Births, Marriages, and Deaths

Early NVGS members indexed the Birth, Marriage, and Death Records books at the Napa County Recorder's Office. For births from 1866 to 1916, they copied each name, year of birth, sex, and page number. For marriages from 1850 to 1975, they copied the names of the bride and groom, date of marriage, book number, and page number. Death information was copied for the years 1873 to 1905.

The following indexes and listings are a great place to begin researching your Napa County ancestors. The year and page number will help you find the document at the Napa County Recorder's Office: 1127 1st Street, Suite A, Napa, CA 94559.

• Napa County Births, through 1905: An alphabetical listing of registered, delayed, and affidavits of births compiled from the Recorder's Office  (Member online access)
• Parks Victory Hospital Birth Records, 1930 to 1943: Includes index
• Napa County Marriages, 1850-1905: Copied from the official records in the Napa County Recorder's Office  (Member online access)
• Napa County Deaths, 1873-1905: Copied from original records
• Index of Vital Statistics: As recorded in obituary books
• Napa Newspaper Clippings: Including obituaries, marriages, and misc. articles of interest

The Napa County Recorder-Clerk also holds real estate, probate, and other records. Search clerk records here.

Electoral Registers

NVGS members created this digital index from several Great Registers and other lists of pioneers. They copied the name, age, nativity, registration date, occupation, residence, and naturalization place listed in the Great Registers between 1880 and 1894. Other information was added about the men when it was available.

• Napa County Great Registers, 1880 - 1894:  Indexed
• Other Napa County Voter Records, 1900s:  Unindexed

Naturalization

• Napa County Naturalization Records, up to 1955:  Available through Family Search

Tax Assessments

• Napa County Tax Assessment Records, 1884-1932:  Available through Family Search
• Assessment Lists of the County of Napa, 1884 to 1893:  Unindexed

Note: The Assessment Lists above are on microfilm. Our ScanPro machine will allow you to view, scan, and print.

Censuses

• Find state and federal census records online at the National Archives, Ancestry, FamilySearch, and more.

Funeral Homes

• W.F. Mercier & Permelee of St. Helena, CA: Indexed
• McArthur and Simic Funeral Homes of Calistoga, CA: Indexed
• Treadway and Wigger of Napa, CA: Microfilm, Unindexed

Cemeteries

Early NVGS members walked every cemetery they could find in Napa County. They copied the information from tombstones and in cemetery record books, then they compiled the information into booklets.

• George Yount Cemetery:  Burial List, circa 1890
• George Yount Cemetery:  Cemetery Inscriptions, includes old record book
• Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, St. Helena:  Cemetery Inscriptions, Indexed
• Los Posadas/Morris Family Cemetery
• Monticello (aka Spanish Flat) and Pope Valley Cemeteries:  Cemetery Inscriptions, Indexed
• Mt. La Salle (Christian Brothers) Cemetery
• Napa State Hospital:  Burial Records, 1876-1924
• Napa Valley Memorial Gardens Cemetery:  Cemetery Inscriptions, Indexed
• Partrick and Redwood Cemeteries:  Cemetery Inscriptions
• Pioneer Cemetery, Calistoga:  Cemetery Inscriptions
• St Helena Public Cemetery:  Cemetery Inscriptions
• Tulocay Cemetery:  Burial Records
• Veterans Home of California, Yountville: Cemetery Records
• Yountville Cemetery: Maps

Also various small cemeteries and family burial grounds:

• Indian Burial Grounds
• Biter Family, Bothe Cemetery, Capell Valley, Cyrus Family, Duvall Cemetery, Grace Episcopal Church,
  Martinelli Private, Perry, Wilms, Wood, Wooden Valley, and Wragg Canyon

Other Resources

• Yountville Veterans Home: Indexes
• Parks Victory Hospital Patient Registry, 1938-1945: Includes index
• Yearbooks: Various schools & years throughout Napa County
• City Directories
• Church publications: Directories and booklets from various local churches, including Baptist, Catholic, Episcopal, Methodist, Presbyterian, and more
• Pioneer files: Family information submitted through our Heritage Certificate Program
• Published Napa family histories: By misc families and authors

Search Our Online Catalog to locate specific yearbooks, directories, church publications, and family histories.