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El Dorado County, California
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El Dorado County, California Facts
When was El Dorado County, CA Created?
El Dorado County was established on February 18, 1850.
What is the County Seat of El Dorado County, CA?
The County Seat is located in Placerville also, the county government website is http://www.co.el-dorado.ca.us
What counties are adjacent to El Dorado County, CA?
Bordering Counties are Alpine County, Amador County, Sacramento County, Placer County, Douglas County, Nevada .
El Dorado County, CA Vital Records
Where can find El Dorado County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
El Dorado County vital records can be found at the California Office of Vital Records has copies of birth and death records from July 1905, marriage records that occurred from 1949-1986 and 1998-1999, divorce records that occurred between 1962 and June, 1984. There is a fee for each copy requested. Please refer to the information to the Statewide Vital Records in California for current fees and application process.
You can search online for El Dorado County Birth, Marriage, Divorce or Death Records. You can also Order Electronically Online or can download an application for California Birth Certificate, Marriage or Divorce Certificate, Death Certificate Applications to mail.
Vital Records can also be found in the Local Registrar of Births and Death, 931 Spring Street, Placerville, CA 95667; Office (530) 621-6121, FAX (530) 295-2715
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
- Social Security Death Index
- USGenweb Archives California Marriage Project
- California Birth Index 1905 to 1995 from the California Department of Public Health, Center for Health Statistics
- California Birth Index, 1905-1995
- California Marriage Records 1960 to 1985 from the California Department of Health
- California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
- California Marriages, 1850-1877
- California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
- California Divorce Index, 1966-1984
- Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011
- California Death Index 1940 to 1997
- California Death Index, 1940-1997
- California, World War I Death Announcements, 1918-1921
- California Biographical Collection: Responses to Vital Record Inquiries, 1822-1964
El Dorado County, CA Census Records
What El Dorado County, CA census records are available?
There are many types of census records for El Dorado County guide you in researching your family tree. Federal Population Schedules are available for 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880 (free index), 1890 (fragment), 1900, 1910, 1920, 1930, 1940.
El Dorado Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. El Dorado Co. Industry and Agriculture can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. El Dorado Co. Union Veterans Schedules is available for 1890.
Another California census is the California State Census in 1852. One can find free online and printable census forms to help you with your research. See Also California Census Records Research Guide.
El Dorado County, CA Courthouse and Government Records
El Dorado County CourthouseWhat genealogical records can I find in the El Dorado County Courthouse?
Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of El Dorado County court, probate, and land records data as a useful resource of ancestry and genealogy information. Buried away in California courthouses and archives everywhere are the ambitions and frustrations of countless California residents.
The possibilities are excellent that your forefathers have left a comprehensive document of at least a number of facets of their lives in the El Dorado County court records. Even if your forebears is not referred to in a Court case, contemplate all of the other procedures that could have lead to him or her to appear in court records. See Also California Corthouse Records Research Guide.
- El Dorado County Courthouse (Completed 1861, all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
- Address: 330 Fair Ln., Placerville, CA 95667
- Phone: (530) 621-5567
- El Dorado County Recorder-Clerk
- Address: 360 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA 95667
- Phone: (530) 621-5490
- Birth / Death Records: 1878 / 1907
- Marriage Records: 1851
- Land Records: 1851
- El Dorado County Clerk of Superior Court
- Address: 2850 Fairlane Court, Bldg C, Placerville, CA 95667
- Phone: (530) 621-7454
- Probate Records: 1850
- Court Records: 1850
- Early California Wills
- BLM Land Records
El Dorado County, CA Societies and Family History Resources
What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for El Dorado County, CA?
A list of El Dorado County Historical and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Californiia Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.
- El Dorado County Historical Museum,104 Placerville Drive, Placerville, CA 95667; (530) 621-5865
- Heritage Association of El Dorado County, P.O. Box 62, Placerville CA 95667; Phone: (530) 622-0712
- El Dorado County Library, 345 Fair Lane, Placerville, CA; Phone: (530) 621-5540
- California State Archives, Office of Secretary of State, 1020 O Street, Room 130, Sacramento, CA 95814
- California State Library, 914 Capitol Mall, Sacramento, CA 95814
- California Historical Society, 678 Mission Street, San Francisco 94105
- California Genealogical Society And Library, 2201 Broadway, Suite LL2, Oakland 94612-3017
Where can I connect with other El Dorado County, CA Researchers through message boards and forums?
- California Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
- California State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
- El Dorado County, California Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
- El Dorado County, California Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)
What other genealogical resources are available in El Dorado County, CA?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to El Dorado County. A majority of these genealogy links fall into 3 categories: Business Sites, Private Sites or Organization Sites. Some have free access some require a payment. This is basically a listing which has been gathered or submitted. I do not recommend or promote one genealogy site above another.
El Dorado Co. CA Books, Newspapers & Publications
- California Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
- Mountain Democrat, The (Placerville, California) (search.ancestry.com)
- Weekly Mountain Democrat (Placerville, California) (search.ancestry.com)
- The Mountain Democrat and Placerville Times (Placerville, California) (search.ancestry.com)
- Historical Newspapers from California (1813 – 1978) (genealogybank.com)
- El Dorado County, California Books (amazon.com)
- Search California Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
- El Dorado County California Genealogy Books (books.google.com)
El Dorado Co. CA Cemeteries & Church Records
- El Dorado Co., California Graves (findagrave.com)
- El Dorado County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
- El Dorado Co., California Cemeteries (Internment.net)
- El Dorado Co., California Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
- El Dorado County, California Church Books (amazon.com)
El Dorado Co. CA Family Websites, Pictures & Histories
- Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
- California Pioneer Project – The California Pioneer List (CPL) is a list of settlers to California who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880 (included in the 1880 California Census) and obtained from those sent (e-mailed) directly from individuals doing genealogical research.
El Dorado Co. CA General and History Websites
- See Also State History for California
- El Dorado County History (rootsweb.ancestry.com) Historical Souvenir of El Dorado County California with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of its Prominentmen and Pioneers.
- Historical souvenir of El Dorado County, Ca: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men & pioneers (search.ancestry.com)
- California’s El Dorado, yesterday and today (search.ancestry.com)
- El Dorado County, California Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
- El Dorado County, California Wiki (familysearch.org)
- El Dorado Co. CA Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
- Family History Library (familysearch.org)
- El Dorado County, California (linkpendium.com)
- Cyndi’s List – United States – California – Counties – El Dorado (cyndislist.com)
- El Dorado County California (genealogytrails.com)
- El Dorado Co. CAGenweb (cagenweb.com)
- El Dorado County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
- El Dorado Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)
El Dorado Co. CA Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers
- See Also Map of California Links and Information
- 1895 El Dorado County Map (livgenmi.com)
El Dorado Co. CA Military Records
- California Military Records Research Guide
- California Military Records (fold3.com) gives you easy access to military records, stories, photos, and personal documents of the California individuals that served. Great for El Dorado County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.
