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Fresno County –
Genealogy and Family History Research
Do you have ancestors
who lived in Fresno County, California? Let a Board-certified
genealogist help you with your ancestry research. Many genealogically
significant Fresno County records are only available by physically
visiting local repositories. If you have limited your family
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Fresno County Formation
Fresno County was organized in 1856
from Mariposa and Merced Counties. Parts of Fresno County's
territory were given to Mono County in 1861 and to Madera County
in 1893. The first federal census was conducted in 1860.
Local on-site
research conducted in, but not limited to:
Fresno County Government offices
Fresno Superior Court Archives
1963 "E" Street
Divorce, Probate,
Criminal & Civil Records
Fresno
County Recorder’s Office
Hall of
Records, 2281 Tulare Street, Room 302
Vital Records /
Recorded Documents
The Fresno County Clerk-Recorder's
Office has birth records from 1873, marriage records from 1855,
death records from 1873 and land records from 1855.
Note: Prior to 1905 not all
births, marriages and deaths were recorded with the Recorder's
Office.
Fresno
County Clerk’s Office
2221 Kern
Street
Naturalization
Records, Coroner’s Inquests
Libraries and Repositories
Fresno
County Library – California History and Genealogy Room
Fresno County
Public Library
2420 Mariposa
Street
The California
History and Genealogy Room houses a large and diverse collection
of materials that document the history of Fresno County since its
formation in 1856. Holdings include a large vertical file
containing information on many different subjects relating to
Fresno County, a complete collection of directories for Fresno
County cities and towns, atlases and maps, and microfilms of all
major newspapers published in the city of Fresno, and from some
other localities in Fresno County and elsewhere in California.
Fresno
Historical Society
7160 W. Kearney
Boulevard
The Society
Archives includes manuscript and portrait collections which
contain personal papers and photograph collections of individuals
and families, biography files (genealogy/family histories) and the
Ben R. Walker History Files, 1850 – 1953: a collection of over
250,000 newspaper clippings on individuals and events (political,
civic, social, and cultural) in Fresno County and the Central
Valley.
Henry
Madden Library, California State University, Fresno
Special
Collections Research Center
The Roy J.
Woodward Memorial Library of Californiana is a general California
history collection with an emphasis on the City and County of
Fresno and the San Joaquin Valley. It also contains collections of
historical pamphlets, newspaper clippings, maps, postcards and
photographs, a large set of printed materials, regional/local
history periodicals, and manuscript collections dealing with local,
regional or California history.
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