Calaveras County, California Genealogy

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Parent County
18 February 1850: Calaveras County was created as an original county. County seat: San Andreas

Neighboring Counties

 * Alpine
 * Amador
 * San Joaquin
 * Stanislaus
 * Tuolumne

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * California Trail 1844 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California


 * Carson (River) Trail 1848 (aka Mormon Emigrant Trail) crossed the Forty Mile Desert past the west side of the Carson Sink to pick up the Carson River near Fallon, Nevada up to Hope Valley and Red Lake. The Devil's Ladder then climbed 700 feet (210 m) in half a mile so ropes, chains, and pulleys were required to lift the wagons. Carson Pass was followed by the relatively easy West Pass (Kirkwood, California) and then on to Pollock Pines, Placerville, and Sutter's Fort, California


 * Big Tree Road (Ebbetts Pass) 1851 from western Nevada to Markleeville, Murphys, and Stockton, California

Vital Records
For marriages from 1854-1877 Western States Marriage Index.

Family History Centers

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Murphys California Family History Center

Historical Societies

 * Calaveras County Historical Society

Web Sites

 * Calaveras County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site