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Vital records
Birth, marriage, and death certificates can be ordered from the Merced County Recorder's Office. Birth certificates go back to about 1870, marriage certificates to about 1850, and death certificates to about 1890. Some records are also available on microfilm through Family History Centers. Some death records can also be found online:

Pre-1905 CA Death Index Project: Merced County

California Death Index - Vital Search

Other links

California Historical Landmarks: California

Merced County Genealogical Society

Merced County Library

Merced Sun-Star newspaper

Merced County - USGenWeb - Archives I

Merced County - USGenWeb - Archives II

National Register of Historic Places: Merced County

San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery records

A brief history of Merced County

In April of 1855, Merced County was formed out of the southwestern portion of Mariposa County. There were only 500 people living in the area at the time. The fast-growing city of Merced became the county seat during a special election in 1872. Livingston was also considered as location for the county seat.

See also

• A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Merced, Stanislaus, Calaveras, Tuolumne and Mariposa, California. 1892.
• History of Merced County. 1881.
• Ortiz, Delores. Merced County: The Golden Harvest. 1987.
• Clark, George W. History of Merced 1979.
• Lim, Sarah C. Remembering the Merced Chinese: the builders of the great Central Valley, 1860-1960. 2000.
• Merced and Mariposa Counties pioneer days. 1935.
• Outcalt, John. History of Merced County. 1925.
• Radcliffe, Corwin. History of Merced 1940.