Los Angeles County, California Genealogy

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County Courthouse
County Courthouse

Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration 500 W. Temple St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 (county seat)

Office of the Recorder (for Birth, Marriage and Death records going back at least to 1852) Norwalk RR/CC Building 12400 Imperial Highway Norwalk, CA. 90650 (not a county seat) (562) 462-2137 Office Hours: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday

Parent County
1850--Los Angeles County was created 18 February 1850, one of 30 original counties from the California lands. Prior to the creation of the county, the records were either at city or mission places. County seat: Norwalk

Populated Places

 * Cities: Beverly Hills, Burbank, Compton, Los Angeles, Whittier, more cities...
 * Communities: Hacienda Heights, South Whittier, Topanga, Universal City, East Los Angeles, more...

Neighboring Counties
Kern | Orange | San Bernardino | Ventura

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Adams
 * alhambra
 * alta vista
 * Arlington
 * Baldwin Park
 * Bellflower
 * Belvedere
 * Beverly Hills
 * Boyle Heights
 * Brentwood (Santa Monica)
 * Burbank
 * Centinela (Hawthorne)
 * Compton
 * Compton Center
 * Downey
 * El Monte
 * El Segundo
 * El Sereno
 * Elysian Park
 * Firestone Park
 * Fullerton (Long Beach)
 * Garvanza
 * Gate S.
 * Glendale
 * Glendale E.
 * Glendale W.
 * Grant (Bell Gardens)
 * Hollywood
 * Hollywood N.
 * Huntington Beach
 * Huntington Park
 * Inglewood
 * La Brea (Los Angeles)
 * La Cienega
 * La Mirada
 * Lancaster
 * Las Flores (Temple City)
 * Lennox (Hawthorne)
 * Lomita
 * Long Beach
 * Long Beach N.
 * Los Angeles
 * Manchester (Los Angeles)
 * Mar Vista
 * Matthews
 * Maywood
 * Mission Park (Wilmar)
 * Monrovia
 * Montebello
 * North Hollywood
 * Ocean Park
 * Park View (Long Beach)
 * Pasadena
 * Pasadena S.
 * Pomona
 * Redondo Beach
 * Rosemead
 * San Fernando
 * San Pedro
 * Santa Ana (Long Beach)
 * Santa Monica
 * South Gate
 * Studio City (Hollywood)
 * Sunset (Burbank)
 * Torrence
 * Van Nuys
 * Vermont
 * Virginia (Long Beach)
 * Walnut (South Gate)
 * Walteria
 * Whittier
 * Wilmington
 * Wilshire

Societies and Libraries

 * Los Angeles Regional Family History Center 10741 Santa Monica Blvd West Los Angeles, CA 90025 Phone: 310-474-9990 Hours: T-Th 10 am-9 pm; Fri-Sat 9 am-5 pm; Closed Sun &amp; Mon


 * Questing Heirs Genealogical Society P.O. Box 15102

Long Beach, CA 90815-0102


 * Southern California Genealogical Society and Family Research Library

417 Irving Dr. Burbank, CA ~ 91504 818-843-7247


 * Whittier Area Genealogical Society

P.O. Box 4367 Whittier, California 90607-4367

P..O. Box 8442 Los Angeles, CA 90008-0422
 * California African-American Genealogical Society

1310-B West Magnolia Boulevard Burbank, California P. O. Box 7369 Burbank, California 91510-7369 (818) 848-3122
 * Immigrant Genealogical Society

Web Sites

 * The Los Angeles County CAGenWeb Project, a member of The CAGenWeb Project, an affiliate of The USGenWeb Project.
 * The USGenWeb Archives Project for Los Angeles County.
 * FamilySearch.org Family History Library Catalog for Los Angeles County.