Welcome Pioneers! 
To
Amador County 
California

Hello!

My name is Lewis Ruddick and I am the USGenWeb Project County Coordinator responsible for Amador County, California. I and many other kind and generous volunteers have expended a great amount of time and effort in order to put this site together. Even now it continues to grow at an amazing pace. We hope that you enjoy YOUR Amador County website!

Barbara Vines Little will be the featured speaker next year at the annual
Sonoma County Genealogical Society seminar in April.

Full details can be found at:
http://www.rootsweb.com/~cascgs/little.htm


Amador County GenWeb Project Pages


Amador County History Online - From the Amador County Archives.
Amador County History 1891 - From Rootsweb Transcription
Amador County Schools  photos - Link to class photos
Amador County Queries To view and add a query for Amador County
Amador County Queries Archives - A list of old queries submitted to us prior to our switching to the new system.
                                                                  The contact data is not kept updated.
Amador County Surnames Archives - A list of old surnames submitted to us prior to our switching to the GenConnect system. The contact data is not kept updated.
Amador County Lookups - Volunteers willing to lookup information in Amador County.
History of Amador County -  Text from 1881
Plymouth Oddfellows - Submitted by Nan Wolf   (Be patient. The list takes a few moments to download.) 
Plymouth  Grammar School  1916  Submitted by Nan Wolf, this photo was found in the estate papers of Harriet (Kendric) Mead. Her daughter, Marilyn (Mead) Belleville very kindly loaned allowed it to be scanned for the Amador web page.
Amador County Nuggets - Odds-n-Ends about Amador county genealogy
Amador County Album - Images of Amador County's past.
Amador County Pioneer Stories - Read the stories of our pioneer ancestors as submitted by their descendants.
Amador County Directory, 1879 - 1880 - Submitted by Bill Baccus
Amador County Archives - Search the items held by the Amador county Archives in Jackson, CA. 
Amador County Departments  Amador County government website
Amador County Cemeteries - Rootsweb Amador County Cemeteries website


Other GenWeb Project Links

  USGenWeb Archives Search - Search the USGenWeb Archives Digital Library


  California Death Records, 1940-1997 - Now online, search the database!


  California Master County Index - Homepage of the California USGenWeb Project.


  USGenWeb Project Homepage - Homepage for the national organization.


 USGenWeb Project Special Projects - which includes links to Archives, Census, Military Records, Tombstone, National/Int'l Links, Lineage's, etc  

Information for Researchers - which includes

World GenWeb - World Genealogy Web Project Headquarters

Amador County Links

Amador County Landmarks - Some of these landmarks even have websites!

Amador County Genealogical Sources - Links to local genealogies, libraries, and other genealogy sources.

History of Amador County - From Gold Rush beginnings to the Roaring Twenties

Vital Records Information - California 

Vital Records Information - Amador County

Amador County Tombstone Transcription Project Location  -  Rootsweb Tombstone Project location for Amador County

Amador County Genealogy Mailing List - Interested in subscribing to a mailing list devoted to Amador Co. genealogy? Just click on this link and place the word subscribe as the only word in the body of the e-mail. If you would prefer to receive the digest version then click here.
             The listowner is Edward Black, Sr. and you can contact him should you have any problems regarding the mailing list.

Federal Land Records - Index for Amador County, CA.  Select from one of three lists.

Shenandoah Valley Area of Amador County  -  Index for the text written naming the early residents of the Valley which surrounds Plymouth

bullionThe Historic Kennedy Gold Mine - In the late 1850's Andrew Kennedy discovered gold in an outcropping of quartz.

Volcano Catholic Cemetary -  Here is a link to the a transcription of the Volcano Catholic Cemetery and some of the names listed.

Amador County Ghost Towns  California Ghost Towns web site

Plymouth Memorial Cemetery  -   Well photographed graves


Other California Links

Search for an individual in an online database - Search from a whole list of searchable family & other databases .

The California Genealogical Society - an online index of their quarterly publication, "California History".

Old California Genealogical Societies site - A listing of CA genealogical societies.

Old California History Societies Site - A listing of CA historical societies.

California Historical Society - As the state's official historical society, they hold extensive materials about California's rich history.

Archives and Library Resources - This is an educational, library and archives resources information site.

California Gold Rush Most Wanted - Most wanted 49ers - Ancestors lost in California during the gold rush era.

Sloughhouse Genealogical Society - Sloughhouse lies at the foot of the Gold Country foothills just east of Sacramento, California.

The California Pioneer Project - The California Pioneer List is a list of settlers to California who migrated to or were born in California prior to 1880.


About The USGenWeb Project

In March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database Project. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index. At the same time, volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web page.

In June, as the Kentucky project was nearing completion, it was decided to start a page for each of the remaining states, and as with the Kentucky project, volunteers were found to host the state pages. If the state in which you are interested does not have a page and you wish to be responsible for it, or if you would like to contribute your data or create a county page within a given state, contact the person responsible for maintaining that state and/or county.


You are visitor number


Since April 25, 2008.


Lewis M. Ruddick

Although believed to be correct as presented, if you note any corrections, changes, additions, or find that any links provided on this page are not functioning properly please contact the Webmaster for prompt attention to the matter.
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2003 - 2008

4/25/2008