Los Angeles County, California

Genealogical and Historical Portal

        

Hello:

My Name is Martha and I am the County Coordinator and will be your guide for 'all things Los Angeles County'

Questions? Contact via Email

This Site is part of The CAGenWeb and The USGenWeb

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In this Section you will find information on the following:  History ~ Biography / Books ~ Maps ~  Lookups ~ Queries

Additionally, there is a marvelous collection entitled: California State Journal of Medicine
The California and American Medical Association began publishing Journals early in the 20th Century.They contain a wealth of information which includes all sorts of Articles on Disease, Surgeries, and much more..
Here is a link with more explanations and all the issues:

Use this link to view the searchable and linked pdf for the rest of the data.

Questions? Contact Martha


In this section you will find information on these topics: Cemeteries ~ Funeral Homes and Mortuaries ~ Obituaries.
There are a lot of Films on Family Search that have old Mortuary records, these are extremely valuable in tracking family members.  In addition to the large number of Funeral Homes and Mortuaries, there are a lot of records for old Cemeteries in the County.

To view the pdf pages which contain links to the online data, please use this Link

Questions? Contact Martha

In this section you will find information on these topics: Vital Records:
Los Angeles County is huge and as it has grown over the years, so has the number of Resouces for Vital Records and their Availability.
While the challenge, for me, is to point out 'ways and means' to locate records, I can only rely on my diligence and creativity in finding them.
Note: At the end of the 'Vitals Section' are old files I have collected over the years:
Births, Marriages, Deaths, Old CA Wills, Naturalization Record

"What's New: Full-Text Search"
FamilySearch Function which will search multiple filmed images on their servers.
People ~ Places ~ Events: Almost any topic imagined! The ability to search Digital Newspapers is very nice.
The results can be saved as images or pdf files along with the Citation.
When the results come up, there is a OCR generated panel of text which can be copied to a file or your Gen Software.
Here is the link -

For more information and other new Resources: 
Use this link

To view the pdf pages which contain links to the online data, Please use this Link

Questions? Contact Martha