military History and Records

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Passenger Records

Periodicals

Probate Records

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

County Courthouse

Family History Centers

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

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Voting Registers

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