Genealogy Libraries in Southern California
(in all cases, call to verify operating hours; many have had to cut back)
CITY LIBRARIES
LONG BEACH PUBLIC LIBRARY
101 Pacific Avenue (at Ocean), Long Beach
(562) 570-7500
http://www.lbpl.org/
Monday: 10 am - 8 pm
Tuesday & Wednesday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm
Friday & Saturday: 10 am - 5:30 pm
Sunday 12 to 5 pm
Newspapers: Long Beach, Los Angeles Times, New
York Times (microfilm)
California death index 1960-1979 (microfiche)
California marriage index 1940-1986 (microfiche)
HUNTINGTON BEACH CENTRAL LIBRARY
7111 Talbert Avenue (at Golden West), Huntington
Beach
(714) 842-4481
http://www.hbpl.org/
Monday: 1 - 9 pm
Tuesday - Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm
Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 1 - 5 pm
Genealogical collection – 16,000 volumes
Family histories – 300 volumes (microfilm)
Hollingsworth Card File
NEHGS Register 1847-1977 (microfilm)
LOS ANGELES PUBLIC LIBRARY
630 West Fifth Street, Los Angeles
(213) 228-7000
http://www.lapl.org/central/history.html
Monday - Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm
Friday & Saturday: 10 am - 6 pm
Sunday: 1 pm - 5 pm
Largest genealogical holdings of any Southern
California public library – more than 40,000 volumes
Map collection – 80,000 maps
Nationwide city directories on microfilm – 5,000 rolls
City directories and telephone books – 1,200 volumes
DAR Lineage books
NEHGS Register
Family histories – 10,000 volumes
Newspapers: Los Angeles Times from 1881, London
Times from 1785, San Francisco Chronicle from 1869,
Chicago Tribune from 1849, others
CARLSBAD CITY LIBRARY
1250 Carlsbad Village Drive, Carlsbad
(760) 434-8270
http://www.ci.carlsbad.ca.us/cserv/genealog.html
Monday – Thursday: 9 am - 9 pm
Friday & Saturday: 9 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 1 - 5 pm
Genealogy collection – 31,000 volumes
Family histories – 6,000 volumes
UMI Genealogy and Local History collection
Census indexes – 350 volumes (largest in Southern
California)
17, 18, and 19 century United States
SPECIAL LIBRARIES
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GENEALOGICAL
SOCIETY LIBRARY
417 Irving Drive, Burbank
(818) 843-7247
http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/
Tuesday: 10 am - 9 pm
Wednesday - Sunday: 10 am - 4 pm
3& 4 Saturday, 1& 2
Sunday: 10 am – 4 pm
Call for hours between Thanksgiving and New Year’s.
Family and local histories – 9,000 volumes
Genealogical periodicals – 2,500 volumes
California death index 1940-1989
California marriage index 1960-1985
Pennsylvania Archives, complete set
German Genealogical Society collection
French Canadian Heritage Society collection
One of the largest CD collections in the country
NATIONAL ARCHIVES & RECORDS
ADMINISTRATION
23123 Cajalco Rd., Perris, CA 92570
951-956-2000
http://www.archives.gov/pacific/
Monday - Friday: 8 am - 4:30 pm
1 Saturday: 8 am - 4:30 pm
Closed Federal holidays.
All U.S. censuses and indexes
Ships passenger lists
Military records 
Land office records
CA & AZ Native American tribe records
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IMMIGRANT GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY
LIBRARY
1310 West Magnolia Boulevard, Burbank
(818) 848-3122
<http://feefhs.org/igs/frg-igs.html>
Wednesday: 12 - 5 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
Sunday: 12 - 5 pm
$2.00 donation requested
Large German collection
Index to German periodicals – 8 volumes
German genealogies – 100 volume set
German telephone books
Town lineage books
SONS OF THE REVOLUTION LIBRARY
600 South Central Avenue (at Chestnut), Glendale
(818) 240-1775
<http://www.walika.com/sr/library.htm
Wednesday: 12 - 8 pm
Thursday - Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm
Closed Saturdays before a Monday holiday. Closed the
month of December.
35,000 volumes, American Revolution and Colonial
period
DAR Lineage books
Family Histories – 1700 volumes
Town, county, and state histories – 10,000 volumes
Maryland and Pennsylvania Archives
Rich in Virginia and New England materials
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
11700 East Telegraph Road, Santa Fe Springs
(562) 868-7738
http://www.santafesprings.org/libindex.htm
Monday - Thursday: 10 am - 9 pm
Friday: 10 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm
FROM: Questing Heirs Genealogical Society
P. O. Box 10512, Long Beach, California 90815-0102
<http://www.cagenweb.com/questing/>
Other Libraries
California Genealogical Society Library
1611 Telegraph Ave., Suite 200
Oakland CA 94612
510.663.1358
Genealogical Society of Morongo Basin
PO Box 234
Yucca Valley, CA 92286
Los Angeles Public Library
630 West 5th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90071
Corona Public Library
650 S. Main Street
Corona, CA 92882
(951) 736-2381
North San Diego County Genealogical Society
Carlsbad City Library
1250 Carlsbad Village Drive
Carlsbad, CA 92008-1991
Riverside City/County Library
3581 Mission Inn Avenue
Riverside, CA 92503
San Bernardino County Library
104 West Fourth Street
San Bernardino, CA 92401
San Diego Genealogy Society
1050 Pioneer Way - Suite E
El Cajon, CA 92020-1943
San Diego Public Library
820 E. Street
San Diego, CA 92101
Sun City Public Library
26982 Cherry Hills Blvd.
Sun City, CA 92586
1. Orange Regional FHC (14 miles)
Director Beth McCarty, 3rd lg. in So Cal
675 S. Yorba, Orange, 714-997-7710
http://www.orangefhc.info/
Hours: T-Th 9-9, F & S 9-5
Classes offered free
7,600 books and counting
24 microfilm readers -17,000 rolls of film
6 fiche readers - 3,360 items on fiche
8 networked computer stations
2 digital film printers
2. OBITUARY Research in Newspapers
Find out what newspapers were in circulation
Anaheim 8 miles
Santa Ana12 miles
Fullerton 5 miles
Cal State Fullerton 4 miles
Newport Beach 22 miles
Orange County Archives 12 miles
Sherman Foundation 22 miles
University of CA at Irvine - 45 miles
3. Orange County Archives 12 Miles
 Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps No maps are
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consulted more in academic and public libraries than
Sanborn fire insurance maps
Marriage Certificate Indexes and affidavits
for 1889-1958 for OC
Santa Ana Journal Newspaper from
1935 - 1938
 Tons of Photographs & More
4. Huntington Beach Public Library 20
miles
 Home of the CA Genealogical Society
 Library on bottom floor
 Wonderful selection of Books
Beautiful Library
 Not easy to get there
5. National Archives 20 miles
 Security Extremely Tight
 Only Federal Records
1) All federal censuses
2) Naturalizations
3) Military
6. Whittier Area Genealogy Society 15 miles
 Web site- interactive & user friendly
 Located inside the Santa Fe Public Library
Parking is tricky
 3,000 books on 3 sides of shelves. Whole
series of books called "Cherokee by Blood"
 3,000 microfiche.
 Good hours because it is in a public
library.
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L. A. Public Library 34 miles
Bottom Floor has material
Library Card gives you HQ
Phone books and Directories of LA
Ck the Card catalogue for Names not
catalogued in the Family histories
 Claims to be the larges genealogist
collection in area with over 40,000 books,
10,000 fam his
 Web Page, can search before going
8. Los Angeles FH Library 45 miles
 located behind the LA Temple
10741 Santa Monica Blvd, W LA, CA 90025
310-474-9990; http://www.lafhl.org/
 many microfilm readers with film available;
check website for information
 34 Microfiche readers, 125,000 fiche
 54 networked computers
 Genealogical help may be limited
 To reopen in Fall 2010
 in person and on-line classes available
9. So. Cal Genealogical Library 44 miles
 30,000 volumes of books
 1,233 pgs of catalogue online
 largest French-Canadian Collection in the
West
 Genealogical Society of Hispanic America
 German Genealogical Society of America
 Over 1000 CD's
 Strong in regional periodicals
 Have a research team
10. Georgina Cole Carlsbad Library 67
miles
 Barbour Collection (CN)
 Corbin Manuscript Collection (NE)
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Draper Manuscript papers 1843-1891
(family records, original documents, letters,
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correspondence and notes) Western PA, the Ohio River
valley, upper Mississippi River valley, western areas of
VA, the Carolinas and the northern parts of Georgia and
Alabama)
Good online Catalogue- user friendly
User Guides- easy to use
CA State Census online
Very friendly people with knowledge
11. A.K. Smiley Pub. Library in Redlands 48
mi
 Heritage Room is where collection is kept
 Beautiful library
 Home of the Redlands Gen. Society
 Collections: California Collection
Rare Books and Autograph Collection
Carnegie Indian Collection
 Maps that focus on CA particularly
San Bernardino & Redlands from early 1850
 A large manuscript collection
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and their newspaper collection is one of the
largest for local and regional newspapers in
Southern California
They also have a BIG civil war collection
of books and are associated with the
Lincoln Memorial Shrine.
What's left:
Cal State U at Northridge - 60 miles
Escondido Public Library - 83 miles
Hemet FHC - 67 miles
Hemet San Jacinto Gen. Soc. Lib. 67 miles
Huntington Park Library - 29 miles
Immigrant Gen. Soc. Lib - 43 miles
Long Beach Public Library - 32 miles
Pomona Public Library - 19 miles
Sahyun Lib. in Santa Barbara - 130 miles
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
Torrance Pub Lib - 44 miles
Univ. of Riverside - 37 miles
UCLA - 46 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 16-Feb-16)
1. American Historical Society of Germans from Russia <www.ahsgr.org>
2. Antelope Valley Genealogical Society < www.rootsweb.com/~caavgs>
3. Aurantia Chapter (Riverside), DAR < http://www.riversidedar.org/>
4. British Isles Family History Society - USA <www.rootsweb.com/~bifhsusa>
5. British Isles Genealogical Research Association ( San Diego) <www.cgssd.org/societies.html>
6. Buena Park Historical Society <www.historicalsociety.org>
7. California African-American Genealogical Society <lam.mus.ca.us/africa/america/caags>
8. Carlsbad Historical Society <www.carlsbad.ca.us/chs.html>
9. Chatsworth Historical Society <historicalsocieties.net>
10. Czechoslovak Genealogical Society (Chula Vista) 358 E. Milann Street, Chula Vista, CA 91910
11. Chinese Historical Society of Southern California <www.chssc.org>
12. Civil War Round Table of Orange County, California <www.cwrtorangecounty-ca.org/cwrtocc.html>
13. Computer Genealogy Society of San Diego <www.cgssd.org>
14. Conejo Valley Genealogical Society (Thousand Oaks) <www.rootsweb.com/~cacvgs>
15. Corona Genealogical Society <www.coronagensoc.org>
16. Covina California Chapter, DAR <www.cagenweb.com/kr/covinadar>
17. Downey Historical Society P.O. Box 554 Downey, CA 90241
18. Escondido Genealogical Society <www.rootsweb.com/~caegs>
19. Fallbrook Historical Society <sd.znet.com/~schester/fallbrook/history/memories/index.html>
20. Familia Ancestral Research Association < www.rootsweb.com/~cafara/index.html>
21. French-Canadian Heritage Society of California
<home.earthlink.net/~djmill>
22. Genealogical Society of Hispanic America < www.gsha.net/sc>
23. Genealogical Society of North Orange County, California <www.rootsweb.com/~cagsnocc>
24. Genealogical Society of Riverside <www.rootsweb.com/~cagsor>
25. German Genealogical Society of America <feefhs.org/ggsa/frg-ggsa.html>
26. Glendora Genealogy Group <www.geocities.com/ccstone_us/GlenGenGrp.htm>
27. Hemet - San Jacinto Genealogical Society <www.rootsweb.com/~cahsjgs>
28. Hi Desert Genealogical Society (Victorville) <www.cagenweb.com/hdgs>
29. Historical Society of Southern California <www.socalhistory.org/home.htm>
30. Historical Society of the Upper Mojave Desert <www.ridgecrest.ca.us/~matmus/Hist.html>
31. Immigrant Genealogical Society (Burbank) <feefhs.org/igs/frg-igs.html>
32. Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles (Encino) <www.jgsla.org>
33. Jewish Genealogical Society of Orange County <www.jewishgen.org/jgsla>
34. Jewish Genealogical Society of San Diego <www.homestead.com/sdjgs>
35. Kern County Genealogical Society <www.kerncountylibrary.org/about_genesoc.html>
36. La Jolla Historical Society <lajolla.org/hist_soc>
37. Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society <www.bakerfamily.org/legs>
38. Leisure World Genealogical Society 2300 Beverly Manor Road, Seal Beach, CA 90740
39. Los Angeles Westside Genealogy Society (Marina del Rey) <www.genealogy-la.com/lawgs.shtml>
40. Manhattan Beach Historical Society <www.geocities.com/history90266>
41. Moreno Valley Genealogical Society P.O. Box 66, Moreno Valley, CA 92553
42. Morongo Basin Genealogical Society (Yucca Valley) < www.yuccavalley.com/genealogy>
43. North San Diego County Genealogical Society < www.cagenweb.com/nsdcgs>
44. Orange County California Genealogical Society <www.occgs.com>
45. Palm Springs Historical Society <www.palmsprings.com/history>
46. Pasadena Genealogy Society P.O. Box 94774, Pasadena, CA 91109
47. Polish Genealogical Society of California <www.pgsca.org>
48. Pomona Valley Genealogical Society <home.earthlink.net/~hazefam/PVGS.html>
49. Redondo Beach Historical Society <www.redondobeachhistorical.org>
50. Questing Heirs Genealogical Society, Inc. (Long Beach) <www.cagenweb.com/questing>
51. San Bernardino Genealogy Society < www.sbpl.org/genealogy.html>
52. San Diego Genealogical Society <www.cagenweb.com/sandiego/sdiegrch.htm>
53. San Diego Historical Society <www.sandiegohistory.org/histsoc.html>
54. San Fernando Genealogical Society <www.rootsweb.com/~casfvgs>
55. San Gorgonio Genealogical Society 1050 Brinton Avenue, Banning, CA 92220
56. Santa Ana Historical Preservation Society <www.santaanahistory.com>
57. Santa Barbara County Genealogical Society <www.cagenweb.com/santabarbara/sbcgs>
58. Santa Clara Historical and Genealogical Society <www.rootsweb.com/~cascchgs>
59. Santa Clarita Valley Historical Society <www.scvhs.org>
60. South Bay Cities Genealogical Society (Torrance) <www.rootsweb.com/~casbcgs>
61. Southern California League of Genealogical Societies < www.cagenweb.com/kr/league>
62. South Orange County Genealogy Society <www.rootsweb.com/~casoccgs>
63. Southern California Chapter of the Ohio Genealogical Society P.O. Box 5057, Los Alamitos, CA 90721
64. Southern California Genealogical Society (Burbank) <www.scgsgenealogy.com>
65. The 29 Palms Historical Society <groups.msn.com/29palmshistoricalsociety>
66. Temecula Valley Genealogical Society, Temecula, CA 92591 < http://www.tvgs.net/>
67. Topanga Historical Society P.O. Box 1214, Topanga, CA 90290
68. Ventura County Genealogical Society <www.rootsweb.com/~cavcgs>
69. Whittier Area Genealogical Society <www.cagenweb.com/kr/wags>
70. Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society <www. yvgs.org>