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United States California San Joaquin County

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Quick Facts

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Parent County

18 February 1850: San Joaquin was created as an original county. County seat: Stockton ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Alameda
• Amador
• Calaveras
• Contra Costa
• Sacramento
• Santa Clara
• Stanislaus

Resources

Archives and Libraries

Cemeteries

Cherokee Memorial Park Hwy 99 E Harney Lane Lodi, CA 95240 209-334-9613

Park View Cemetery 3661 E. French Camp Rd. Manteca, CA 95336 209-982-1661

San Joaquin Catholic Cemetery Cemetery Lane Stockton, CA 209-466-6202

Stockton Rural Cemetery 2350 Cemetery Lane Stockton, CA 95204 209-465-5213

The following web sites have entries for people buried in San Joaquin County. None have complete lists:

• Find A Grave
• Interment.Net
  
• USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project section for San Joaquin County

In the Family History Library Catalog Place Search on FamilySearch, for San Joaquin, California, look at the list of records for Cemeteries. Films can be sent to family history centers. Public libraries may have copies of the books or can obtain them through Interlibrary Loan.

Church History and Records

Church records are usually found in the towns rather than on the county level.

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Stockton
• Tracy

Court Records

San Joaquin County Court Directory gives addresses, phone numbers, fax numbers and links to the courts web sites and online resources..

History

Google Books has some books about the history and people in San Joaquin County, California. Try various search terms, including the names of people. Books designated with "Full view" can be read online.

Land and Property

Maps

For historical maps,search the following free sites:

• Maps-Historical-Sate of California, the Carlifornia government's site.  Links to American Memory (Library of Congress), California Missions, and the State Library

• Historical Maps of California

• California Maps - HSU Library, also lists and links to gazetteers

• David Rumsey Collection

• Perry-Castaneda Map Collection

Military History and Records

The California State Military Museum has a great deal of historical information and links to other military web sites.

Ancestry.com has Records of California men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867 ($)

Newspapers

The California Digital Newspaper Collection has newspapers from 1848 through 1922. You can search by keyword, including names, and/or by date.

Probate Records

Taxation

Vital Records

For early marriages see Western States Marriage Index.

Societies, Libraries and Museums

1. San Joaquin Genealogical Society
2. San Joaquin County Historical Society and Museum
3. Stockton-San Joaquin County Library

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Lodi California Family History Center
  • Lodi, California

Websites

• San Joaquin County CAGenWeb
• Linkpendium
• USGenWeb Archives
• USGenWeb Archives backup site
• FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog

References