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Brief History of Butte County [Wiki]Butte County is named for the Sutter Buttes in neighboring Sutter County; butte means "small knoll" or "small hill" in French.[6] Butte County was incorporated as one of California's 19 original counties on February 18, 1850. The county went across the present limits of the Tehama, Plumas, Colusa, and Sutter counties.[7]
The first sheriff was Joseph Q. Wilbur.[8] Between November 8-25, 2018, a major wildfire, the Camp Fire, destroyed most of the town of Paradise, the adjacent community of Concow, and many square miles of rural, hilly country east of Chico. More than eighty people were killed, fifty thousand were displaced, over 150,000 acres were burned, and nearly twenty thousand buildings were destroyed.[9][10] The Camp Fire was California's most destructive and deadliest fire.[11] Another Brief History of Butte County Butte County
Neighbors:
Plumas ~ Sierra ~ Yuba ~ Sutter
Colusa ~ Glenn ~ Tehama
Books ~ Biographies
"Appleton's Cyclopaedia of American Biography "
by Wilson, James Grant, 1832-1914; Fiske, John, 1842-1901 Publication date 1900
Appleton Review ~ Archive.org [All Volumes]
"The History of Butte County California- Volume II"
by Harry L Wells & W L Chambers - 547 Clay Street, San Francisco: 1882:
Biographical Index ~ Transcribed Bios[Genealogy Trails Site]
"History of Butte County, California with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County
Who have been Identified with its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present" [Google Books]
By George C. Mansfield
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA - 1918
The Biographical Indexes are listed below:
A > F, F > S, S > Z
Miscellaneous Historical Records, Books & Pioneers
The Marysville appeal directory of Northern California for 1878
1884-1885 County & City Directory
Biography: J W Bowers Deaths from Historical Newspapers
1857 Tax Records [Incomplete, Send for File] ~ Pioneers who came to California before 1869.
[List includes those who arrived in 1869]
Butte County Land Grants ~ Butte County Photographers
The Family of Kathryn Stewart, 1919-2013
"Goin' West: 1830 - 1880"
Compilers: Richard Nelson & Alice, Vols 1 - 4
Richard Nelson & Diana Whitworth, Vols 5 & 6
This is a series of booklets detailing Families and Individuals coming to the Great Northwest,
each Volume is alphabetical.
Family Search has Vol's1 and 4 - 12: Please use this Link
FS does not have Vols 2 and 3: Use this link for Vol 2 and Vol 3
Historical Maps
David Rumsey ~ Historic Map & Atlas Collection
Perry-Castaneda ~ Map Collection ~ Earthquake Fault Maps [CA}
American Georgaphical Society Library Digital Map Collection
Humboldt State University Map Collection
Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps for California~ Railroad Maps, CA
And, of course, Google Earth
Volunteers ~ Queries ~ Lookups
I found no list of Volunteers for Butte County. If you have access to local information and are willing to be a resource,
Please contact Martha
Queries: Cyndi's List has a selection of Lists for posting Queries
Lookup: Resource I have access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions] ~ HeritageHub ~ My Heritage
Contact: Martha
<<<What's New>>>
The FS Catalog has an extensive list of Filmed Obituaries for California
Please use this Link
Chronicling America has updated their web
presence and added new resources
Here is the link for California Historical Digital Newspapers
Modesto Bee [Newspaper] Obituaries
1988 > 2006
"The Modesto Bee Obituaries, Modesto, Stanislaus Co., California"
Creator: Eisenga, Jean Palma y Mesa; The Modesto bee (Modesto, California)
Digital Images of Books and Films that are located in the FS Catalog
The Chart Below will be a guide to the Films and Books
Please use this Link for both the Films and the Books
Please use this Link for the Indexes split out from the Books
Note: Even though the Modesto Bee is in Stanislaus County,
there are references to many California Counties as well as other States,
so... check the indexes for names of interest and because the books
are fully searchable pdf's, locations may be found using the Search Function.
Image Ranges for both Indexes and Files for the Films.
Mercantile GuideTo Cities and Suburbs
Of The
United States of America
California and Northwest Edition: 1893
Volume 3 [LDS Film 1000134]
Issued Annually
Copyrighted and Compiled By A Marks
Copyrighted at Washington D C, April 14th, 1890
San Francisco, Cal:
Published by the Mercantile Guide Co
403 Sansome Street
This is a really interesting Booklet.
It contains not only the Names of People, but their Business Name, Occupation and local Address.
Here are Page Images for Butte County:
Biggs ~ Chico, P 1, P2 ~ Gridley, P1 & 2 ~ Oroville, P 1, P 2
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"The Fine Print"
Butte County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
CAGenWeb State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
CAGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please review our "Volunteer" page and contact us! There are many ways to participate.
If you have an idea or comment please let us know.
Information contained on all of the pages within the Butte County portion of the CAGenWeb may be used for personal genealogical and historical purposes. Please be considerate of copyright information and give credit where credit is due.
Donated data will remain with the County in the event of the resignation of the County Coordinator. Any person donating information in the future retains the right to have it returned to them upon request
Site Updated: 30 September 2024
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