Santa Clara County, California
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| + | The website for the [http://www.clerkrecorder.org/portal/site/rec/ Office of the Clerk-Recorder] for Santa Clara County has information about how to request birth, death, and marriage records. They have births and deaths after 1873, marriages after 1851. | ||
A considerable number of early marriages are listed on the [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index]. | A considerable number of early marriages are listed on the [http://abish.byui.edu/specialCollections/westernStates/search.cfm Western States Marriage Index]. | ||
Revision as of 01:10, 28 March 2011
United States 
California Santa Clara County
Contents |
County Courthouse
Quick Facts
Parent County
18 February 1850: Santa Clara County was created as an original county. County seat: San Jose [1]
Boundary Changes
Record Loss
May 18, 1931: Courthouse burned and many records were damaged.
For further information on researching in burned counties, see the following:
Places/Localities
Populated Places
Neighboring Counties
Resources
Archives and Libraries
Cemeteries
- Santa Clara County list of cemeteries
Please refer to populated places for individual cemetery information.
Church History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records: Gilroy, Los Gatos, Naglee (San Jose), Palo Alto, San Jose and Willow Glen (San Jose).
Court Records
History
Land and Property
Maps
Military History and Records
Newspapers
Probate Records
Taxation
Vital Records
The website for the Office of the Clerk-Recorder for Santa Clara County has information about how to request birth, death, and marriage records. They have births and deaths after 1873, marriages after 1851.
A considerable number of early marriages are listed on the Western States Marriage Index.
Societies, Libraries and Museums
Websites
- Santa Clara County CAGenWeb
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives backup site
- FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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