Butte County Research Page last updated on
25 Apr 2011
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Birth and Marriage Records |
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| Societies | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Society | Member | Address | City | State | Zip |
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| Butte County Historical Society | PO Box 2195 | Oroville | CA | 95965 | |
| Paradise Genealogical Society | PO Box 460 | Paradise | CA | 95967-0460 |
| Birth & Marriage Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Birth & Marriage Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Church Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Church Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | Oroville Chinese Temple | UC California |
| Court & Jail Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Court Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Other | Index | Notaries | 1886-1909 | California Genealogy & History Archives | Peggy Hooper & volunteers |
| Superior Court | Website | Superior Court- Butte County | Official County Website |
| Death Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Death Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Cemetery | Website | Find A Grave - Butte | Find A Grave | Cemetery Records Online | |
| Cemetery | Website | Interment.net - Butte | Interment.net | Cemetery Records Online | |
| Obituary | Index | Butte County Obituaries | 1855-2009 | Paradise GS | Paradise Genealogical Society [In Progress] |
| Obituary | Index | Butte County Obituary Index: Butte Weekly Democrat | 1859-1862 | Lahontan | Lahontan Images Presents Exploring Northeastern California History |
| Directories | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Butte County Directories | 1881-1922 | Meriam Library | Special Collections Meriam Library CSU Chico | ||
| Website | California Directories | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | California Online Historical Directories - Butte | © Miriam Robbins Midkiff, 2009-2010 |
| Finding Aids | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Record Finding Aids | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Family Search Wiki - Butte County | Family Search | ||||
| Website | The California GenWeb Project | The US GenWeb Project | CAGW Administrative Team |
| Historical Resources | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State History Resources | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | Wikipedia - Butte | Wikipedia | History, Government, Neighborhoods, etc. | ||
| County History | History of Butte County, California, Volumes 1-2 | GoogleBooks | Harry Laurenz Wells, Frank T. Gilbert, W. L. Chambers |
| Land Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Land Records & Maps | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Index | Free Online Database | 1988-current | Butte County Clerk Recorder | link to order 'certified' copies online through Vitalchek | |
| Mining | Website | Stone Quarries & Beyond- Butte County | Peggy Perazzo & Pat Perazzo |
| Military Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Military Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Miscellaneous Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | Miscellaneous California State Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Naturalization & Immigration Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Naturalization & Immigration Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Newspapers | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Butte County Bugle | 1971-? | Chico | |||
| Butte County Pendulum | 189?-? | Honcut | |||
| Butte County Press | 1867-? | Chico | |||
| Butte County Register | 1877-188? | Biggs | |||
| Butte County Times | ? | Honcut | |||
| Butte Record (Daily / Weekly) | 1853-1887 | Bidwell; Oroville | |||
| California Caucasian | 1868- | Chico | |||
| Website | California Newspapers | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Chico (semi-weekly) Enterprise | 1880-1903 | Chico | |||
| Chico Advertiser | 1910-? | Chico | |||
| Chico Amateur | 1885-18? | Chico | |||
| Chico Daily (Morning) Record | 188?-1906 | Chico | |||
| Chico Daily Enterprise (& Chico Post) | 18?-1907 | Chico | |||
| Chico daily Evening Record | 187?-188? | Chico | |||
| Chico Enterprise | 1875-1880 | Chico | |||
| Chico Morning Chronicle | 1881-? | Chico | |||
| Chico News & Review | 197?-? | Chico | |||
| Website | Chico News & Review | ||||
| Chico Post | 1905-1906 | Chico | |||
| Chico Record | 1906-1948 | Chico | |||
| Chico semi-weekly record | 189?-? | Chico | |||
| Chico semi-weekly review | 1872 | Chico | |||
| Chico Times | 1981-? | Chico | |||
| Chico Weekly Chronicle (Record) | 188?-1896 | Chico | |||
| Chico Weekly Enterprise | 1903-19? | Chico | |||
| Chico Weekly Index | 1863-? | Chico | |||
| Chico Weekly Record | 18?-? | Chico | |||
| Chico Weekly Review | 1871 | Chico | |||
| Index | Chronicling America - Butte County CA Newspapers | Library of Congress | Inventory of Newspapers Published in the county | ||
| Daily Morning Advertiser | 1880-? | Chico | |||
| Daily North Californian | 1857-? | Oroville | |||
| Daily Register | 1895-1904 | Oroville | |||
| Digital Copy | Enterprise-Record | 9/12/2003 | AM / LN | Chico / Published 1997 - current | |
| Feather River Times | 19?-1964 | Paradise | |||
| Flyer | 194?-? | Chico Army Air Field | |||
| Golden West | 190?-? | Palermo | |||
| Gridley Daily Globe | 19?-1937 | Gridley | |||
| Index | Local Newspaper Index | to 2009 | Meriam Library | Orion and Chico News and Review | |
| Mining New Era | 189?-? | Forbestown | |||
| Morning Chronicle-record | 1896-? | Chico | |||
| North Valley Free Press | 1967-19? | Chico | |||
| Oroville (daily) register | 1895-1927 | Oroville | |||
| Oroville daily Butte Record | 1856-1858 | Oroville | |||
| Oroville Daily Morning News | 1882-? | Oroville | |||
| Oroville Mercury | 1873-1874 | Oroville | |||
| Digital Copy | Oroville Mercury Register | 1/2/2004 | AM | Oroville | |
| Oroville Mercury(-register) | 189?-current | Oroville - at times Oroville left out of name | |||
| Oroville Morning Press | 192?-? | Oroville | |||
| Oroville semi-weekly register | 19?-19? | Oroville | |||
| Palermo Progress | 1890s | Palermo | |||
| Paradise Herald | 1909-? | Paradise | |||
| Paradise News | 193?-? | Paradise | |||
| Digital Copy | Paradise Post | 7/11/2004 | AM | Paradise | |
| Paradise Post | 1945-current | Paradise | |||
| Rabbit Creek Journal | 1978-current | Chico | |||
| Sandy Gulch News | 1937-? | Sandy Gulch | |||
| Stirling City News | 1904-? | Stirling City | |||
| Sunshine Valley News | 1910-1916 | Biggs | |||
| The (Biggs) News | 1932-1988 | Biggs | |||
| The Biggs (Weekly) Argus | 1886-1911 | Biggs | |||
| The Biggs Recorder | 1880-188 | Biggs | |||
| The Biggs Weekly News | 1924-? | Biggs | |||
| The Butte Democrat | 1859-1861 | Oroville | |||
| The Chico Chronicle-record | 188?-1896 | Chico | |||
| The Chico Courant | 1868-1869 | Chico | |||
| The Chico daily-evening enterprise | 1907-1911 | Chico | |||
| The Chico Enterprise | 1911-1948 | Chico | |||
| The Chico Enterprise Record | 1948-1996 | Chico | |||
| The Chico Weekly Courant | 1865-1868 | Chico | |||
| The Dail Tribune | 191?-? | Chico | |||
| The Daily Mercury | 1883-189? | Oroville | |||
| The Evening Globe | 1937-? | Gridley | |||
| The Feather River Territorial | 1964-? | Oroville | |||
| The Gridley Herald | 1880-current | Gridley | |||
| The North Californian | 1855-18? | oroville | |||
| The North Californian: the Oroville Press | 1962-? | Oroville | |||
| The Northern Enterprise | 1869-1875 | Chico | |||
| The Oroville Press | 19?-1962 | Oroville | |||
| The Oroville Weekly Union | 186?-1864 | Oroville | |||
| The Weekly Butte Democrat | 1861-1862 | Oroville | |||
| The Weekly Butte Record | 1858-1864 | Oroville | |||
| The Weekly Mercury | 1874-1895 | Oroville | |||
| The Weekly Oroville Union | 1862-? | Oroville | |||
| The Weekly Union Record | 1864-1866 | Oroville | |||
| Weekly Chronicle-Record | 1896-? | Chico | |||
| Weekly Oroville Mercury | 1895 | Oroville |
| Photographs | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Photograph Collections | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Calisphere - Butte | Calisphere | Pictures and texts - Calisphere is a service of the?UC Libraries, powered by the?California Digital Library. | |||
| Picture | Index | Historic Photographs Index | Special Collections Meriam Library Chico SU | Meriam Library Special Collecitons |
| Researchers | Back to the top of page | ||||
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