Sonoma County, California

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''[[United States|United States]] [[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]][[California|California]][[Image:Gotoarrow.png|go to]]'' '''Sonoma County'''  
  
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=== County Courthouse ===
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=== Quick Facts  ===
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{{Infobox U.S. County
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| county = Sonoma County
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| state = California
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| founded year = 1850
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| founded date = February 18
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| seat = Santa Rosa
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| building address = Sonoma County Courthouse<br>2300 County Center Drive<br>laPlaza Building B177<br>Santa Rosa, CA 95403<br>Phone: 707.565.3800<br>[http://www.sonoma-county.org/ '''Sonoma County Website'''] }}
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=== County Courthouse<span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1339515943850_57" />  ===
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County Recorder has birth, marriage, death and land records<br>County&nbsp;Clerk has divorce, probate and court&nbsp;records from 1850<ref name="HBG">''Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America'', 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sonoma County, California. Page 87{{WorldCat|50140092|disp=At various libraries (WorldCat)}}; {{FHL|1049485|item|disp=FHL Book 973 D27e 2002}}.</ref>
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=== Historical Facts  ===
  
 
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*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=142858 Cloverdale Cemetery, Cloverdale]
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*[http://billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=11827 Oak Mound Cemetery, Healdsburg]
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*[http://www.billiongraves.com/pages/cemetery/cemetery.php?cemetery_id=11675 Santa Rosa Calvary Cemetery, Santa Rosa]
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{{Census|California}}
  
 
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[[Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library|Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library]]
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*[[Introduction to LDS Family History Centers]]
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*[[Cloverdale California Family History Center]]
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*[[Coalinga California Family History Center]]<br>
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*[[Santa Rosa California Family History Center]]
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*[[Sonoma California Family History Center]]<br>
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*[http://www.genealogybuff.com/ca/sonoma/webbbs_config.pl Sonoma County, California Obituary and Death Notice Collection] Free from GenealogyBuff.com. Obits and death notices from Various Funeral Homes in the Santa Rosa area as well as those of celebrities and VIP's.
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*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CA/Sonoma/ Linkpendium]  
 
*[http://www.linkpendium.com/genealogy/USA/CA/Sonoma/ Linkpendium]  
 
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/sonoma.html USGenWeb Archives]  
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.org/ca/sonoma/sonoma.html USGenWeb Archives] backup site  
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*[http://www.usgwarchives.net/ca/sonoma/sonoma.html USGenWeb Archives] backup site  
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*[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.asp?display=localitydetails&subject=206980 FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog]
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[[Category:Sonoma_County,_California]]
 
[[Category:Sonoma_County,_California]]

Revision as of 02:15, 14 March 2013

United States go toCaliforniago to Sonoma County


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Sonoma County, California
Map
Map of the U.S. highlighting California
Location of California in the U.S.
Facts
Founded February 18, 1850
County Seat Santa Rosa
Courthouse
Address Sonoma County Courthouse
2300 County Center Drive
laPlaza Building B177
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
Phone: 707.565.3800
Sonoma County Website


Contents

County Courthouse

County Recorder has birth, marriage, death and land records
County Clerk has divorce, probate and court records from 1850[1]

Historical Facts

Parent County

18 February 1850: Sonoma County was created as an original county.  County seat: Santa Rosa [2]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

1906: 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

Bible Records

Biography

Cemeteries

BillionGraves:

Census

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

Church History and Records

LDS Ward and Branch Records

  • Santa Rosa

Court Records

Crime and Criminals

Directories

Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups

Germans

History

Land and property

Maps

Migration

Military History and Records

Naturalization and Citizenship

Newspapers

Probate Records

Repositories

Archives, Libraries and Museums

Sonoma County History and Genealogy Library

County Courthouse

Family History Centers

Societies

Taxation

Vital Records

Birth

Marriage

Divorce

Death

Voting Registers

Websites

References

  1. ↑ Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America, 10th ed. (Draper, Utah: Everton Pub., 2002), Sonoma County, California. Page 87At various libraries (WorldCat); FHL Book 973 D27e 2002.
  2. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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