
           GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH FACILITIES IN THE LOS ANGELES AREA


       The  following  was  received   from   the   Southern  California
       Genealogical Society.


       Cal State LA Library, 5151 State College Drive.,  Los Angeles, CA
       90032. Research books (genealogies interfiled, films, microfiche,
       U.S. and foreign records.

       Cal State Northridge,  18111  Nordhoff St., Northridge, CA 91330.
       Research  books  (genealogies interfiled),  33  page  listing  of
       newspapers  on microfilm, Western Americana: a collection of 1012
       books and documents of  the  18th, 19th and early 20th centuries.
       Carlsbad City Library, 1250 Elm Ave., Carlsbad,  CA  92008. 1 1/2
       hour  drive  from  Los  Angeles.  Over 16,000 genealogical books,
       microfilm   and  microfiche,   Draper   Manuscripts,   microfiche
       collection  of  out  of print books, KY deed  books,  New  Jersey
       Archives on microfiche.

       Claremont  College  Library,  800  Dartmouth  St.,  Claremont, CA
       91711. Genealogies   interfiled,   periodicals,   microfilm   and
       microfiche. Nordic   collection,   French,   German  and   Danish
       biographies, Biographie Universelle in French.

       Family  History  Center,  Los Angeles LDS Temple Visitors Center,
       10741 Santa Monica Blvd.,  West  Los  Angeles, CA 90025. U.S. and
       foreign  records.  Over 10,000 genealogical  books,  periodicals,
       microfilm  and  microfiche,  federal census records, bound census
       indexes and AIS indexes,  the  Barbour  and Vosburgh Collections,
       Somerset House indexes to vital records of England and Wales.

       German Genealogical Society of America Library, 1420 N. Claremont
       Blvd.,  Suite  106A,  Claremont,  CA  91711.  Sat. 1-5 p.m. or by
       appointment (714) 621-7339.  Complete  set of telephone books for
       all areas of Germany, Austria and Switzerland. One of the largest
       collections of German genealogical publications in the country.

       Huntington  Beach  Public  Library, 7111 Talbert Ave., Huntington
       Beach, CA 92648. Research books, over 700 genealogies, microfilms
       and   microfiches.  The  Orange  County  Genealogical   Society's
       collection  is housed at this library. It includes a surname card
       file and periodical  index  card  file.  Los  Angeles  and Orange
       counties obituary files.

       Immigrant  Library,  1310-B  West Magnolia,  Burbank,  CA  91506.
       Complete  set  of  Deutsches  Famienarchiv (DFA), a fully indexed
       collection   of   German   genealogies;   large   collection   of
       Ortsippenbucher,  lineage  books  of  individual   German  towns;
       Americana in Deutschen Sammlungen (ADS), Western German telephone
       directories.

       Los Angeles Public Library,  630  West  5th  St., Los Angeles, CA
       90071. 43,000   genealogical   books,  600  periodicals,   22,400
       microfilm,   75,000   microfiche,   21,750   manuscripts,   large
       collection of family histories, county histories and heraldry.

       Pasadena Public Library,  285  E. Walnut St., Pasadena, CA 91101.
       240,000,   1500  genealogical  books,  100,000   microfilm,   750
       microfiche,  family  history  collection,  West  Virginia history
       collection.

       Pomona Public Library,  625 S. Garey Ave., Pomona, CA 91766. Over
       6000 genealogical books. Has Civil War Records, available records
       of battles and major personnel, and letters regarding battles.

       Sons  of Revolution Library, 600 So. Central, Glendale, CA 91204.
       1700 family histories,  10,000  town, county and state histories,
       rich in Virginia and New England materials,  Boston  Transcripts,
       Maryland  Archives,  Pennsylvania  Archives,  Vital  Records f or
       Rhode Island, Massachusetts  Vital  Records,  Colonial  and State
       Records of North Carolina.

       Southern California Genealogical Society,  122  So.  San Fernando
       Blvd  (rear),  Burbank,  CA  91503.  7000  genealogical books, 40
       microfilm,   2000   microfiche,   Turner   Collection,   Brossman
       Collection,  245 volumes Jones and Gandrud  Alabama  Records,  LA
       Historical Society collection, Ross Cornwall, England collection.
       Largest   genealogical    periodical   collection   in   southern
       California, over 2000 volumes.

       UCLA,  University Research Library, 405 Hilgard  Ave.,  West  Los
       Angeles,   CA   90024.   Genealogies  interfiled,  microfilm  and
       microfiche collection.  Americana,  city  directories, newspapers
       from Spain 1800s to 1900s. Excellent map collection.

       Whittier College Library, 7031 Founders Hill  Rd.,  Whittier,  CA
       90602. Genealogies  interfiled, microfilm and microfiche, Society
       of Friends (Quaker)  Depository  Library,  Quaker  Necrology,  an
       index of Quaker deaths, Quaker genealogies.
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