San Bernardino County, California Genealogy

County Courthouse
San Bernardino County Recorder-Clerk - Archives

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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 County which had annexed part of San Diego County in 1851. County seat: San Bernardino

Boundary Changes
Los Angeles County and San Diego County were original counties created in 1850 when California became a state. In 1851, Los Angeles County expanded to the eastern border of California to include part of what was San Diego, County. In 1853, San Bernardino County was created from the eastern area of Los Angeles County. In 1878, additional land from Los Angeles County was added to San Bernardino County.

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

Riverview Cemetery, Needles BillionGraves

Church 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
http://www.sb-court.org/

Germans
Archives, Libraries, and Museums Biographies Church Records Cemetery Records Court Records Histories Immigration/emigration/migration Maps Newspapers Societies

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

Migration
Early migration routes to and from for emigrant settlers included:


 * Camino Real de California 1770s linking Spanish Mission churches in California and Baja California
 * Old Spanish Trail 1829 Los Angeles, California to Santa Fe, New Mexico
 * California Trail 1846 to 1869 from western Missouri to northern California
 * Mormon Trail to Southern California 1847 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Los Angeles, California
 * Butterfield Overland Mail 1857-1861 from San Francisco via Los Angeles to Memphis, Tennessee and St. Louis, Missouri
 * Central Overland Trail 1859-1869 from Salt Lake City, Utah to Carson City, Nevada (and usually on to northern California)
 * Union Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah to Omaha, Nebraska
 * Central Pacific Railroad 1869 Ogden, Utah to Sacramento, California
 * Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway 1881 Los Angeles, California to Chicago, Illinois
 * Southern Pacific Railroad 1883 Los Angeles, California to New Orleans, Louisiana
 * Atlantic and Pacific Railroad 1885 Los Angeles, California to Albuquerque, New Mexico (and the Santa Fe Railway)

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 Centers
Introduction to LDS Family History Centers


 * Barstow California Family History Center
 * Big Bear California Family History Center
 * Chino California Family History Center
 * Fontana California Family History Center
 * Highland California Family History Center
 * Needles California Family History Center
 * Rancho Cucamonga California Family History Center
 * Redlands California Family History Center
 * Rialto California Family History Center
 * Ridgecrest California Family History Center
 * Twentynine Palms California Family History Center
 * Upland California Family History Center
 * Victorville California Family History Center
 * Yucca Valley California Family History Center

Websites

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