Chico Genealogy (in Butte County, CA)

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Chico Birth Records

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1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth records, 1859-1912 FamilySearch Library

Birth records, 1872-1918 FamilySearch Library

Butte County birth certificates 1872-1889 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Butte County birth index, 1870-1920 FamilySearch Library

Butte County births 1859-1912 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Butte County births, marriages and deaths, 1883-1899 FamilySearch Library

Butte County, California birth index, ca. 1853-1950 FamilySearch Library

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

California, Birth Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

Chico Cemetery Records

California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987 Ancestry online

Centerville Cemetery Billion Graves online

Chico Cemetery Find a Grave online

Chico Cemetery Billion Graves online

Chico Cemetery Interment online

Chico Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Chico Cemetery, 1852-1908, Chico, Butte County, California FamilySearch Library

Chico Cemetery, 1852-1908, Chico, Butte County, California WorldCat

Chico Memorial Mausoleum and Crematory Find a Grave online

Early Cemetery Records, Butte And Tehama Counties, California Ancestry online

Glen Oaks Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Glen Oaks Memorial Park Interment online

Glen Oaks Memorial Park Genealogy Trails online

Glen Oaks Memorial Park interments, 1962-1991 FamilySearch Library

Lucas Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mechoopda Indian Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mickey Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Peters Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pine Creek Cemetery Find a Grave online

Pine Creek Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Chico Census Records

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Chico Church Records

Church records, 1897-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Chico Branch (Chico, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1903-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Chico Branch (Chico, California)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1939-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1939- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Chico Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Chico City Directories

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Chico (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Chico City Directory 1929 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1931 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1945 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1950 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1955 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Chico City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Chico and Oroville City Directory 1911 MyHeritage online

Chico and Oroville, California city directory FamilySearch Library

Chico, CA 1911-1916, 1918, 1920-1924, 1926-1931, 1933-1935 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chico, CA 1937-1940, 1945, 1948, 1950, 1952-1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Chico, California, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1920 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1924 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1945 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1970 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1973 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1974 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1975 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1983 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Chico, California, City Directory, 1984-1985 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Polk's Chico (Butte County, Calif.) city directory FamilySearch Library

Chico Death Records

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1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

Butte County births, marriages and deaths, 1883-1899 FamilySearch Library

Butte County death certificates 1859-1909 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Butte County death certificates index, 1890-1910 FamilySearch Library

Butte County death index, ca. 1853-1980 FamilySearch Library

Butte County obituary index, 1963-1990 FamilySearch Library

Butte County, California death index, ca. 1853-1950 FamilySearch Library

Butte County, California, Newspaper Vitals, 1880-1899 FamilySearch Library

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

California, Butte County, Obituaries, 1866-1992 Family Search online

California, Death Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987 Ancestry online

California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866-1992 Family Search online

Chico enterprise obituaries, 1993-1994 FamilySearch Library

Earliest Butte County deaths 1850-1905 FamilySearch Library

Funeral home records, ca. 1873-1997 FamilySearch Library

Funeral records, 1896-1992 FamilySearch Library

Funeral records, 1905-1980; Index, 1905-1980 FamilySearch Library

Mortuary memorial cards, ca. 1960-1980 FamilySearch Library

Registers of deaths, 1859-1919, index 1905-1939 FamilySearch Library

Returns of deaths, 1873-1903 FamilySearch Library

Chico Histories and Genealogies

A pictorial history of Chico, 1872-1972 FamilySearch Library

Chico Immigration Records

Declaration of intention to become a citizen, index, 1849-1880 FamilySearch Library

Declarations of intention to become a citizen of the United States, 1843-1929, Butte County, California FamilySearch Library

Index to naturalizations, 1906-1930 FamilySearch Library

Naturalizations, 1850-1930 FamilySearch Library

Chico Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chico, Butte County, California, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chico, Butte County, California, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chico, Butte County, California, 1921 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chico, Butte County, California, 1921-1949 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chico, Butte County, California, February 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chico, Butte County, California, January 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Chico, Butte County, California, January 1890 Library of Congress online

Chico Marriage Records

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1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

Butte County births, marriages and deaths, 1883-1899 FamilySearch Library

Butte County, California marriage index, ca. 1853-1950 FamilySearch Library

Butte County, California, Newspaper Vitals, 1880-1899 FamilySearch Library

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

Marriage licenses and certificates, 1851-1908; index to marriages, 1851-1920 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1858-1900; indexes, 1852-1932 FamilySearch Library

Marriages in Butte County (24 Feb 1851 - 26 Dec 1886 ) Western States Marriage Index online

Chico Military Records

Civil War Honor Roll for Chico, CA Genealogy Trails online

Vietnam War Honor Roll for Chico, CA Genealogy Trails online

World War 1 Honor Roll for Chico, CA Genealogy Trails online

Chico Minority Records

Blacks in Chico, 1860-1935 : climbing the slippery slope FamilySearch Library

Chico Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Chico Newspapers and Obituaries

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Butte County obituary index, 1963-1990 FamilySearch Library

Butte County, California Newspapers Abstracts, 1853-1956 FamilySearch Library

Butte County, California, Newspaper Vitals, 1880-1899 FamilySearch Library

California, Butte County, Obituaries, 1866-1992 Family Search online

California, Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866-1992 Family Search online

Chico Courant, 1865-1868 Meriam Library online

Chico Daily Enterprise 1904-1906 Newspapers.com online

Chico Daily Enterprise 1906-1907 Newspapers.com online

Chico Daily Enterprise and Chico Post 1906-1906 Newspapers.com online

Chico Daily Enterprise, 1887-1922 Meriam Library online

Chico Daily-Evening Enterprise 1907-1911 Newspapers.com online

Chico Enterprise 1880-1880 Newspapers.com online

Chico Enterprise 1882-1903 Newspapers.com online

Chico Enterprise 1911-1948 Newspapers.com online

Chico Enterprise Weekly, 1869-1907 Meriam Library online

Chico Enterprise-Record 09/12/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Chico Enterprise-Record 1948-1996 Newspapers.com online

Chico Examiner 05/29/2010 to 06/23/2015 Genealogy Bank online

Chico Record (Chico, 1856-1923) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Chico Record 1923-1948 Newspapers.com online

Chico Record Semi-Weekly, 1896-1906 Meriam Library online

Chico Record, 1853-1923 Meriam Library online

Chico Review Weekly, 1871-1872 Meriam Library online

Chico Semi-Weekly Enterprise 1880-1882 Newspapers.com online

Chico Semi-Weekly Review 1872-1872 Newspapers.com online

Chico Weekly Chronicle-Record 1891-1893 Newspapers.com online

Chico Weekly Courant 1865-1868 Newspapers.com online

Chico Weekly Courant, 1865-1868 Google News Archive online

Chico Weekly Enterprise (Chico, 1869-1907) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Chico Weekly Enterprise 1903-1907 Newspapers.com online

Chico Weekly Review 1871-1871 Newspapers.com online

Chico enterprise obituaries, 1993-1994 FamilySearch Library

Daily Butte record 02/01/1858 to 09/11/1858 Genealogy Bank online

Enterprise-Record 1997-2004 Newspapers.com online

Weekly Butte Record 09/18/1858 to 01/16/1864 and 03/24/1866 to 12/28/1867 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Chico

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Chico Chronicle-Record. (Chico, Cal.) 1880s-1896

Chico Courant. (Chico, Butte County, Cal.) 1868-1869

Chico Daily Enterprise. (Chico, Calif.) 1906-1907

Chico Daily Evening Record. (Chico, Butte County, Calif.) 1870s-1880s

Chico Daily Morning Record. (Chico, Butte County, Cal.) 1904-1906

Chico Daily-Evening Enterprise. (Chico, Calif.) 1907-1911

Chico Enterprise-Record. (Chico, Calif.) 1948-1996

Chico Enterprise. (Chico, Butte County, Cal.) 1875-1880

Chico Enterprise. (Chico, Calif.) 1882-1903

Chico Enterprise. (Chico, Calif.) 1911-1948

Chico News and Review. (Chico, Calif.) 1970s-Current

Chico Record. (Chico, Butte County, Cal.) 1906-1948

Chico Semi-Weekly Enterprise. (Chico, Calif.) 1880-1882

Chico Semi-Weekly Record. (Chico, Butte County, Cal.) 1890s-1900s

Chico Weekly Chronicle-Record. (Chico, Butte County, Calif.) 1887-1896

Chico Weekly Chronicle. (Chico, Calif.) 1880s-1887

Chico Weekly Courant. (Chico, Butte County, Cal.) 1865-1868

Enterprise-Record. (Chico, Calif.) 1997-Current

Northern Enterprise. (Chico [Calif.]) 1869-1875

Rabbit Creek Journal. (Chico, Ca.) 1978-Current

Chico Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Chico School Records

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Bidwell Junior High School - Conestoga Yearbook (Chico, CA), 1963 E Yearbook online

Bidwell Junior High School yearbook, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

California State University Chico - Record Yearbook (Chico, CA), 1929, 1938, 1939, 1949 E Yearbook online

California State University Chico yearbook, 1929, 1938, 1939, 1949 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chico High School - Caduceus Yearbook (Chico, CA), 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1928, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961 E Yearbook online

Chico High School - Dragon Yearbook, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Chico High School Yearbook 1937 Golden Nugget Library online

Chico High School yearbook, 1904, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chico High School yearbook, 1904, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Chico High School yearbook, 1904, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1920, 1922, 1923, 1925, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1938, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 Classmates online

Chico State College Yearbook - Alumni & Student Directory pgs 71-81 1924 Golden Nugget Library online

Chico State College yearbook, 1938, 1939, 1949, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chico State Teachers College yearbook, 1929 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pleasant Valley High School yearbook, 1980, 1981 Classmates online

Pleasant Valley High School yearbook, 1980, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Chico Tax Records

Assessment rolls (Sacramento County, California), 1850-1900 ; index, 1850-1900 FamilySearch Library



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