San Bernardino County, California Genealogy

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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

Boundary Changes
Record Loss

Populated Places

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

Neighboring Counties
Inyo  Kern   Los Angeles   Orange   Riverside

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

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

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

Vital Records
For early marriages see Western States Marriage Index.

sanbernardinovitalrecords.com/

Family History Center

 * Introduction to LDS Family History Centers
 * Barstow California Family History Center
 * Barstow, California
 * Big Bear California Family History Center
 * Big Bear City, California
 * Chino California Family History Center
 * Chino, California
 * Fontana California Family History Center
 * Fontana, California

Websites

 * San Bernardino County CAGenWeb
 * Linkpendium
 * USGenWeb Archives
 * USGenWeb Archives backup site