Birth, Marriage & Death: The dates listed in this column are the first available dates for these records within the county, listed respectively. It's important to note that only a small percentage of the births and deaths were registered between 1850 and 1905, so don't get discouraged if no record exists.
Land, Probate & Court: The dates listed here are the first available dates for these records within the county, listed respectively.
Links: Vitals & Court This link will take you to a page setting forth infomration about the County's vital and court records.
| County Code | County Name County Recorder's Address | Date Formed Parent Counties | Birth Marriage Death | Land Probate Court |
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| 01 | Alameda | 1853 Contra Costa Santa Clara | 1919 1853 1853 | 1853 1853 1853 | |
| 02 | Alpine | 1864 Eldorado, Amador Calaveras | 1900 1900 1900 | 1900 1900 1900 | |
| 03 | Amador | 1854 Calaveras | 1854 1854 1854 | 1854 1854 1854 | |
| 04 | Butte | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 05 | Calaveras | 1850 Original County | 1860 1882 1882 | 1852 1866 1866 | |
| 06 | Colusa | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 07 | Contra Costa | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 08 | Del Norte | 1857 Klamath | 1857 1858 1858 | 1858 1858 1858 | |
| 09 | El Dorado | 1850 Original County | 1905 1905 1905 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 10 | Fresno | 1856 Merced Mariposa | 1900 1900 1900 | 1860 1860 1860 | |
| 11 | Glenn | 1891 Colusa | 1891 1891 1891 | 1891 1891 1891 | |
| 12 | Humboldt | 1853 Trinity | 1886 1886 1886 | 1853 1853 1853 | |
| 13 | Imperial | 1907 San Diego | 1907 1907 1907 | 1907 1907 1907 | |
| 14 | Inyo | 1866 Tulare | 1905 1866 1905 | 1866 1866 1866 | |
| 15 | Kern | 1866 Tulare, Los Angeles | 1866 1866 1866 | 1866 1866 1866 | |
| 16 | Kings | 1893 Tulare | 1893 1893 1893 | 1893 1893 1893 | |
| 17 | Lake | 1861 Napa | 1867 1867 1867 | 1867 1867 1867 | |
| 18 | Lassen | 1864 Plumas Shasta | 1864 1864 1864 | 1864 1864 1864 | |
| 19 | Los Angeles | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 20 | Madera | 1893 Fresno | 1893 1893 1893 | 1893 1893 1893 | |
| 21 | Marin | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 22 | Mariposa | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | Deaths 1873-1904 |
| 23 | Mendocino | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1872 1858 | |
| 24 | Merced | 1855 Mariposa | 1855 1855 1855 | 1855 1855 1855 | |
| 25 | Modoc | 1874 Siskiyou | 1874 1874 1874 | 1874 1874 1874 | |
| 26 | Mono | 1861 Fresno Calaveras | 1864 1864 1864 | 1864 1864 1864 | |
| 27 | Monterey | 180 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 28 | Napa | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 29 | Nevada | 1851 Yuba | 1873 1856 1873 | 1856 1880 1880 | |
| 30 | Orange | 1889 Los Angeles | 1889 1889 1889 | 1889 1889 1889 | |
| 31 | Placer | 1851 Yuba Sutter | 1851 1851 1851 | 1851 1851 1851 | |
| 32 | Plumas | 1854 Butte | 1860 1860 1860 | 1854 1860 1860 | |
| 33 | Riverside | 1893 San Diego San Bernardino | 1893 1893 1893 | 1893 1893 1893 | |
| 34 | Sacramento | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 35 | San Benito | 1874 Monterey | 1874 1874 1874 | 1874 1874 1874 | |
| 36 | San Bernardino | 1853 Los Angeles | 1853 1887 1853 | 1853 1853 1853 | |
| 37 | San Diego | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 38 | San Francisco | 1850 Original County | 1906 1906 1906 | 1906 1906 1906 | |
| 39 | San Joaquin | 1850 Original County | 1851 1851 1851 | 1851 1851 1851 | |
| 40 | San Luis Obispo | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1854 1854 | |
| 41 | San Mateo | 1856 San Francisco | 1866 1856 1873 | 1856 1880 1866 | |
| 42 | Santa Barbara | 1850 Original County | 1850 1873 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 43 | Santa Clara | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 44 | Santa Cruz | 1850 Original County | 1873 1852 1873 | 1850 1850 18507 | |
| 45 | Shasta | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1880 1880 | |
| 46 | Sierra | 1852 Yuba | 1852 1852 1852 | 1852 1852 1852 | |
| 47 | Siskiyou | 1852 Klamath Shasta | 1852 1852 1852 | 1852 1852 1852 | |
| 48 | Solano | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 49 | Sonoma | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 50 | Stanislaus | 1854 Tuolumne | 1854 1854 1854 | 1854 1854 1854 | |
| 51 | Sutter | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 52 | Tehama | 1856 Colusa Butte Shasta | 1889 1856 1889 | 1856 1856 1856 | |
| 53 | Trinity | 1850 Original County | 1889 1856 1889 | 1856 1856 1856 | |
| 54 | Tulare | 1852 Mariposa | 1852 1873 1852 | 1852 1852 1852 | |
| 55 | Tuolumne | 1850 Original County | 1858 18507 1859 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 56 | Ventura | 1872 Santa Barbara | 1873 1873 1873 | 1871 1873 1873 | |
| 57 | Yolo | 1850 Original County | 1850 1850 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |
| 58 | Yuba | 1850 Original County | 1850 1865 1850 | 1850 1850 1850 | |