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United States California Mono County

	California Online Records

1 County Courthouse
2 Historical Facts
3 Places/Localities
4 Resources
5 Websites
6 References

County Courthouse

Mono County Courthouse
Bryant Annex 2
PO Box 537
Bridgeport CA 93517
Phone: 760.932.5241

County Clerk has birth, marriage records from 1861,
death burial, divorce, probate and land land rec from 1900^[1]

Historical Facts

Wikipedia has more about this subject: Mono County, California

Parent County

24 April 1861: Mono County was created from Siskiyou County. County seat: Bridgeport ^[2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Indian Reservations

The Benton Paiute Indian Reservation is located in this county.

Neighboring Counties

Resources

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

Census

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

Church History and Records

Court Records

Mono County California Courthouse.jpg

Crime and Criminals

Directories

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Germans

Gazetteers

Genealogy

History

Land and Property

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Mono 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

Sonora Road 1852-1854 from the Carson Trail south to the Walker River along the base of the Sierra Nevada until it ascends to Sonora Pass and then down to Strawberry and Sonora, California

Military Records and Records

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate Records

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

County Courthouse

Family History Centers

Introduction to LDS Family History Centers

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Divorce

Death

Voting Registers

Websites

References

↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Mono County, California. Page 85 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).

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-{{stub}}''[[United States|United States&nbsp;]] &gt; [[California|California]]&nbsp;&gt; Mono County''
+''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]][[California|California]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Mono County'''<br>
-== County Courthouse  ==
+{{CADC}}
-== History  ==
+=== County Courthouse  ===
+[http://www.monocounty.ca.gov/ Mono County Courthouse]<br>Bryant Annex 2<br>PO Box 537<br>Bridgeport CA 93517<br>Phone: 760.932.5241&nbsp;
+County Clerk has birth, marriage records&nbsp;from 1861, <br>death burial, divorce, probate and land&nbsp;land rec from 1900<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Mono County, California. Page 85 {{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
+<br>
+&nbsp;
+=== Historical Facts  ===
+{{Wikipedia|Mono County, California}}
 ==== Parent County  ====
-'''1861--'''Mono County was created 24 April 1861&nbsp;from [[Siskiyou_County,_California|Siskiyou]] County.&nbsp; '''County seat: '''Bridgeport <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
+'''24 April 1861:''' Mono County was created from [[Siskiyou County, California|Siskiyou]] County. '''County seat: '''Bridgeport <ref name="Handybook">''The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'',10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).</ref>
 ==== Boundary Changes  ====
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 ==== Populated Places  ====
-==== Indian Reservations ====
+==== Indian Reservations  ====
-The [[Benton_Paiute_Indian_Reservation_(California)|Benton Paiute Indian Reservation]] is located in this county.
+The [[Benton Paiute Indian Reservation (California)|Benton Paiute Indian Reservation]] is located in this county.
 ==== Neighboring Counties  ====
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 == Resources  ==
-==== Cemeteries  ====
+=== Bible Records  ===
-==== Church  ====
+=== Biography  ===
-==== Court  ====
+=== Cemeteries  ===
-==== Land  ====
+=== Census  ===
-==== Local Histories  ====
+{{Census|California}}
-==== Maps  ====
+=== Church History and Records  ===
-==== Military  ====
+=== Court Records  ===
-==== Newspapers  ====
+[[Image:Mono County California Courthouse.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Mono County California Courthouse.jpg]]
-==== Probate  ====
+=== Crime and Criminals  ===
-==== Taxation  ====
+=== Directories  ===
-==== Vital Records  ====
+=== Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups  ===
-== Societies and Libraries  ==
+==== Germans  ====
-== Web Sites  ==
+=== Gazetteers  ===
-*USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
+=== Genealogy  ===
-*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=206702&subject_disp=California%2C+Mono&columns=*,0,0 Family History Library Catalog]
+=== History  ===
+=== Land and Property  ===
+=== Maps  ===
+=== 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>
+*'''''[[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]
+::*'''''Sonora Road''''' 1852-1854 from the Carson Trail south to the Walker River along the base of the Sierra Nevada until it ascends to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora_Pass Sonora Pass] and then down to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strawberry,_Tuolumne_County,_California Strawberry] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora,_California Sonora, California]
+=== Military Records and Records  ===
+=== Naturalization and Citizenship  ===
+=== Newspapers  ===
+=== Obituaries  ===
+=== Periodicals  ===
+=== Probate Records  ===
+=== Repositories  ===
+==== Archives, Libraries and Museums  ====
+==== County Courthouse  ====
+==== Family History Centers  ====
+*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
+=== Societies  ===
+=== Taxation  ===
+=== Vital Records  ===
+==== Birth  ====
+==== Marriage  ====
+==== Divorce  ====
+==== Death  ====
+=== Voting Registers  ===
+== Websites  ==
+*[http://www.cagenweb.com/mono/ Mono County CAGenWeb]
+*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CA/Mono/ Linkpendium]
+*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/mono/mono.html USGenWeb Archives]
+*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/mono/mono.html USGenWeb Archives] backup site
+*{{FHL|206702|subject-id|disp=FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog}}
 == References  ==
-<references/>
+{{reflist}}
+{{California|California}}
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Mono County, California

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Contents

County Courthouse

Historical Facts

Parent County

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Indian Reservations

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 Records and Records

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Obituaries

Periodicals

Probate Records

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Archives, Libraries and Museums

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