Plumas County, California Vital Records

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To request a lookup, contact the county coordinator (below), or other Plumas County volunteer. Alternatively, you may contact the Plumas County Recorder by writing to:

520 Main Street, Room 102

Quincy, CA 95971

or by phoning (530) 283-6218, or by visiting the department’s web site.

Lookups by Elizabeth Bullard-Watson are free of charge; fees may apply if you contact the County Recorder’s Office. Some records listed here may have been donated by other Plumas County researchers. You also may wish to view the Plumas County obituary/death notice index (1866-1900).

This site contains links to indexes of all recorded* Plumas County births (1905-1931) and deaths (1905-2000).

In order to respect the privacy of the living, no birth records are published beyond the year 1931.

*Many births, marriages, and deaths that occurred within Plumas County prior to the year 1905 were NOT recorded because recording vital records was not then required. Unless an individual lived in the county seat, or very nearby, he/she usually did not bother to record documents that were not required by law. Most Maidu Indian events were not documented in any fashion whatsoever prior to the year 1920 and many went unrecorded into the 1960s.

Births

To view the on-line indexes, click the letter below that corresponds to a surname beginning with that letter.

READ BEFORE EXPLORING FURTHER:

All names are spelled as they actually appear on the birth record, or as best as the transcriptionist could read them Some certificates are illegible, at least partially. There probably are several errors within these files for that reason. It is advisable to scroll down the page through the surnames, rather than to search for an exact name. Obvious variations of names are so noted in brackets [ ] next to a questionable name.

Not all births prior to 1920 were recorded, because it took many years to enact California State Laws regarding the recording of births.

Not all children who were born and recorded were given names due to a variety of reasons, including superstition; infant death; stillbirth, etc. They are so noted in this index as ‘Unnamed Male’ or ‘Unnamed Female’.

Mothers’ maiden names were not always recorded properly and that married names were instead listed on birth records, especially in years prior to 1910. For births that occurred during those early years of recorded births, mothers’ maiden names may not have been accurate.

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L	M	N	O	P	Q-R	S	T	U-V	W	X-Y-Z

Deaths

Not all deaths are on-line yet. Currently, all recorded deaths that occurred within Plumas County, California between the years 1905-2000 for surnames beginning with the letters hyperlinked below are on-line. Check back often, as those that are not yet on-line will follow. To view the on-line indexes, click the letter range below (a hyperlinked one) that corresponds to a surname beginning within that range.

READ BEFORE EXPLORING FURTHER:

All names are spelled as they actually appear on the death record, or as best as the transcriptionist could read them Some certificates are illegible, at least partially. There probably are several errors within these files for that reason. It is advisable to scroll down the page through the surnames, rather than to search for an exact name. Obvious variations of names are so noted in brackets [ ] next to a questionable name.

Not all deaths prior to 1920 were recorded, because it took many years to enact California State Laws regarding the recording of births.

Not all children who died in infancy, or were stillborn, and recorded were given names. They are so noted in this index as ‘Unnamed Male’ or ‘Unnamed Female’.

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E	Fa-Fo	Fr-Fy	Ga-Ge	Gh-Gy	H	I	Ja	Je-Ju	K	La-Le
Li-Ly	Ma	Mc	Me-Mi	Mo-My	Na-Ne	Ni-Ny	O	Pa-Pe	Pi-Py	Q
Ra	Re-Ri	Ro-Ry	Sa-Sc	Se-Si	Sh-Sl	Sm	Sn-Sy	Ta-Ti	To-Ty	U-V
W	XYZ	Unknown (Doe)

Deaths available, but not yet included in on-line indexes:

Cate, Hannah Ann – born Jan-18-1884 ME; died Dec-17-1928; buried Quincy, CA.

Cate, Henry Loring – born May-21-1871 American Valley, CA; died Jan-13-1945 Quincy, CA; buried Quincy, CA.

Hamilton, Ada Isabelle – see Ada Isabelle Hamilton Powers

Kinsey, William – born Feb-18-1825 PA; died Apr-18-1908 Quincy, CA; buried Quincy, CA

Powers, Ada Isabelle (Hamilton) – born 1859; died 1923; buried Taylorsville, CA (wife of Carmack Powers)

Powers, Carmack – born Apr-21-1852 IL; died Oct-30-1931 Susanville, CA; buried Taylorsville, CA

Marriages

Marriage record indexes are not on-line yet. Information about some marriages is below.

Cate, Alice L. License to marry Thomas William Jarvis issued Nov-17-1885. Alice was age 19, native of CA; Thomas was age 35, native of VA. Married Nov-18-1885 at Quincy, California.

Jarvis, Thomas William. License to marry Alice L. Cate issued Nov-17-1885. Thomas was age 35, native of VA; Alice was age 19, native of CA. Married Nov-18-1885 at Quincy, California.

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Alternatively, you may write to the site coordinator, Elizabeth Bullard-Watson, at:

PO Box 114

Taylorsville, CA 95983-0114

This page was last modified on September 25, 2007.

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