Genealogy Libraries in Southern California (in all cases, call to verify operating hours; many have had to cut back)
CITY LIBRARIES CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY (760) 434-8270 101 Pacific Avenue (at Ocean), Long Beach http://www.ci.carlsbad.ca.us/cserv/genealog.html (562) 570-7500 Monday – Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm http://www.lbpl.org/ Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm Monday: 10 am - 8 pm Sunday: 1 - 5 pm Tuesday & Wednesday: 10 am - 5:30 pm ♦Genealogy collection – 31,000 volumes Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm ♦Family histories – 6,000 volumes Friday & Saturday: 10 am - 5:30 pm ♦UMI Genealogy and Local History collection Sunday 12 to 5 pm ♦Census indexes – 350 volumes (largest in Southern ♦Newspapers: Long Beach, Los Angeles Times, New California) York Times (microfilm) ♦17, 18, and 19 century United States ♦California death index 1960-1979 (microfiche) ♦California marriage index 1940-1986 (microfiche) SPECIAL LIBRARIES
HUNTINGTON BEACH CENTRAL LIBRARY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL 7111 Talbert Avenue (at Golden West), Huntington SOCIETY LIBRARY Beach 417 Irving Drive, Burbank (714) 842-4481 (818) 843-7247 http://www.hbpl.org/ http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/ Monday: 1 - 9 pm Tuesday: 10 am - 9 pm Tuesday - Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm Wednesday - Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm 3& 4 Saturday, 1& 2 Sunday: 1 - 5 pm Sunday: 10 am – 4 pm ♦Genealogical collection – 16,000 volumes Call for hours between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. ♦Family histories – 300 volumes (microfilm) ♦Family and local histories – 9,000 volumes ♦Hollingsworth Card File ♦Genealogical periodicals – 2,500 volumes ♦NEHGS Register 1847-1977 (microfilm) ♦California death index 1940-1989 ♦California marriage index 1960-1985 LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY ♦Pennsylvania Archives, complete set 630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles ♦German Genealogical Society collection (213) 228-7000 ♦French Canadian Heritage Society collection http://www.lapl.org/central/history.html ♦One of the largest CD collections in the country Monday - Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm Friday & Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm ADMINISTRATION ♦Largest genealogical holdings of any Southern 23123 Cajalco Rd., Perris, CA 92570 California public library – more than 40,000 volumes 951-956-2000 ♦Map collection – 80,000 maps http://www.archives.gov/pacific/ ♦Nationwide city directories on microfilm – 5,000 rolls Monday - Friday: 8 am - 4:30 pm ♦City directories and telephone books – 1,200 volumes 1 Saturday: 8 am - 4:30 pm ♦DAR Lineage books Closed Federal holidays. ♦NEHGS Register ♦All U.S. censuses and indexes ♦Family histories – 10,000 volumes ♦Ships passenger lists ♦Newspapers: Los Angeles Times from 1881, London ♦Military records Times from 1785, San Francisco Chronicle from 1869, ♦Land office records Chicago Tribune from 1849, others ♦CA & AZ Native American tribe records IMMIGRANT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY LIBRARY 1310 West Magnolia Boulevard, Burbank (818) 848-3122
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION LIBRARY 600 South Central Avenue (at Chestnut), Glendale (818) 240-1775 UCLA – YOUNG RESEARCH LIBRARY 405 Hilgard Avenue, Los Angeles (310) 825-7143 http://www.library.ucla.edu/ Hours vary – call or check their web page ♦National Union Catalog of Manuscripts ♦British Peerage ♦State and county histories ♦Large British collection ♦Large map collection OTHER LIBRARIES WITH GENEALOGY COLLECTIONS PASADENA PUBLIC LIBRARY 285 East Walnut Street, Pasadena (626) 744-4052 http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/library/ Monday - Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 6 pm Sunday: 1 - 5 pm POMONA PUBLIC LIBRARY 625 South Garey Avenue, Pomona (909) 620-2043 http://www.youseemore.com/pomona/ Monday - Thursday: 9 am - 8 pm Friday & Saturday: 12 - 5 pm SANTA FE SPRINGS CITY LIBRARY 650 S. Main Street 11700 East Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs Corona, CA 92882 (562) 868-7738 (951) 736-2381 http://www.santafesprings.org/libindex.htm Monday - Thursday: 10 am - 9 pm North San Diego County Genealogical Society Friday: 10 am - 6 pm Carlsbad City Library Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm 1250 Carlsbad Village Drive Carlsbad, CA 92008-1991 FROM: Questing Heirs Genealogical Society P. O. Box 10512, Long Beach, California 90815-0102 Riverside City/County Library Other Libraries San Bernardino County Library 104 West Fourth Street California Genealogical Society Library San Bernardino, CA 92401 1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 200 Oakland CA 94612 San Diego Genealogy Society 510.663.1358 1050 Pioneer Way - Suite E El Cajon, CA 92020-1943 Genealogical Society of Morongo Basin PO Box 234 San Diego Public Library Yucca Valley, CA 92286 820 E. Street San Diego, CA 92101 Los Angeles Public Library 630 West 5th Street Sun City Public Library Los Angeles, CA 90071 26982 Cherry Hills Blvd. Sun City, CA 92586 Corona Public Library 1. Orange Regional FHC (14 miles) Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps No maps are Director Beth McCarty, 3rd lg. in So Cal consulted more in academic and public libraries than 675 S. Yorba, Orange, 714-997-7710 Sanborn fire insurance maps Marriage Certificate Indexes and affidavits http://www.orangefhc.info/ for 1889-1958 for OC Hours: T-Th 9-9, F & S 9-5 Santa Ana Journal Newspaper from Classes offered free 1935 - 1938 7,600 books and counting Tons of Photographs & More 24 microfilm readers -17,000 rolls of film 6 fiche readers - 3,360 items on fiche 4. Huntington Beach Public Library 20 8 networked computer stations miles 2 digital film printers Home of the CA Genealogical Society 2. OBITUARY Research in Newspapers Library on bottom floor Find out what newspapers were in circulation Wonderful selection of Books Anaheim 8 miles Beautiful Library Santa Ana12 miles Not easy to get there Fullerton 5 miles Cal State Fullerton 4 miles 5. National Archives 20 miles Newport Beach 22 miles Security Extremely Tight Orange County Archives 12 miles Only Federal Records Sherman Foundation 22 miles 1) All federal censuses University of CA at Irvine - 45 miles 2) Naturalizations 3) Military 3. Orange County Archives 12 Miles 6. Whittier Area Genealogy Society 15 miles Web site- interactive & user friendly Located inside the Santa Fe Public Library 10. Georgina Cole Carlsbad Library 67 Parking is tricky miles 3,000 books on 3 sides of shelves. Whole Barbour Collection (CN) series of books called "Cherokee by Blood" Corbin Manuscript Collection (NE) 3,000 microfiche. Draper Manuscript papers 1843-1891 Good hours because it is in a public (family records, original documents, letters, correspondence and notes) Western PA, the Ohio River library. valley, upper Mississippi River valley, western areas of VA, the Carolinas and the northern parts of Georgia and 7. L. A. Public Library 34 miles Alabama) Bottom Floor has material Good online Catalogue- user friendly User Guides- easy to use Library Card gives you HQ CA State Census online Phone books and Directories of LA Very friendly people with knowledge Ck the Card catalogue for Names not catalogued in the Family histories 11. A.K. Smiley Pub. Library in Redlands 48 Claims to be the larges genealogist mi collection in area with over 40,000 books, Heritage Room is where collection is kept 10,000 fam his Beautiful library Web Page, can search before going Home of the Redlands Gen. Society Collections: California Collection 8. Los Angeles FH Library 45 miles Rare Books and Autograph Collection located behind the LA Temple Carnegie Indian Collection 10741 Santa Monica Blvd, W LA, CA 90025 Maps that focus on CA particularly 310-474-9990; http://www.lafhl.org/ San Bernardino & Redlands from early 1850 many microfilm readers with film available; A large manuscript collection check website for information and their newspaper collection is one of the 34 Microfiche readers, 125,000 fiche largest for local and regional newspapers in 54 networked computers Southern California Genealogical help may be limited They also have a BIG civil war collection To reopen in Fall 2010 of books and are associated with the in person and on-line classes available Lincoln Memorial Shrine. 9. So. Cal Genealogical Library 44 miles What's left: 30,000 volumes of books Cal State U at Northridge - 60 miles 1,233 pgs of catalogue online Escondido Public Library - 83 miles Hemet FHC - 67 miles largest French-Canadian Collection in the West Hemet San Jacinto Gen. Soc. Lib. 67 miles Huntington Park Library - 29 miles Genealogical Society of Hispanic America Immigrant Gen. Soc. Lib - 43 miles German Genealogical Society of America Long Beach Public Library - 32 miles Over 1000 CD's Pomona Public Library - 19 miles Strong in regional periodicals Sahyun Lib. in Santa Barbara - 130 miles Have a research team San Berdo Pub Lib - 45 miles San Diego FHC (2nd lgst)- 96 miles San Diego Pub Lib - 98 miles Son of the Am. Rev. Lib - 39 miles UCLA - 46 miles Torrance Pub Lib - 44 miles Univ. of Riverside - 37 miles Family History Centers – Southern California for up-to-date hours, check www.FamilySearch.org Family History Centers in Riverside County, California, United States Anza California 56220 Mitchell Rd., Anza, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-763-0032 Blythe California 700 North Broadway, Blythe, Riverside County, California Phone: 760-922-7641 Corona California 1123 Lincoln Ave., Corona, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-735-2619 Hemet California 425 N Kirby Ave, Hemet, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-658-8104 Idyllwild California 53830 Tollgate Road, Idyllwild, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-659-4679 Jurupa California 5950 Serendipity Road, Riverside, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-360-8547 Lake Elsinore California 18220 Dexter Street, Lake Elsinore, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-245-4063 Menifee California 29725 Bradley Road, Sun City, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-672-0162 Moreno Valley California 23300 Old Lake Drive, Moreno Valley, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-247-8839 Murrieta California 24820 Las Brisas Rd, Murrieta, Riverside County, California Phone: 951-698-4983 Palm Springs California 72-960 Park View Dr, Palm Desert, Riverside County, California Phone: 760-836-0475 Riverside California 5900 Grand Avenue, Riverside, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-784-1918 Riverside California West 4375 Jackson Street, Riverside, Riverside County, California Phone: 909-687-5542 Family History Centers in San Diego County, California, United States Alpine California 2425 Tavern Rd., Alpine, San Diego County, California Phone: 619-445-2087 Carlsbad California 1981 Chestnut, Carlsbad, San Diego County, California Phone: 760-434-4941 El Cajon California 1270 South Orange Avenue, El Cajon, San Diego County, California Phone: 619-588-1426 Escondido California 2255 Felicita Road, Escondido, San Diego County, California Phone: 760-745-1662 Jamul California 14808 Lyons Valley Road, Jamul, San Diego County, California Phone: 619-669-1759 Penasquitos California 12835 Black Mountain Rd, San Diego, San Diego County, California Phone: 858-484-1729 Poway California 15750 Bernardo Heights Pkwy, San Diego, San Diego County, California Phone: 858-487-2304 San Diego CA Sweetwater 3737 Valley Vista Way, Bonita, San Diego County, California Phone: 619-472-1506 San Diego California 4195 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, San Diego County, California Phone: 619-584-7668 San Diego California East 6767 51st Street, San Diego, San Diego County, California Phone: 619-582-0572 Vista California 1310 Foothill Drive, Vista, San Diego County, California Phone: 760-945-6053 Family History Centers in San Bernardino County, California, United States Barstow California 2571 Barstow Road, Barstow, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 760-252-4117 Big Bear California 400 East North Shore Drive, Big Bear City, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-585-7571 Chino California 3354 Eucalyptus Street, Chino, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-393-1936 Fontana California 7526 Alder Avenue, Fontana, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-829-6761 Highland California 7000 Central Avenue, Highland, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-864-4661 Needles California 2001El Monte, Needles, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 760-326-3363 Rancho Cucamonga California 6829 Etiwanda Lane, Rancho Cucamonga, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-899-7564 Redlands California 350 Wabash Avenue, Redlands, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-794-3844 Rialto California 1375 N Willow, Rialto, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-875-2509 San Bernardino California 3860 N Waterman Ave, San Bernardino, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-881-5355 Twentynine Palms California 73002 El Paseo Dr, Twentynine Palms, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 760-367-0237 Upland California 785 N. San Antonio, Upland, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 909-985-8821 Victorville California 12100 Ridgecrest Road, Victorville, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 760-243-5632 Yucca Valley California 56885 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley, San Bernardino County, California Phone: 760-369-7430 Genealogical Societies and Groups in Southern California Caroline Braxton Rober, 2981 E. Shamrock, Ave., Brea, CA (last updated 14-Dec-17) 1. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia