I am, Lewis M. Ruddick, the California USGenWeb Project coordinator for Stanislaus County, California.

Please note: I am unable to do lookups for this county.  If you desire lookups please post your query to the query page.

Stanislaus County Links Stanislaus County Queries Stanislaus County Lookup and Reference Page Stanislaus County Government Offices Stanislaus County Recorder Stanislaus County Free Library California State University, Stanislaus Vasche Library Stanislaus County Landmarks Stanislaus County Mining Communities Directory History of Stanislaus County The Genealogical Society of Stanislaus County Stanislaus County Cemeteries - The Tombstone Transcription Project McHenry Museum Oakdale Museum Gold Rush Bibliography Resource Old Stanislaus County Obituaries "Notaries Public 1891-1909" (Searchable Database-All CaliforniaCounties) Old Faces, Families and Views of Stanislaus County (includes some cemetery photographs)

Stanislaus County History

Stanislaus County, California. County seat, Modesto. Created on April 1, 1854, from a portion of Tuolumne County. The word Stanislaus is a corruption of Estanislao, the baptismal name of a mission-educated renegade Indian chief who led a band of Indians in a series of battles against Mexican troops. He was finally defeated by General Mariano G. Vallejo in 1826. The county is named for the Stanislaus River, first discovered by Gabriel Moraga in 1806, and later renamed Rio Estanislao for the Indian chief.

Other GenWeb Links

• California Master County Index
• USGenWeb Page
• USGenWeb California County Archives
  
• World GenWeb
• Tuolumne County CAGenWeb Page
• San Joaquin County CAGenWeb Page
• Merced County CAGenWeb Page
• Calaveras County CAGenWeb Page

Other California Links

• The Virtual California Gold Country Tourguide
• NorCal Genealogy IndexThis index is as thorough as you will find anywhere for Northern California genealogical or historical purposes

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Other Genealogy Links

• Cyndi's List