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County Courthouse
sanbernardino.travel/about/gallery_courthouse.htm
Quick Facts
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
26 April 1853: San Bernardino County was created 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
Archives and Libraries
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 History and Records
LDS Ward and Branch Records
- Colton
- Bloomington
- Fontana
- Highland
- Needles
- Ontario
- Redlands
- Rialto
- San Bernardino
- San Bernardino 1
- San Bernardino 2
- Victorville
- Yucaipa
Court Records
www.co.san-bernardino.ca.us/COURTS/flash.asp
History
Land and Property
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 Records
Taxation
Vital Records
For early marriages see Western States Marriage Index.
sanbernardinovitalrecords.com/
Societies, Libraries and Museums
Websites
- San Bernardino County CAGenWeb
- Linkpendium
- USGenWeb Archives
- USGenWeb Archives backup site
- FamilySearch Family History Library Catalog
References
- ↑ The Handybook for Genealogists: United States of America,10th ed. (Draper, UT:Everton Publishers, 2002).
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