CALIFORNIA Counties (The numbers shown in front of each county is often used by the State of California to identify them for many reasons. As a result, the numbers are very important in doing California research. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Alameda 21. Marin 41. San Mateo 2. Alpine 22. Mariposa 42. Santa Barbara 3. Amador 23. Mendocino 43. Santa Clara 4. Butte 24. Merced 44. Santa Cruz 5. Calaveras 25. Modoc 45. Shasta 6. Colusa 26. Mono 46. Sierra 7. Contra Costa 27. Monterey 47. Siskiyou 8. Del Norte 28. Napa 48. Solano 9. El Dorado 29. Nevada 49. Sonoma 10. Fresno 30. Orange 50. Stanislaus 11. Glenn 31. Placer 51. Sutter 12. Humboldt 32. Plumas 52. Tehama 13. Imperial 33. Riverside 53. Trinity 14. Inyo 34. Sacramento 54. Tulare 15. Kern 35. San Benito 55. Tuolumne 16. Kings 36. San Bernardino 56. Ventura 17. Lake 37. San Diego 57. Yolo 18. Lassen 38. San Francisco 58. Yuba 19. Los Angeles 39. San Joaquin 60. Alameda 20. Madera 40. San Luis Obispo 70. Los Angeles 80. San Diego 90. San Francisco ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COUNTY OFFICE RECORDS DATE OFFICE ADDRESS -------------- -------------- ------- ---- ---------------------------- Alameda Clerk-Recorder Birth 1919 1225 Fallon Street, Marriage 1853 Oakland, CA 94612 Divorce 1853 Civil 1853 Health Dept Birth ?? 2180 Milvia, Berkeley, Death ?? CA 94703 Superior Court Court Court House 12th & Fallon Oakland, CA 94612 Voter Registrar Voting 1225 Fallon Street Oakland, CA 94612 Assessor Land 1221 Oak Street Oakland, CA 94612 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alpine Clerk Birth 1900 PO Box 158 Marriage 1900 Markleeville, CA 96120 Death 1900 Divorce 1900 Probate 1900 Assessor Land 1900 PO Box 155 Markleeville, CA 96120 Superior Court Court Courthouse Markleeville, CA 96120 Recorder Land PO Box 266 Markleeville, CA 96120 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amador Clerk Birth 1872 108 Court Street Death 1872 Jackson, CA 95642 Marriage 1854 Divorce 1854 Probate 1854 Civil 1854 Land 1854 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Butte Clerk Divorce 1850 25 Country Center Drive Civil 1850 Oroville, CA 95965 Recorder Birth Death Marriage Land ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Calaveras Clerk-Recorder Birth 1860 Government Center Death 1882 San Andreas, CA 95249 Divorce 1882 Marriage 1882 Civil 1866 Probate 1866 Land 1852 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colusa Clerk-Recorder Marriage 1853 Death 1889 Birth 1873 Civil 1851 Probate 1851 Land 1851 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contra Costa Clerk Divorce 1850 725 Court Street Birth 1850 Martinez, CA 94553 Marriage 1850 Death 1850 Probate 1850 Land 1850 Civil 1850 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Del Norte Clerk Probate 1848 Courthouse, Room 15 Divorce 1848 Crescent City, CA 95531 Civil 1848 Recorder Death Courthouse, Room 15 Marriage Crescent City, CA 95531 Birth Land ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- El Dorado Clerk Civil 1850 495 Main Land 1850 Placerville, CA 95667 Probate Recorder Marriage 1905 360 Fair Lane Death 1905 Placerville, CA 95667 Birth 1905 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fresno Clerk Marriage 1855 1100 Van Ness Avenue Birth 1855 Fresno, CA 93715 Death 1855 Divorce 1860 Probate 1860 Civil 1860 Burials 1900 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glenn Clerk-Recorder Probate 526 West Sycamore Street Marriage 1891 Willows, CA 95988 Civil Divorce 1891 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Humboldt Clerk Divorce 1886 825 5th Street Probate 1886 Eureka, CA 95501 Civil 1886 Marriage Naturalization 1886 Recorder Land Death Birth ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Imperial Clerk Marriage 1907 939 Main Street Divorce 1907 PO Box 1560 Probate 1907 El Centro, CA 92243 Civil 1907 Recorder Birth 1907 Death 1907 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Inyo Clerk Birth 1904 Court House Death 1904 N. Edwards Marriage 1866 Independence, CA 93526 Divorce 1866 Civil 1866 Land 1866 Probate 1866 Mining 1866 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kern Clerk Probate 1866 1415 Truxtun Avenue Divorce 1866 Bakersfield, CA 93301 Civil 1866 Recorder Birth Death Marriage ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kings Clerk Birth 1893 1400 W. Lacey Boulevard Death 1893 Hanford, CA 93230 Marriage 1893 Divorce 1893 Probate 1893 Civil 1893 Naturalization 1893 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lake Clerk Birth 1867 255 N. Forbes Street Death 1867 Lakeport, CA 95453 Land 1867 Marriage 1867 Divorce 1867 Superior Court Clerk Divorce 1867 Probate 1867 Civil 1867 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lassen ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETIES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Amador County Genealogical Society, PO Box 1115, Sutter Creek, CA 95685 Antelope Valley Genealogical Society, PO Box 1049, Lancaster, CA 93534 Cahuilla Chapter, NSDAR, 117 Beckley, Circle, Palm Springs, CA 92262 California Central Coast Genealogical Society, PO Box 832, Morro Bay, CA 93442 California Historical Society, 2090 Jackson St, San Francisco, CA 94109 California Society, Sons of the Revolution, 1525 Eigth St, Alameda, CA 94501 Contra Costa County Genealogical Society, PO Box 910, Concord, CA 94522 Covina, California Chapter DAR, 2441 N. Cameron, Covina, CA 91724 ComputerRooters, PO Box 161693, Sacramento, CA 95816 East Bay Genealogical Society, PO Box 2042, 918 Willow St, Alameda, CA 94501 El Dorado Research Society, PO Box 56, El Dorado, CA 95623 Escondido Genealogical Society, 1508 Encino Drive, Escondido, CA 92025 Fresno California Genealogical Society, PO Box 2042, Fresno, CA 93718 Genealogical Association of Sacramento, PO Box 28301, Sacramento, CA 95828 Genealogical Friends of Pasadena Library, 285 E. Walnut, Pasadena, CA 91101 Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County, PO Box 72, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Genealogical Society of Siskiyou County, PO Box 225, Yreka, CA 96097