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Welcome to Yuba County
California Genealogy Research
Timbuctoo, Yuba county, circa
1850
My name is Bob
Jenkins and I created this
website to provide genealogy
information and links to genealogy
information to assist people in
researching
their Yuba County California
ancestors.
I would appreciate any
contribution that you would like to
make to this site:
biographies, obituaries, birth,
marriage, death info, grave info,
photographs....etc
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County Data
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Brief
History:
Yuba County was one of
California's original counties, formed in
1850 at the time of statehood. Parts of
the county's
territory were given to Placer
County in 1851, to Nevada County in 1851
and to Sierra County in 1852.
The county was named after the Yuba
River by Captain John Sutter for the Maidu
village Yubu, Yupu or Juba near
the confluence of the Yuba and
Feather rivers. General Mariano Vallejo
said the river was named Uba by an
exploring expedition in 1824 because
of the quantities of wild grapes (uvas
silvestres in Spanish) which they found
growing on its banks.
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