PLUMAS COUNTY, CALIFORNIA GENWEB PROJECT
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To request a lookup, you may contact the county coordinator by using the "Contact Us" link at the top of this page, or check the Plumas County Lookup Volunteers page. 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 record data on this site 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 (1905-1938) and deaths (1905-2000). In keeping with standard practice, no birth records less than 70-years-old are published on this site. *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. READ BEFORE EXPLORING FURTHER: All names are spelled as they actually appear on the birth or 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 births prior to 1920 were recorded, because it took many years to enact California State Laws regarding the recording of vital records. 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. Not all children that died in infancy, or were stillborn, were named. They are so noted in this index as ‘Unnamed Male’ or ‘Unnamed Female’.
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