Orange County, California Genealogy

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Parent County
1889--Orange County was created 11 March 1889 from Los Angeles County. County seat: Santa Ana

Populated Places
Anaheim, the home of Disneyland, is the most populated city in Orange County. It was first settled by Germans in 1854 who named the city. The name refers to the fact that it is the "home" of the Santa "Ana" River. There are twenty-eight incorporated cities. The northern part of the county is heavily populated and the southern area is growing rapidly.

Neighboring Counties
Formed from Los Angeles County, Orange borders Los Angeles on the North. There is a small segment that borders San Bernardino County at the eastern edge of the northern border. East is Riverside County and San Diego County borders on the south. The western border is the Pacific Ocean.

Cemeteries
The Orange County Cemtery District operates four formerly private cemeteries; Anaheim Cemtery, El Toro Memorial Park, Santa Ana Cemetery, Magnolia Memorial Park.

See http://www.oc.ca.gov/cemetery/locate.htm

Catholic Diocese Cemeteries: http://www.occatholiccemeteries.org/

The Orange Regional Family History Center has two volumes of interment in these cemeteries as of 1999.

Private Cemteries include:

Ascension Cemetery, 24754, Trabuco Road, Lake Forest, CA

Good Shepherd, 8301 Talbert, Huntington Beach, CA

Holy Cross Cemtery, Orange and Euclid, Anaheim, CA

Holy Sepulcher Cemetery, 7845 E Santiago Canyon Rd, Orange, CA

San Juan Capistrano Mission Cemetery, San Juan Capistrano, CA

St John's Lutheran Cemtery, 2009 Santa Clara Ave, Santa Ana, CA, and 16782 Fairhaven, Santa Ana, CA

Yorba Cemetery, Esperanza and Fairmaon Blvd, Yorba Linda, CA

Church
LDS Ward and Branch Records


 * Anaheim
 * Huntington Beach
 * Laguna Beach

Court
The main courthouse is on Civic Center Drive in Santa Ana, California. There are three branch courts but even more locations. North Court is in Fullerton. West Court is in Westminster. Harbor Court has locations in Newport Beach, Laguna Niguel and Laguna Hills. The Lamoreaux Justice Center is in Orange.

Web Sites

 * USGenWeb project. May have maps, name indexes, history or other information for this county. Select the state, then the county.
 * Family History Library Catalog