Los Angeles County California Genealogy Trails (2024)

Los Angeles County, California

Genealogy and History
Volunteers Dedicated to Free Genealogy

Welcome to Los Angeles County, California Genealogy Trails!

***COUNTY HOST :Brenda Wiesner***

We are a dedicated group of volunteers that transcribe data and place it here for FREE.
We believe this is your history so why should you have to pay for it? Want to join us in our efforts? You can!
Submit your data today by using the quick links above. Feel free to explore our data here for Los Angeles County.

Los Angeles is one of the largest and most heavily populated counties in California. Millions of people have fluctuated thru the county over centuries.
Not only is LA county a very large melting pot it also can be a black hole for Genealogists.
By helping our efforts, you can help someone get that much closer to their family history for FREE.

If you have a love for history, a desire to help others, and basic web-authoring skills, consider joining us!
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[A desire to transcribe data and knowledge of how to make a basic webpage is required.]

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We regret that we are unable to
perform personal research.

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Los Angeles County, please let us know.

Los Angeles County was one of the original counties of California, created at the time of statehood in 1850. Parts of the county's territory were given to San Bernardino County in 1853, to Kern County in 1866 and to Orange County in 1899. Los Angeles County is the most populous county in the United States. The county seat is the city of Los Angeles. The county is home to 88 incorporated cities and many unincorporated city-like areas. The coastal portion of the county is heavily urbanized, though there is a large expanse of lesser populated desert inland in the Santa Clarita Valley, and especially in the Antelope Valley which encompasses the northeastern parts of the county and adjacent eastern Kern County, lying just north of Los Angeles County. In between the large desert portions of the county which make up around 40 percent of its land area and the heavily urbanized central and southern portions sits the San Gabriel Mountains containing Angeles National Forest. All of southern Los Angeles County, up to about the center of the county, is heavily urbanized.

Los Angeles County California Genealogy Trails (6)

Los Angeles County California Genealogy Trails (7)

circa 1920's

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If you are interested in adding your families' information to this website,

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We'll be happy to help your families' obituaries, news items and other historical data find a home here
at California Genealogy Trails, where it will remain free for all to view.

Online Records
Biographies	Marriage Index
Birth Index	Marriage Notices
Birth Notices	Military Data
Books	Miscellaneous
Burial Index	Museums
Cemeteries
Census Data	Newspapers
Churches	Obituaries
County History	Photographs
	Pioneers
Death Index	Post Offices
Directories	Research Help
Disasters	Schools
Divorce Index	Societies
Families of LA	Stories
Historical Landmarks	Tax Lists
Libraries	Towns
Maps	Wills and Probate
Website Updates: Oct 2023: Crime News added, Obits for Lopez, Wood, Geller, Clark and Perkins added Jul 2023 : 10 obits added for Brooks, Ellsworth, Harrison, Reed, Wallace, Goodnow and more. Mar 2023: Obits for Fields, Wood, and Keith added, Birth Notice for Hume added Dec 2021: Marriage notices for Perrill, Johnson, Fenton, Cummings. Deaths fro Damon, Matthews, and Clark Mar 2021: Marriage notices from 1882 added from EB Oct 2020: Historical Landmarks added from KKM, Crime news from JS, Crime News from GT Trans Team, Hicks obit from TS.

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Surrounding Counties
Kern Co., CA
Orange Co., CA
San Bernardino Co., CA
Ventura Co., CA

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