Death records have been kept by the State California since 1 July 1905, but some earlier death records were recorded in Solano County.

FREE! - Search the Social Security Death Index for California deaths after 1962.
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FREE! - Search the California Death Index for California deaths 1940 - 1997.


To order a copy of a Death Record from Solano County, you may write to:

Solano County Assessor/Recorder
Vital Records
675 Texas Street Suite 2700
Fairfield, CA 94533
(707) 421-6294

For additional information and to download order forms for death records,
see Solano County: Birth, Death & Marriage Records.


To order copies of death records from the State of California, you may write to:

California Dept of Health Services
M.S. 5103
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899
(916) 445-1719 or (916) 445-2684
Fax: (800) 858-5553

For more information, visit the California Department of Health Services, Office of Vital Records:
Ordering death records from the State of CA.

DEATH RESOURCES

The Solano County Genealogical Society has a list of hundreds of individual names in their database here: SCGS Death Database.

The following resources are available from your local LDS Family History Library:

Title: 1851 death records of Marin County, Monterey County, Napa Valley, Solano County, Sonoma County and Yolo County, California
Stmnt.Resp.: Sherman Lee Pompey
Authors: Pompey, Sherman Lee (Main Author)
Subjects: California, Solano - Vital records
Call Number: 979.4 V2s
Location: FHL US/CAN Book
Format: Books/Monographs (With Film)
Language: English
Publication: Independence, California : Historical and Genealogical Pub. Co., c1966
Physical: [2] leaves

Title: Solano County Deaths/probates/wills, ca. 1857-1910
Stmnt.Resp.: Solano County Genealogical Society
Authors: Solano County Genealogical Society (Fairfield, California) (Added Author)
Notes Microfilm of index located at the Solano County Genealogical Society, Fairfield, California.Contains card index arranged in alphabetical order by surname, compiled from various Solano County newspapers, burial registers of various churches, and other miscellaneous sources, giving name of deceased or testator and date of death or probate.
Subjects: California, Solano - Vital records - Indexes
Format: Manuscript (On Film)
Language: English
Publication: Salt Lake City, Utah : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1997
Physical: on 9 microfilm reels ; 16 mm.