Ventura County CA Genealogy

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Ventura Records by Type

Birth Records (4)
Cemetery Records (69)
Census Records (22)
Church Records (11)
City Directories (103)
Death Records (19)
Histories and Genealogies (24)
Immigration Records (7)
Land Records (6)
Map Records (34)
Marriage Records (8)
Military Records (3)
Miscellaneous Records (10)
Newspapers and Obituaries (177)
Probate Records (3)
School Records (90)
Tax Records (1)

Ventura County Records by City/Town

Camarillo Genealogy (66)
Fillmore Genealogy (58)
Hueneme Genealogy (45)
Moorpark Genealogy (53)
Newbury Park Genealogy (45)
Ojai Genealogy (85)
Oxnard Genealogy (117)

Piru Genealogy (41)
Port Hueneme Genealogy (43)
San Buenaventura Genealogy (46)
Santa Paula Genealogy (81)
Simi Valley Genealogy (74)
Thousand Oaks Genealogy (60)
Ventura Genealogy (149)

Overview of Ventura County Records

Ventura County was created in 1872 from Santa Barbara County.
Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1905 and later can be obtained from the California Department of Public Health.
The Ventura County Clerk-Recorder has birth records starting in 1873, marriage records starting in 1873, death records starting in 1873, and land records starting in 1850.
The Ventura County Clerk Superior Court has divorce, probate, and court records starting in 1873.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.