Placer County, California Genealogy

United States &gt; California &gt; Placer County

County Courthouse
Clerk- Recorder Divisions 2954 Richardson Drive Auburn, CA 95603 Dewitt Larry Oddo Building Recordings - (530) 886-5600 Clerk - (530) 886-5610 Fax: (530) 886-5687 E-mail: clerk@placer.ca.gov

Parent County
1851--Placer County was created 25 April 1851 from Sutter and Yuba Counties. County seat: Auburn

Neighboring Counties

 * Douglas County, Nevada
 * El Dorado
 * Nevada
 * Sacramento
 * Sutter
 * Washoe County, Nevada
 * Yuba



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


 * Find A Grave
 * Interment.Net
 * USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project section for Placer County

In the Family History Library Catalog Place Search on FamilySearch, for Placer, 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
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Auburn
 * Roseville

Land
County Clerk - Recorder keeps the land records. Land records are scanned and indexed in a grantor/grantee index. The index is cross-referenced by document type, document number and the names of the parties. The index and images of the original documents are available to the public for research or to have copies made.

In the Family History Library Catalog Place Search on FamilySearch, for Placer County, California, look at the list of records for Land and property. Films can be sent to family history centers.

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 for Placer, California

• Perry-Castaneda Map Collection for California

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

Vital Records
For marriages from 1850-1870 see Western States Marriage Index.

ThePlacer County Clerk-Recorder's Office has birth, death and marriage records for Placer County. This office has birth and death records, 1873 to the present and marriage records 1852 to the present.

Societies and Libraries
Placer County Pulblic Library

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog