Big Bear Lake Genealogy (in San Bernardino County, CA)

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NOTE: Additional records that apply to Big Bear Lake are also found through the San Bernardino County and California pages.


Big Bear Lake Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth records, San Bernardino County, California, 1872-1905 FamilySearch Library

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

California, Birth Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

Big Bear Lake Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Big Bear Lake Death Records

1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

California, Death Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

Death records, 1873-1905 FamilySearch Library

Big Bear Lake Immigration Records

Index to Naturalization Records of the U.S. District for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1887-1937 Ancestry online

Naturalization Petitions for the Southern District Of California, 1887-1940 Fold3 online

Big Bear Lake Marriage Records

1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1855-1905; index, 1854-1909 FamilySearch Library

Marriages in San Bernardino County (02 Mar 1857 - 24 Dec 1908 ) Western States Marriage Index online

Big Bear Lake Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Big Bear Lake Newspapers and Obituaries

Bear Valley News 1962-1962 Newspapers.com online

Big Bear Grizzly 06/05/2001 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Big Bear Grizzly 1993-1994 Newspapers.com online

Big Bear Life 1929-1930 Newspapers.com online

Big Bear Life 1959-1962 Newspapers.com online

Big Bear Life and The Grizzly 1984-1985 Newspapers.com online

Big Bear Life and the Grizzly 1962-1984 Newspapers.com online

Grizzly 1941-1961 Newspapers.com online

Grizzly 1984-1986 Newspapers.com online

Limelight 1946-1947 Newspapers.com online

Limelight News 1948-1948 Newspapers.com online

Limelight News and the Mountaineer 1948-1951 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Big Bear Lake

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Big Bear Grizzly. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1993-Current

Big Bear Life & the Grizzly. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1985-1993

Big Bear Life and the Grizzly. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1962-1983

Big Bear Life. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1959-1962

Grizzly. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1941-1962

Grizzly. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1983-1985

Limelight News. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1940s-1948

San Bernardino Mountains Highlander. (Big Bear Lake, Calif.) 1974-1979

Big Bear Lake Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Big Bear Lake School Records

Big Bear High School - Timberline Yearbook (Big Bear Lake, CA), 1955, 1959 E Yearbook online

Big Bear High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Big Bear High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997, 1998 Classmates online

Big Bear High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1997, 1998 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online


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