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United States California Siskiyou County

County Courthouse

Quick Facts

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Parent Counties

22 March 1852: Siskiyou County was created from Shasta and former Klamath Counties. County seat: Yreka ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

• Del Norte
• Humboldt
• Jackson County, Oregon
• Josephine County, Oregon
• Klamath County, Oregon
• Modoc
• Shasta
• Trinity

Resources

Archives and Libraries

Cemeteries

Church History and Records

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Etna

Court Records

History

Land and Property

Maps

Migration

Early migration routes to and from Siskiyou County, California for emigrant settlers included:^[2]

• California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
• Applegate Trail since 1846 (avoided the Forty Mile Desert) by leaving the Humboldt River in Nevada early at present-day Rye Reservoir, Nevada and passing through the Black Rock Desert to Fandango Pass past Goose Lake on to the Lost River and eventually the Willamette Valley in Oregon
• Yreka Trail 1851 from the Applegate Trail to Yreka, California

Military History and Records

Newspapers

Probate Records

Taxation

Vital Records

Societies, Libraries and Museums

Family History Centers

• Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
• Etna California Family History Center
• Mount Shasta California Family History Center
• Yreka California Family History Center
  

Websites

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

References