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Archaeological Investigations at Sutter's Fort State Historical Monument, Vol. 1
Book by William H. Olsen; Coyote Press, 1961. 83pp. ISBN: 1555674534.
- Out of print
The indexes to several biographical books are listed and many of them have lookup volunteers available.
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Online Biographies at RootsWeb.com's Message Boards
Biographies from History of Sutter County (1879)
Index to Delay's History of Yuba & Sutter Counties
Index to Guinn's Biographical Record of the Sacramento Valley
Index to Biographical Record of Northern California Vol. 1
Index to Biographical Record of Northern California Vol. 2
FHL Resources
Birth Certificate ordering information, microfilm resources and online databases. Records are only available from 1873 to present. California Heartland: A Pictorial History and Tour Guide of Eight Northern California Counties
Book by Sandra Brubaker Shepherd; Scottwall Assoc, 1993. ISBN: 0942087070 Captain John Sutter: Sacramento Valley's Sainted Sinner
Book by Richard H. Dillon; Good Life Publications, 1988. 380pp. ISBN: 0934136157. Captain Sutter's Fort: Adventures with John A. Sutter
Book by Natalie N. Hernandez; Santa Ines Publications, 1999. 107pp. ISBN: 0964438631. Children's book. Cemetery Transcriptions
Most of the cemeteries in Sutter County have been transcribed and placed online for your research. Census Records
There are no online census records for Sutter County at this time. If you need to get a census microfilm roll, check with your local library, National Archives, or LDS Family History Library. Coping with Disaster: Voices from the 1955 Flood, Sutter County, California
Book edited by Jacqueline Lowe, Julie Stark and Sharyl Simmons; Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County, 1995. 138pp. ISBN: 0962565911 Death Records
Death Certificate ordering information, microfilm resources and online databases. Records are only available from 1873 to present. Excavations at Sutter's Fort, 1960, Vol. 3
Book by Louis A. Payen; Coyote Press, 1961. 55pp. ISBN: 1555674550
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Microfilms available from the LDS Church's Family History Library. Gold : Being the Marvellous History of General John Augustus Sutter
Book by Blaise Cendrars, Nina Rootes (Translator); Shooting Star Press, 1996. ISBN: 1569248079
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Book by William Henry Chamberlain; Oakland, CA: Thompson & West, 1879. 127 pages.
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Biographies online at this site
Yuba County Library - California Room
FHL Microfilm #0468751 Item 1
Community Memorial Museum Reference Library
Book by J.M. Guinn; Chicago, IL: The Chapman Publishing Co., 1906. 1,712 pp.
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FHL Microfilm #468760 Item 2
Community Memorial Museum Reference Library
Book by Peter Delay; Los Angeles, CA: Historic Record Co., 1924. 1,328 pp.
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Lookup Volunteers
FHL Microfilm #1000133 Item 1
Community Memorial Museum Reference Library
Book by Dorothy J. Ross; Blue Oak Books, 1996. 76pp. ISBN: 0965376907 John A. Sutter in Hawaii and California, 1838-1839
Book by William J. Breault; Landmark Enterprises, 1998. 94pp. ISBN: 091084559X
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Book edited by Allan R. Ottley; Sacramento Book Collectors Club, 1986. 63pp. ISBN: 0961733403.
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Book by Kenneth N. Owens (Editor); University of Nebraska Press, 1994. 138pp. ISBN: 0803235607 Land Records
Homesteads, deeds and land patents ordering information, microfilm resources and online databases. Records are only available from 1849 to present. Marriage Records
Marriage Certificate ordering information and microfilm resources. Records are only available from 1850 to present.
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FHL Resources
Sutter County Clerk 1850 - Present
Western States Marriage Index (Includes Sutter Records 1850 - 1877)
Books printed in Chicago, IL: Lewis Publishing Co., ca. 1891. 4 Volumes. Military Records
Possibly includes organization papers, muster rolls, loyalty oaths and invoices. Names of officers and enlisted men from California who lost their lives while serving in the armed forces of the U.S. during WWI
Information by California Adjutant General, 1921 Naturalization Records
Naturalization records microfilm and research resources. Records are only available from 1854 to 1962. New Helvetia Diary
Book by John A. Sutter, Robert E. Merritt (Editor); 1996. 200pp. ISBN: 0965282112
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Historic and current newspapers serving Sutter County as well as where to get a copy. Also available on this site is a section devoted to pre-1910 newspaper articles. Obituaries
If you would like to request an obituary lookup, please do so on the Sutter County Mail List or the RootsWeb Message Board. Obituaries from the Appeal-Democrat are online for 2001 and 2002. Probate Records
May include minutes, case files, indexes to minutes and indexes to case files. Records are available from 1872 - 1926. Proceedings of the First State Convention of the Colored Citizens of the State of California, 1855, 1856 & 1865
Pamphlet by R&E Research Associates, 1969 reprint Sutter Buttes: A Naturalist's View
Book by Walt Anderson; The Natural Selection, 1983. 326 pp. ISBN: 0961072210 Sutter Buttes: A Study of Plio-Pleistocene Volcanism
Book by Howell Williams and G.H. Curtis; University of California Press, 1979. ISBN: 0520038088
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Book by Louise Butts Hendrix. Sutter's Fort: Gateway to the Gold Fields
Book by Oscar Lewis; Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, c1966. 222 pp. Index, illustrated.
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Book by Julian Dana; Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 1974. 423pp. ISBN: 0837176441. Sutter's Own Story: The Life of General John August Sutter and the History of New Helvetia in the Sacramento Valley
Book by Erwin G. Gudde; G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1992. 244pp. ISBN: 0781250420 Voting Registers
Lists of citizens who registered to vote (1867 - 1898) Wills
Wills on microfilm from 1875 - 1938. Worth Keeping: An Architectural History of Sutter and Yuba Counties, California
Book by Jacqueline Lowe, Julie Stark, Danae Stewart and Kenneth G. Calhoun (Photographer); Community Memorial Museum of Sutter County, 1990. 168pp. ISBN: 0962565903
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