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My name is Martha. I am your host for Butte County.
I live on the Central Coast of California, so cannot do 'on the ground' research
but... I am an excellent Online Researcher and might be able to help you
find that missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie"
Contact: Martha


Table of Contents
History ~ Biographies ~ Lookups ~ Historic Maps ~ 'What's New'
Military ~ Vital Records ~ Family Search + Historical Images

Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Paradise Genealogical Society [Family Genealogies]
Funeral Chapels ~ Mortuaries ~ Coroner Records & Inquests ~ Odds & Ends



Cemeteries ~ Obituaries ~ Paradise Genealogical Society: Deeds & Family Genealogies
Butte County Cemeteries - Please Use This Chart for Listing

"Old Butte County Cemeteries" - Booklet
Upham Cemetery: 1858 - 1993: Booklet, Use this link

Vina Cemetery: LDS Film:1064667
Lingenfelter Collection:Hand Written Index.
Images: 598 - 613

Foss Cemetery, Butte County, CA

LDS film 1598446, Image 1554

Memorial Park Cemetery
Film # 874075, Vol 6 Please use this Link [After Login to your FS Account]
Oroville, Butte, CA
Images 399-489 [Alpha List]
Records Compiled, 1960

More Cemeteries on Film #1598446
Nona Parkin, Compiler
Reno, Nevada Stake Family History Center (Reno, Nevada)(Added Author)
Limited information from miscellaneous California counties:
Butte County Files: Cemeteries, Transcriptions
The transcriptions were done before 1997 as that is when the LDS Filmed the typed pages.
Beyond that, I cannot find any dates except on one set of pages that was done in 1964.
Chico [Images 1516-1553], Foss [1554], Old Hamilton [Img 1557], Oroville Highway [Img 1555] and Patrick [Img 1556]

There are also GAR Burials in the Chico Files
Please Use This Link to access the Pages

There are also Cemetery Indexes on these Films:
1819686 Item 1 and 1819763 Item 1

The following Cemeteries are listed:
Berry Creek ~ Durham ~ Forbes ~ Pine Creek ~ Wyandotte
Please Use This Link

And on this film: 558288
Forbestown ~ Foss ~ Oroville Jewish Cemetery

Film 1819686
Florence Styles "Card Indexes for Butte County Cemeteries"
These cards are not 'traditional in any sense'. They have bits of information not available elsewhere
Forbes Cemetery, Item 4, Images 1684-1715 [Alpha and easy to spot the blank folder with the Alpha Letter on the top tab]
Pine Creek Cemetery, Item 5, Images 1718-2359
Wyandotte Cemetery, Item 6, Images 2362-2602

But wait!, There's More:
Film 558291, Vol XVI
Chico Chapter, DAR, 1957
Dawn Williams ~ Jessie Gray ~ Ruby Rose [Researchers, Typed by Laura Patterson
Centerville ~ Cohasset ~ Dayton Cemeteries, Images 894 - 913

More DAR Cemetery / Vital Extracted Records
Film # 558289,
"Vital Records from Cemeteries in Northern and Central California"
Vol VII
Copied under the Direction of
The Genealogical Records commitee:
Daughters of the American Revolution of California
1938-1940
Mrs Milton M Hogle
State Chairman,
Genealogical Records Committee

Butte County, CA
Gridley-Briggs Cemetery, Page 29, Images 1198-1241
Oroville Highway Cemetery, Page 27, Images 1196-1197
Pine Creek Cemetery, Page 20, Images 1189-1195
Please Use This LInk

And even more DAR Cemetery records to be found using the link below
Please use this Link

Also...
A book I just found: California: Butte County Cemeteries, 1986
Recorded by:
Melinda Herzog Landrith & C James Landrith
Anita Heston Du Vall & Gene Du vall

Butte Co Cemeteries: F~A~G
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Obituaries
2003 - 31 December 2023
Chico Enterprise-Record
HeritageHub [Subscription Site]
This Index contains Obituaries and News Articles relating
to Accidents, Homicides, Suicides, as well as Police and Coroner Investigations.
I am willing to do lookups and will send scans of the Articles or Obits
Contact: Martha

Note: Heritage Hub is available through Local Public Libraries with a Library Card

Gridley Herald Gridley, Butte County, California
Index created from old copies of the above paper
Files are here: Note: "DOM" means Day of Month I will do Obit lookups: See "Lookup Resources"


Florence Styles Obituary Collection
<<<Note>>>
The Florence Styles Memorial Library Files were all donated to Family Search:
They are in the Catalog: Log in,
Search, Catalog, enter "Florence Styles" [w/o quotes] in keyword slot.]
There is a very large collection of Vital Records, Cemetery Records, and other 'goodies'.
or; Use This Link, Click on 'Butte', a whole set of links come up.
From there you can pick a year and alpha letter of interest.
or...
You can use this link from the FS Collections

Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves
 Here is the Index for Butte County
Here is the Index for all of California
Here is the Index for the United States
Here is an index for Countries of the World

Digital Online Archival Newspapers
Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection
which is available in many local Public Libraries.
Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card

Here are two free Online Resources for Old Digitized Local Newspapers
Google Newspapers has this one:
Butte County
The Chico Weekly Courant
135 issues
Nov 18, 1865 - Oct 30, 1868

The California Digital Newspaper Project has this selection
Chico News and Review (Chico, 1978-2004)
Chico Record (Chico, 1856-1948)
Chico Weekly Enterprise (Chico, 1869-1907)
Enterprise-Record (Chico, 1940-1970)
Gridley Herald (Gridley, 1972-1985)
Mercury-register (Oroville, 1902-1964)
Oroville Weekly Mercury (Oroville, 1887-1903)
Oroville Weekly Register (Oroville, 1885-1886)
Weekly Butte Record (Oroville, 1853-1887)
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Paradise Genealogical Society
The Paradise Genealogical Society allowed the LDS to scan their Bulletins as well as other Resources
they compiled over the years. This linked pdf lists all the resources in their catalog.
Once you have looked at the list and find something of interest, Please use this Link for the actual Records


The Paradise Gen Soc also created Lists from Court House Records for Deeds.
Both Grantor and Grantee are Listed.
Please use this Link for the Files

Also in the FS Catalog
Genealogical goldmine exerpts of indexes to births, assessor's records, pre-emption claims, deeds, and probates, ca. 1850-1915
Film #1831810, Item 3

[Family Genealogies]
The Books listed below were all created by Members of the Paradise Genealogical Society, Butte County
Once Prepared: They were then given to the local LDS Church and have been included in the Family Search Catalog.
Please be advised that they were done a long time ago, and as such, are 'dated'.
I incude them here because even though they are old, they may still hold valuable clues.
As with all Family and Historical Data, please do your very best to document each and every item you wish to include with your work:
And document the source, which in this case, is the file number associated with the information.

Each File Number is linked to the book in the Family Search 'Books' Section
631949: 32 Pages: Use this Link
Keeler Family Bible
Ancestor Charts: Benner, Cessna, Keeler, Smith

631777: 479 Pages [Also Digital Film: 007540232, Item 1]
Use This LInk
Allen, Daniel: 1700 - 1988
Wilkerson, Turner Lee: 1758 - 1988
Harrell, Asa: 1800 - 1988
Comprehensive file, Photos, News Articles, Charts

631881: 47 Pages: Use This Link
FGS:
Baker, Schiefer, Gridley, Meacham, Stitt

632630: 7 Pages: Use This Link
Family Bible Records:
Brown, Cartmill, Davidson, Metz, Allison, Doan, Bornefeld, Apperson

632813: 117 Pages: Use This Link
Ancestor Charts, Photos, Vital Records and Documents
Brown, Cartmill, Davidson, Metz, Allison, Doan, Bornefeld, Apperson

632234: 20 Pages: Use This Link
FGS
Warren, Rowe, Harmon

Dugan, William J: 92 Pages
Genealogy, Ahnentafel Charts, Index


The Fine Print"
Butte County Coordinator: Martha A Crosley Graham
CAGenWeb State Coordinator: Bob Jenkins
CAGenWeb Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote

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