Glenn County, California

This Site is part of The CAGenWeb Project & The USGenWeb® Project

~ Welcome ~
My name is Martha and I am your host for 'All things Glenn County'
I live on the Central Coast of California so cannot do 'on the ground research'
but... I am an experienced online researcher and might be able to find
that missing piece of your 'Ancestral Pie'

Please use this link for contact: Martha

Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Search ~ Maps ~ "What's New"
Vital Records ~ Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends
Cemeteries ~ Mortuaries ~ Coroner and Funeral Records ~ Obituaries
"California Corner" ~ Resources with a 'California Flavor' [OffSite]


Vital Records ~ Military ~ Crime and Punishment ~ Odds and Ends
Eibe-Zumwalt & Corbin-Troxel Family Files: Scroll to bottom of page

Vital Records -& Family Files
B ~ M ~ D's
For the most part, searching for the above 3 vital records
will be left up to the individual researcher.
It is my intent to provide resources that contain Vital Info,
but are more obscure to locate.
Basic Vital Record Searches can be conducted on Family Search [Free]

Before I list more Vital Records, there are
Family Search Historical Images that are not found with the typical Catalog Search Function.

Family Search Historical Images:
Here are Digital Records for Glenn County:
Vital Records & Odds ~ Probate Records
Here are Historical Images for Glenn Co "Neighbors":
Butte, Colusa, Lake, Mendocino & Tehama
The types of Information:
Vital Records: Births [Includes Delayed Birth Records], Marriage & Death
Court Cases, Probates & Wills, Court Dockets, Land & Homestead Records,
Cemetery & Funeral Home Records, Burial Permits, Obituaries, Military Enlistments
Naturalization: Declaration of Intent & Final Papers, Voter Registrations

Orland: Historical Images: Vitals
There are quite a few films for Orland:
1891 - 1980: Birth Records, Death Certificates, Death Records, Delayed Birth Records, Marriage Records
Film 004666515

 1936 - 1993: Death Certificates and Funeral Home Records
Films: 8700159, 8700160, 8700161, 8700162, 8700163, 8700164

1850 - 1997: Burial and Cemetery Records and indexes
Film 008618789

1850 - 1997: Burial Indexes and Miscellaneous
008618788, 008618790
[Census Records were not included in the Historical Image Search]


Vital Records: Births & Deaths ~ Family Search: Catalog
Births: Orland, 1915-1925 ~ Births & Deaths: 1922, V2

Family Search Films
Delayed Births, Marriages, Deaths
LDS Film # 1295678 [Willows and Glenn [proper], CA]
Item 1: Births prior to 1905 [Images 5-9 Register] [Willows]
Item 2: Delayed Births, Nov 1895 - 9 Sep 1901 [Images 16-130] No Index
Item 3: Delayed Births, May 1887 - Jun 1893 [Images 136-248] No Index
Item 4: Delayed Births, Mar 1894 - Mar 1896 [Images 250-330] No Index
Item 5: Delayed Births, Dec 1903 - Dec 1904 [Images 333-402] No Index
Item 6: Delayed Births, Jun 1899 - Jun 1905 [Images 406-449] No Index

LDS Film # 1295678 Item: 7, Marriage Record
May 1891 > Jun 1905 [Images 451 - 716] No Index

LDS Film # 1295678 Item: 8, Death Index [Images 720-736]
LDS Film # 1295678 Item: 8, Record of Deaths [Register][Images 738-761]

FS: LDS Film: Marriage Records
Film # 1786657: Item: 1, Index to Marriage Certificates, 1891-1983 Marriage Records, v.1, 1891-1907
Film # 1786658: Item: 2, Marriage Records, v.2-3, 1908-1927
Film # 1786659: Item's 1 & 2, Marriage Register, v.1-2, 1905-1928

<<<NEW>>>
Colusa County Marriages: LDS Film 1666596



Access:
Log into your FS Account, Search, Catalog, enter Film # is the 'Fiche/Film Slot.
Use the above chart to find the Images of interest.
You can also use this link after login.


Marriage Records & Other Vitals
Family Search Catalog~ California Neighboring States
Arizona ~ Nevada ~ Oregon
Also: Oregon State Hospital "Cremains"
[Indigent and Cremains Burials]

Family Search ~ Michigan Marriages
This link is for folks born in California and who married in Michigan: 1868 - 1925
[Available Info: Full Name, Place of Marriage, Residence, Place of Birth, Age, Occupation, Officiant, Witnesses]
Sign into your FS Account, then use the above link.


Family Search: 1891 - 1928 - Created from FS Collections


Miscellaneous Death Records & Resources
There is a collection of Transcribed Death Records on RootsWeb
These Records are from LDS Films and were a project begun many years ago by Volunteers,
and as far as I can tell, the project was never completed.
The Deaths Transcribed are 'Pre 1905' for various CA Counties.
The Files are still on the RW Server and are Static, I have no idea if the email addies on the Pages are valid, but the links to the various Files work, so Happy Hunting!
Here is the RW Link for the whole Project

Here is the Link to the FS Catalog which has the Films. [Film 1293772]
There is more information available on the Death Registers


Deaths: Film 1786661: 1891-1895
Deaths, Orland: 1914 > 1925 [Film 1786661]
Deaths: 1928-1930, V3
[Note: Most, if not all of the LDS Birth Filmed Records are fully searchable using their Search Function:
Actual Certificates are linked to the File]
Be sure and check the CADI for Glenn folk who were born in other CA Counties

finally,
If you wish to look at all available Vitals in the FS Catalog for Glenn, Please use this link
There are a lot of records, many of which have documents, not just indexes:
Death Certificates, Delayed Birth Certificates, 'Pre 1905' Birth Registers


Military Records & Resources

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Roster, Society, Sons of the Revolution in the State of California ..
1898-1912-1916-1920-1921-1922-1924
The Archive.org site has volumes for the above years: Please use this Link
The Rosters give the home address of the Members.


State Summary of War Casualties, 1946 US Navy
[US Navy, Marines, Coast Guard]
 Records contain: Name, Rank, Parents, Street Address
Records for the States where I host Counties / Film #
California, 4218631 ~ Colorado, 4218641 ~Michigan, 4218677 ~ Minnesota, 4218681
Missouri, 4218687 ~ Oregon, 4218720 ~ Pennsylvania, 4218725 ~ Wisconsin, 4218725
Explanation of the Records: Please Use This Link

Family Search Catalog: Access: Log into your Acct, Search, Catalog,
Enter Film # in Fiche/Film slot
California Military ~ Digitized Film

Volume Reel 0002 ~ Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations:
California First Cavalry, First Battalion, Native Cavalry, Second Cavalry,
First Infantry, First Battalion, Mountaineers, Infantry, Second Infantry)
[From NARA Resources]

Military Headstone Applications
Military Enlistment Lists - WW II ~ Colusa & Glenn Co's Military History

Spanish ~ American War
Books: Search / Download
Register of The Society
"Sons of the Revolution" In the State of California, 1902
Ancestral Rolls & Biographies ~ Volume Reel 0003
Compiled records showing service of military units in volunteer Union organizations
California Third Infantry through Eighth Infantry Mounted Detachment, Infantry [3 Months, l86l]
[From NARA Resources]


Willows Cemetery District: All Files: Google Drive
Here are indexes FS films that contain the following data:
Coroner Files, Burial, Removal and Disposal Records
Film #'s: 1887403 ~ 1887405 ~ 1887451 ~ 1887452 ~ 1887453 ~ 1887454
Some of the Films listed above can be found using this link.

Please send queries of interest, I am happy to send scans

Miscellaneous Military Information:
News Articles, Draft Listings for 1918
Burial, Veteran Lists & Memorials, POW Article
Wars: Spanish American, WWI & II, Vietnam  Veteran Burials: Willows Cemetery
Alpha Indexes: Film 1887403, Item 4
Some of the Willows Cemetery Records  are available on FS, Catalog


The Eibe - Zumwalt Family of Colusa & Glenn Counties
Please use this Link for all Files
The Corbin - Troxel Families of Glenn County
Years ago, Cathy Heady donated her family files to the
Glenn County portion of the CAGenWeb.
The Documents are all searchable pdf's
Cathy can be contacted using this link.
The Cazadero Family

Crime and Punishment

California, Sacramento County, Sacramento, Police Records :
Mug Books and Wanted Bulletins, 1860-1949
This collection contains a lot of interesting information.
Here is a pdf with Film Numbers
The Sac Gen Soc created an index. Please use this link.
California Locations:
Berkeley, Oakland, Sacramento, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, Stockton, Fresno & Placer Co's, Long Beach
CA State Prisons, Fulsom, San Quentin
Sacramento Sheriff's Office

Other Locations:
Denver, Colorado ~ Colorado Springs, CO
Nevada State Police / Prison [Carson City]
Portland, Oregon ~ Tacoma, Washington

Types of Crimes:
Juvenile, High Finance, Safe Blowing, Escaped Prisoners, Parole Violators, Ethnic, Forgery, Industrial, Bunco, Political
Family Search Catalog: Access: Log into your Acct, Search, Catalog, Enter Film # in Fiche/Film slot Miscellaneous Prison & Correctional Institution Records
Family Search Catalog: Please Use This Link For Chart


Odds & Ends

New Books "Odds and Ends"
The Physicians and Surgeons of the United States
Edited By:
William B Atkinson, M D: Author of "Hints in the Obstertic Procedure," etc...
Philadelphia: Charles Robson, 1878
There are three Indexes, "Alpha", "Local" & "Analytical" The two most useful are Alpha and Local
The Book can be read online or downloaded.

Woman's Who's Who of America
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada
1914-1915: John William Leonard, Editor-in-Chief
New York: The American Commonwealth Company
There is no Alpha Index, instead the Authors saw fit to make one that is titled: "Her Married Name".
There is an Addenda - Corrections set of Pages.
The Bios are listed Alphabetically.
The Addenda and 'Married Name'
The book can be read online or downloaded

Men of America
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
Edited By: John W Leonard
L R Hamersly & Company
One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1908
There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical
Read Online or Download

Men and Women of America
A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
L R Hamersly & Company
One West Thirty Fourth Street, New York city: 1910
Copyright 1909 By
L R Hamersly & Company, New York
There is no TOC or Index ~ Entries are Alphabetical
Read Online or Download

Odds - Above Book Indexes and TOC's can be found using this link

and lastly...
From the National Archives
The National Archives has a really nice set of digitized records that can be free accessed.
Please use this Link for acess


New Films from Family Search Catalog
008729189, Homestead Records 1891-1927
008588196, Deeds, Patent Rec's, 1891-1925
008525451, Business Records, 1952-1958

California "Great Registers"
Glenn County: 1892 ~ 1894 ~ 1896 ~ 1898
Film # 976463
These are great Resources
For Instance, the 1892 contains the following information
Name ~ Age ~ Height ~ Complexion ~ Eye Color ~ Hair Color ~ Visible Scars & Location
Occupation ~ Country of Nativity ~ Precinct ~ PO Address
Naturalized: Date, Place, Court
Date of Registration ~ Sworn [Yes/No]
Cancellation



"The Fine Print"
Glenn County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote

If you are interested in volunteering for this project, please review our "Volunteer" page and contact us!
Here are the Guidelines for being a County Coordinator: Please use this Link
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 Glenn 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: 25 July 2024
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