Sacramento County, California
Genealogy, History & Facts

County Vital Records ∣ County Census Records ∣ County Courthouse and Government Records ∣
County Societies, Family History Resources and County Genealogy Links

Sacramento County, California Facts

When was Sacramento County, CA Created?
Sacramento County was established on February 18, 1850.

What is the County Seat of Sacramento County, CA?
The County Seat is located in Sacramento also, the county government website is www.saccounty.net

What counties are adjacent to Sacramento County, CA?
Bordering Counties are San Joaquin County, Contra Costa County, Solano County, Yolo County, Sutter County, Placer County, El Dorado County, Amador County.

Sacramento County, CA Vital Records

Where can find Sacramento County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records?
Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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, 7001 East Parkway, Suite 650, Sacramento, CA 95823; Office (916) 875-5345 (recording); Office (916) 875-2066 (general)

• Sacramento California, “Sacramento Bee” newspaper 1859, Obituaries, Marriages, Births
• Sacramento California, Sacramento Bee Newspaper 1889 – 1890: vital records
• Sacramento California, Sacramento Bee newspaper 1892: Vital Records
• Sacramento California, Sacramento Bee Newspaper 1891: vital records
• Sacramento [California] Bee Newspaper 1889 : Vital Records
• 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

Sacramento County, CA Census Records

What Sacramento County, CA census records are available?
There are many types of census records for Sacramento 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.

Sacramento Co. Mortality Schedules can be found for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Sacramento Co. Industry and Agriculture can be obtained for 1850, 1860, 1870 and 1880. Sacramento 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.

• Search The U.S. Federal Census Collection
• Sacramento County, CA Census Records Links
• Sacramento County, CA Census QuickFacts

Sacramento County, CA Courthouse and Government Records

Sacramento County Courthouse

What genealogical records can I find in the Sacramento County Courthouse?

Researchers frequently overlook the great importance of Sacramento 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 Sacramento 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.

• Sacramento County Courthouse (all departments listed below are located here, unless otherwise noted)
  • Address: 720 9th St, Sacramento, CA 95814
  • Phone: (916) 874-5781
• Sacramento County Recorder-Clerk
  • Address: 600 Eighth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814 ; OR P.O. Box 839 , Sacramento, CA 95812-0839
  • Phone: (916) 874-6334
  • Birth / Death Records: 1858 / 1850
  • Marriage Records: 1850
  • Land Records: 1848
• Sacramento County Clerk of Superior Court
  • Probate Records: 1849
  • Court Records: 1849
• Early California Wills
• BLM Land Records

Sacramento County, CA Societies and Family History Resources

What genealogical and historical societies, archives, museums, associations and libraries are available for Sacramento County, CA?
A list of Sacramento County Historical  and Genealogical Societies, Libraries, Archives. See also list of Statewide Californiia Archives, Historical & Genealogical Societies.

• Genealogical & Historical Council of Sacramento Valley, PO Box 214749, Sacramento, CA 95821-0749
• Sacramento Genealogical Society – Root Cellar –, P.O. Box 265, Citrus Heights, CA 95611-0265
• Sacramento Historical Society, P.O. Box 160065 Sacramento, CA, 95816-0065; (916) 443-6265
• Sacramento Genealogical Association, P.O. Box 292145, Sacramento, CA 95829-2145
• Sacramento German Genealogy Society, P.O. Box 660061, Sacramento, CA 95866
• Sacramento River Delta Historical Society, The Jean Harvie Community Center, 14273 River Road, Walnut Grove, CA 95690; Mailing Address: P O Box 293, Walnut Grove, CA 95690
• Folsom Historical Society-Museum, 823 Sutter St., Folsom, CA, 95630-2440; 916.985-2707
• Sloughhouse Area Genealogical Society
• Sacramento Public Library, 828 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814; Phone: (916) 264-2920
• 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 Sacramento County, CA Researchers through message boards and forums?

• California Genealogy Community (plus.google.com)
• California State Genealogy Network (facebook.com)
• Sacramento County, California Message Boards (boards.ancestry.com)
• Sacramento County, California Genealogy Forum (genforum.genealogy.com)

What other genealogical resources are available in Sacramento County, CA?
The following are web links to Genealogy, Records and Resources pertaining to Sacramento 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.

Sacramento Co. CA Books, Newspapers & Publications

• California Newspapers Books & Publications Research Guide
• California historical newspaper archives online (newspapers.com)
• Historical Newspapers from California (1813 – 1978) (genealogybank.com)
• Sacramento County, California Books (amazon.com)
• Search California Obituaries (1985 to current) (genealogybank.com)
• Sacramento County California Genealogy Books (books.google.com)

Sacramento Co. CA Cemeteries & Church Records

• Sacramento Co., California Graves (findagrave.com)
• Sacramento County Tombstone Transcription Project (usgwtombstones.org)
• Sacramento Co., California Cemeteries (Internment.net)
• Sacramento Co., California Cemetery Books (amazon.com)
• Sacramento County, California Church Books (amazon.com)

Sacramento Co. CA Family Websites, Pictures & Histories

• Create a Free Family Tree (ancestry.com)
• Sacramento, California, California Biographical Great Books, 1867 and 1872 (search.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.

Sacramento Co. CA General and History Websites

• See Also State History for California
• Sacramento County History (rootsweb.ancestry.com) A Memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, 1891
• An illustrated history of Sacramento County, California: containing a history of Sacramento County (search.ancestry.com)
• A Sacramento saga : fifty years of achievement, Chamber of Commerce leadership (search.ancestry.com)
• Sacramento County, California Wikipedia (wikipedia.org)
• Sacramento County, California Wiki (familysearch.org)
• Sacramento Co. CA Genealogy (kindredtrails.com)
• Family History Library (familysearch.org)
• Sacramento County, California (linkpendium.com)
• Cyndi’s List – United States – California – Counties – Sacramento (cyndislist.com)
• Sacramento County California (genealogytrails.com)
• Sacramento Co. CAGenweb (cagenweb.com)
• Sacramento County Genealogy Queries (cousinconnect.com)
• Sacramento Co. Data Collections (search.ancestry.com)

Sacramento Co. CA Maps, Atlases & Gazetteers

• See Also Map of California Links and Information
• 1895 Sacramento County Map (livgenmi.com)

Sacramento 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 Sacramento County genealogists, researchers, historians and more.