Santa Barbara County CA Genealogy

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Santa Barbara Records by Type

Birth Records (9)
Cemetery Records (74)
Census Records (36)
Church Records (27)
City Directories (219)
Court Records (6)
Death Records (15)
Histories and Genealogies (37)
Immigration Records (3)
Land Records (7)
Map Records (40)
Marriage Records (9)
Military Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (7)
Newspapers and Obituaries (118)
Probate Records (7)
School Records (69)

Santa Barbara County Records by City/Town

Carpinteria Genealogy (45)
Goleta Genealogy (59)
Guadalupe Genealogy (37)
Lompoc Genealogy (75)
Los Alamos Genealogy (39)
Los Olivos Genealogy (34)
Montecito Genealogy (49)

Orcutt Genealogy (30)
Santa Barbara Genealogy (278)
Santa Maria Genealogy (112)
Santa Ynez Genealogy (39)
Solvang Genealogy (39)
Summerland Genealogy (30)

Overview of Santa Barbara County Records

Santa Barbara County was created in 1850.
Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1905 and later can be obtained from the California Department of Public Health.
The Santa Barbara County Superior Court has divorce records, probate records starting in 1854, court records starting in 1850, and naturalization records.
The Santa Barbara County Clerk-Recorder has birth, marriage, death, and land records starting in 1850.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.