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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.
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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
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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