Downieville Genealogy (in Sierra County, CA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Downieville are also found through the Sierra County and California pages.


Downieville Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

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

Downieville Cemetery Records

Bald Mountain Find a Grave online

Cemetery inscription [sic] in California counties of Plumas, Alpine, and Sierra Ancestry online

Downieville Cemetery Find a Grave online

Downieville Cemetery, Downieville, Sierra County, California FamilySearch Library

Sierra County Pioneer Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

Downieville Census Records

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

Federal Census of 1940, Downieville, California LDS Genealogy 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

Downieville Death Records

1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

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

Register of deaths, 1873-1905 FamilySearch Library

Downieville Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downieville, Sierra County, California, 1902 Library of Congress online

Downieville Marriage Records

1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1853-1905 FamilySearch Library

Downieville Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Downieville Newspapers and Obituaries

Downieville Sierra Citizen, 1854-1860 Newspaper Archive online

Mountain Messenger 01/13/1866 to 06/10/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Sierra Citizen (Downieville, 1854-1860) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Sierra Citizen 1854-1855 Newspapers.com online

Sierra Citizen 1859-1860 Newspapers.com online

Sierra County News 03/29/1862 to 08/23/1862 Genealogy Bank online

Sierra citizen (Downieville, Calif.) (from Feb. 11, 1854 to Feb. 3, 1855) MyHeritage online

Sierra citizen (Downieville, Sierra County, Calif.) (from March 19, 1859 to Feb. 18, 1860) MyHeritage online

Sierra citizen 02/11/1854 to 02/03/1855 and 03/19/1859 to 02/18/1860 Genealogy Bank online

The Sierra citizen. (Downieville, Calif.) (from Feb. 11, 1854 to Feb. 3, 1855) Chronicling America online

The Sierra citizen. (Downieville, Sierra County, Calif.) (from March 19, 1859 to Feb. 18, 1860) Chronicling America online

Weekly Sierra Citizen 05/17/1856 to 08/15/1857 Genealogy Bank online

Weekly Sierra Citizen 1856-1857 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Downieville

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.

Downieville Democrat. (Downieville, Sierra County, Calif.) 1870-1871

Sierra Advocate. (Downieville, Sierra County, Cal.) 1866-1867

Sierra Citizen. (Downieville, Calif.) 1854-1840s

Weekly Sierra Citizen. (Downieville, Calif.) 1840s-1840s

Downieville Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Downieville School Records

Downieville High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1976 Classmates online

Downieville High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1976 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Downieville High School yearbook, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1963, 1964, 1976 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online


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