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Contents 1 County Courthouse 2 History 2.1 Parent County 2.2 Boundary Changes 3 Places/Localities 3.1 Populated Places 4 Resources 4.1 Cemeteries 4.2 Church 4.3 Court 4.4 Land 4.5 Local Histories 4.6 Maps 4.7 Military 4.8 Newspapers 4.9 Probate 4.10 Taxation 4.11 Vital Records 5 Societies and Libraries 6 Web Sites 7 References
		Neighboring Counties Clark, Nevada (to the northeast) Inyo (to the north) Kern (to the west/north) La Paz, Arizona (to the southeast) Los Angeles (to the west/south) Mohave, Arizona (to the east) Orange (to the southwest) Riverside (to the south)

County Courthouse

sanbernardino.travel/about/gallery_courthouse.htm

History

San Bernardino County is presently the largest county in terms of geographic area within the United States. The county seat is the city of San Bernardino which is also the county's largest in terms of population, and that city lies in the southwest corner of the county.

San Bernardino itself was founded by settlers sent by Brigham Young in the 1850s, but they left when the matter known as the 'Utah War' erupted back in Utah.

www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/main/history.asp

Parent County

1853--San Bernardino County was created 26 April 1853 from Los Angeles and San Diego Counties.
County seat: San Bernardino ^[1]

Boundary Changes

Record Loss

Places/Localities

Populated Places

• Communities:
• Apple Valley | *Barstow | Colton | Fontana | Hesperia | Highland | Redlands | Rialto | San Bernardino | Victorville

Resources

Cemeteries

Mountain View Cemetery 570 E Highland Ave San Bernardino, CA 92404-4002 909-882-2943

Pioneer Memorial Cemetery 211 E 9th St San Bernardino, CA 92410-4408 (909) 885-6484

Montecito Memorial Park 3520 E. Washington Street Colton San Bernardino County California USA Postal Code: 92324 Phone: 909-825-3024

Church

LDS Ward and Branch Records

• Colton
• Bloomington
• Fontana
• Highland
• Needles
• Ontario
• Redlands
• Rialto
• San Bernardino
• San Bernardino 1
• San Bernardino 2
• Victorville
• Yucaipa

Court

www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/COURTS/flash.asp

Land

Local Histories

Maps

www.mapsofworld.com/usa/county-maps/california/san-bernardino-county-map.html

Military

Newspapers

San Bernardino County Sun

4030 N. Georgia Blvd. San Bernardino, CA 92407 Phone: (909) 889-9666. All Departments: Hours: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. - 5 p.m. Serving: Adelanto, Apple Valley, Banning, Barstow, Beaumont, Big Bear, Colton, Crestline, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Highland, Loma Linda, Mentone, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino, Victorville, Yucaipa http://www.sbsun.com/home

Probate

Taxation

Vital Records

For early marriages see Western States Marriage Index.

sanbernardinovitalrecords.com/

Societies and Libraries

Web Sites

• USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
• Family History Library Catalog
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_County,_California

References

1. ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).