Los Angeles County Research Page last updated on
25 Apr 2011
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Birth and Marriage Records |
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| Societies | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Birth & Marriage Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Birth & Marriage Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Matrimonial Investigation Records of the San Gabriel Mission | 1788-1861 | Claremont Colleges Digital Library |
| Church Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Church Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Court & Jail Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Court Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Other | Index | Notaries | 1886-1909 | California Genealogy & History Archives | Peggy Hooper & volunteers |
| Superior Court | Website | Superior Court- Los Angeles County | Official County Website |
| Death Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Death Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Directories | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Directories | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | California Online Historical Directories - Los Angeles | © Miriam Robbins Midkiff, 2009-2010 | |||
| Long Beach Directories | Long Beach Historical Archive | ||||
| Transcription | Los Angeles City and County Directory (partial) | 1883-1884 | CA GenWeb Archives | Michael Appletoft; San Luis Obispo GS | |
| City Directory | Digital Copy | Los Angeles city directories and Los Angeles street address directories | assorted 1909-1987 | Los Angeles Public Library | digitized by the Los Angeles Public Library |
| Finding Aids | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Index | Arcadia Documents Index | Arcadia History Collection | The Index of Documents provides subject, keyword or title access to newspaper clippings, newsletters, pamphlets, maps, brochures and other miscellaneous loose-leaf materials relating to Arcadia. The documents are housed in the Arcadia History Room. | ||
| Website | California Record Finding Aids | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Website | Family Search Wiki - Los Angeles County | Family Search | |||
| LA History Archive | website | Studio for Southern California History | Online resources for Southern California History | ||
| Website | The California GenWeb Project | The US GenWeb Project | CAGW Administrative Team |
| Historical Resources | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State History Resources | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Genealogy and Local History Index | Los Angeles Public Library | Los Angeles | |||
| Website | Los Angeles Almanac-History | Los Angeles Almanac | |||
| Website | Los Angeles Past Present & Future: Discovery | University of Southern California | |||
| Book | Los Angeles Railway Yellow Cars | Arcadia Publishing | Jim Walker | ||
| Pasadena Digital History | Pasadena Digital History Collaboration | ||||
| San Feliciano Canon Gold | 1842 | sacbee God Rush | Steve Wiegand, 1998 Sacramento Bee | ||
| Digital Copy | Wheeler Scrapbooks | 1884-1938 | Claremont Colleges Digital Library | Life at Pomona College and in the city of Pomona | |
| Oral | Oral History Collection | Glendale Public Library |
| Land Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Land Records & Maps | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Index | Register of Final Certificates | 1881 | CA GenWeb Archives | Los Angeles County Deed Land Records | |
| Mining | Website | Stone Quarries & Beyond- Los Angeles County | Peggy Perazzo & Pat Perazzo |
| Military Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California State Military Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Civil War | Drum Barracks |
| Miscellaneous Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | Miscellaneous California State Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online |
| Naturalization & Immigration Records | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Transcription | Anglo Settlers in Los Angeles prior to 1850 | 1850 | CA GenWeb Archives | ?A Study of Anglo-AMerican Settlers in Los Angeles County Previous to the Admission of California to the Union?(1927) | |
| Website | California State Naturalization & Immigration Records | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Transcription | Los Angeles Pioneers of 1836 | 1836 | CA GenWeb Archives | Los Angeles Herald 1883 | |
| Index | Membership Roll of the Pioneers of Los Angeles County | -1990 | CA GenWeb Archives | Laurie Houlihan; San Luis Obispo GS |
| Newspapers | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Digital Copy | Acorn | 6/22/2000 | AM | Agoura Hills | |
| Index | Arcadia Newspaper Index | 1917-1918 & 1921, 1931- | Arcadia History Collection | Arcadia Journal | |
| Digital Copy | Arcadia Tribune | 1917-1940; 1962 - 1977 | NA | Arcadia | |
| Digital Copy | Arcadia Tribune | 1917-1918 1931-1937 1940 | ANC | Arcadia | |
| Digital Copy | Arcadia Weekly | 9/8/2005 | AM | Arcadia | |
| Digital Copy | Argonaut | 3/5/2005 | AM | ||
| Digital Copy | Beach Reporter | 11/4/2004 | AM | Manhattan Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Bel-Air View | 7/11/2006 | AM | Bel-Air | |
| Digital Copy | Beverly Hills 90210 | 5/1/2004 | AM | Beverly Hills | |
| Digital Copy | Beverly Hills Weekly | 3/20/2003 | AM/ST | Beverly Hills | |
| Digital Copy | Burbank Weekly | 11/17/2005 | AM | Burbank | |
| Digital Copy | California Courier | 2/15/2007 | AM | Glendale | |
| Website | California Newspapers | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Digital Copy | Canyon News | 4/23/2004 | AM | Beverly Hills | |
| Index | Chronicling America - Los Angeles County CA Newspapers | Library of Congress | Inventory of Newspapers Published in the county | ||
| Digital Copy | Clamor Publico | 6/26/1855 - 6/27/1857 | GB | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Compton Bulletin | 8/31/2005 | AM | Compton | |
| Digital Copy | Culver City Observer | 11/3/2005 | AM | Culver City | |
| Digital Copy | Daily Breeze | 8/3/2005 | AM | Torrance | |
| Digital Copy | Daily News of Los Angeles | 10/3/1985 | AM /AW/LN part | San Fernando | |
| Daily Telegram | 1904-1923 | Long Beach Library scattered to 1905 then run | Long Beach | ||
| Digital Copy | Del Rey News | 5/1/2006 | AM | Marina Del Rey | |
| Digital Copy | Dos Republicas | 3/15/1892 - 9/3/1898 | GB | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Downtown Gazette | 7/30/2001 | AM | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Eastern Group Publications 10 titles | 8/11/2005 | AM | ||
| Digital Copy | Easy Reader | 10/14/2004 | AM/AW | Hermosa Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Eco de Mexico | 4/7/1905 | GB | Los Angeles | |
| Evening Tribune | 1900-1907 | Long Beach Library scattered to 1905 then run | Long Beach | ||
| Digital Copy | Glendale Independent Weekly | 10/20/2005 | AM /AW part | Glendale | |
| Digital Copy | Grunion Gazette | 1/24/2002 | AM | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Gurnion Gazette / Downtown Gazette | 1/4/2001 | LexisNexis | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Heraldo de Mexico | 1917-1928 | GB | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Independent | 1950-53/ 1957-77 | NA | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Independent | 1955-56 | ANC | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Independent | 1971 - 1973 | NA | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Independent Press-Telegram | 1949 - 1977 | NA | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Independent Star-News | 1955 - 1968 | NA | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Independent Topics | 1975 | NA | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Independent-Press-Telegram | 1954 - 1966 | NA | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles | 2004+ | AW | ||
| Digital Copy | Korea Times | 1994+ | Ethnic Newswatch by ProQuest | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | La Observed | 2005+ | AW | ||
| Digital Copy | La Verne Leader | 1967 - 1976 | NA / ANC | La Verne | |
| Digital Copy | La Weekly | 1998+ | LexisNexis | ||
| Digital Copy | Long Beach Independent | 1938 - 1957 | NA | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Long Beach Independent | 1938-42 | ANC | Long Beach | |
| Long Beach Press | 1902-1924 | Long Beach Library scattered to 1905 then run | Long Beach | ||
| Digital Copy | Long Beach Press-Telegram | 1944 - 1957 | NA | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Long Beach Press-Telegram | 8/11/1990 | AM | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Los Angeles Herald | 1893-1931 | LOC | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Los Angeles Sentinel | 3/22/2007 | AM | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Los Angeles Sentinel | 1991+ | Ethnic Newswatch by ProQuest | Los Angeles | |
| Los Angeles Times | Los Angeles | ||||
| Digital Copy | Los Angeles Times | 1/2/1985 | AM | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Los Angeles Times | 1881-1960 | PQ | Los Angeles | |
| Transcription | Los Angeles Times BMC Announcements | 1881-1894 | ANC | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Malibu Beach | 7/11/2006 | AM | Malibu | |
| Digital Copy | Monrovia Weekly | 9/8/2005 | AM | Monrovia | |
| Montery Park Progress | 1918-1995 | Monterey Park Bruggemeyer Library | Monterey Park | ||
| Digital Copy | More San Pedro | 2/18/2006 | AM | San Pedro | |
| Digital Copy | Our Weekly | 9/22/2005 | AM | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Pacific Citizen | 9/1/2006 | AM | Los Angeles | |
| Digital Copy | Pacific Palisades 90272 | 2/5/2004 | AM | Pacific Palisades | |
| Digital Copy | Palos Verdes Peninsula News | 12/27/2005 | AM | Rancho Palos Verdes | |
| Digital Copy | Park Labrea News - Beverly Press | 12/1/2005 | AM | ||
| Digital Copy | Pasadena Independent | 1958 - 1962 | NA | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Pasadena Independent | 9/8/2005 | AM | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Pasadena Independent Topics | 1969 - 1971 | NA | Pasadena | |
| Pasadena Newspaper Index | Pasadena Public Library | Pasadena | |||
| Pasadena Star | Pasadena | ||||
| Digital Copy | Pasadena Star-News | 9/15/2001-Current | NA/AM | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Pasadena Topics | 1961 - 1968 | NA | Pasadena | |
| Pasadena Weekly | Pasadena | ||||
| Pasadena/San Gabriel Valley Journal | Pasadena | ||||
| Digital Copy | Prensa | 12/8/1917 - 1/19/1922 | GB | Los Angeles | |
| Press Telegram | 1924+ | Long Beach Library 1924-69; 1981-2004 | Long Beach | ||
| Digital Copy | Press-Telegram | 1950 - 1977 | NA | Long Beach | |
| Digital Copy | Progress-Bulletin | 1970 | NA/AMC | Pomona | |
| Transcription | San Fernando Valley Newspaper Extracts | ANC | San Fernando Valley | ||
| Digital Copy | San Fernando Valley Sun | 11/11/2004 | AM | San Fernando Valley | |
| Digital Copy | San Gabriel Valley Tribune | 9/25/2001 | AM | West Covina | |
| Digital Copy | Santa Monica Aguila | 1971-1973 | GB | Santa Monica | |
| Digital Copy | Santa Monica Daily Press | 3/9/2005 | AM | Santa Monica | |
| Digital Copy | Santa Monica Sun | 8/2/2004 | AM | Santa Monica | |
| Digital Copy | Sierra Madre Weekly | 9/8/2005 | AM | Sierra Madre | |
| Digital Copy | Signal | 12/5/2005 | AM | Santa Clarita | |
| Digital Copy | Star-News | 1956 - 1977 | NA | Pasadena | |
| Digital Copy | Valley News | 1946 - 1977 | NA / ANC part | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Valley News And Green Sheet | 1961 - 1974 | NA | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Van Nuys Call | 1900 - 1911 | NA | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Van Nuys Mirror | 1934 | NA | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Van Nuys News | 1916-1975 | NA/ANC part | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Van Nuys News And Valley Green Sheet | 1950 - 1970 | NA | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Van Nuys News And Van Nuys Call | 1911 - 1914 | NA | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Van Nuys News And Van Nuys Call | 1915 - 1916 | NA | Van Nuys | |
| Digital Copy | Westside Today | 7/4/2004 | AM | ||
| Digital Copy | Whittier Daily News | 9/15/2001-Current | AM | Whittier |
| Photographs | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Sub Category | Type | Description | Years | Location | Bibliography |
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| Website | California Photograph Collections | CSGA | CSGA California Research Guide Online | ||
| Picture | Shades of Long Beach | Bancroft Library Imaging Service Center | Long Beach Public Library | ||
| Postcard | Digital Copy | Penny Postcards from California | US GenWeb Archives | US GenWeb Archives |
| Researchers | Back to the top of page | ||||
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| Contributors | Back to the top of page | ||||
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