Downey Genealogy (in Los Angeles County, CA)

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Downey Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth cards, 1894-1905 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

Index to record of births, 1866-1920, and delayed certificates of births, 1866 on, requested from 1944-1968 FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County, California, original birth (1849-1901) and death records (1874-1901) FamilySearch Library

Downey Cemetery Records

California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 Family Search online

Downey District Cemetery Find a Grave online

Los Angeles County Farm Cemetery Find a Grave online

Old Downey Cemetery Billion Graves online

Downey Census Records

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

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

Downey Church Records

90 years in the life of First Presbyterian Church of Downey FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1930-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1930- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Downey Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Downey City Directories

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Downey (California) city directory FamilySearch Library

Downey City, California, City Directory, 1968 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, California, City Directory, 1948 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, California, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, California, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, California, City Directory, 1955 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, California, City Directory, 1957-1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, California, City Directory, 1959 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, City Directory, 1961 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, City Directory, 1963 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, City Directory, 1964 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Downey, City Directory, 1965 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Watts - Compton (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

White Pages, Downey, October 1980 Library of Congress online

White Pages, Downey, October 1981 Library of Congress online

White Pages, Downey, October 1987 thru September 1988 Library of Congress online

Downey Court Records

Index to early Justice of the Peace court records, Los Nietos, Downey, and Norwalk townships : Los Angeles County, California, 1871-1895 FamilySearch Library

Index to early Justice of the Peace court records, Los Nietos, Downey, and Norwalk townships, Los Angeles County, California, 1871-1895 FamilySearch Library

Downey Death Records

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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

Los Angeles County death certificates 1889-1960 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Los Angeles County death index 1905-1925, 1934-1978 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Los Angeles County deaths 1874-1905, 1918-1932 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Los Angeles County, California, deaths, 1873-1899 FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County, California, index to deaths, 1905-1979 and death records 1889-1960 FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County, California, original birth (1849-1901) and death records (1874-1901) FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles, California, Coroner's Inquest Index, 1992-2016 Ancestry online

Mission Mortuary records (formerly LeCheminant Mortuary), 1924-1947 FamilySearch Library

Register of deaths, 1877-1905 for Los Angeles County : and indexes to records of deaths, 1873-1920 FamilySearch Library

Downey Immigration Records

Declarations of intention, 1927-1948 FamilySearch Library

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

Naturalization Index Cards of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, Central Division (Los Angeles), 1915-1976 Ancestry online

Naturalization Index of the Superior Court for Los Angeles County, California, 1852-1915 Ancestry online

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

Naturalization index, Superior Court of Los Angeles County, California, 1852-1915 FamilySearch Library

Naturalizations, 1852-1915 FamilySearch Library

Downey Land Records

Nevada County, California, deeds, 1856-1921 ; indexes, 1856-1921 FamilySearch Library

Downey Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downey, Los Angeles County, California, 1907 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downey, Los Angeles County, California, April 1895 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downey, Los Angeles County, California, February 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downey, Los Angeles County, California, February 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Downey, Los Angeles County, California, October 1898 Library of Congress online

Downey Marriage Records

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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

Index to marriages 1951-1957 and marriage records 1951-1957, Los Angeles County, California FamilySearch Library

Los Angeles County California marriages 1876-1890, vol. 4 Genealogy Gophers online

Marriage application records, 1850-1905 FamilySearch Library

Marriage certificates, 1851-1924; index, 1851-1920 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1856-1944 ; indexes, 1856-1950 (Los Angeles County, California) FamilySearch Library

Marriages in Los Angeles County (04 Aug 1851 - 24 Oct 1935 ) Western States Marriage Index online

Downey Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Downey Newspapers and Obituaries

Offline Newspapers for Downey

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.

Call-Enterprise Advertiser. (Downey, Calif.) 1972-1975

Daily Southeast News & Downey Champion. (Downey, Calif.) 1976-1984

Downey Call-Enterprise. (Downey, Calif.) 1969-1975

Downey City Courier. (Downey City [Downey] Calif.) 1875-1876

Downey Leader. (Downey, Calif.) 1954-1969

Downey Live Wire. (Downey, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 1924-1969

Los Nietos Valley Courier. (Downey City [Downey] Los Angeles County, Cal.) 1876-1880

Downey Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Downey School Records

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Ambassador Christian High School yearbook, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978 Classmates online

Ambassador Christian High School yearbook, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Ambassador Christian High School yearbook, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1974, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Calvary Chapel Christian High School yearbook, 2002, 2004 Classmates online

Calvary Chapel Christian High School yearbook, 2002, 2004 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Columbus High School - Pathfinder Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1980 E Yearbook online

Columbus High School yearbook, 1980, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Columbus High School yearbook, 1984 Classmates online

Downey High School - Volsung Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1924, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1981, 1983, 1985 E Yearbook online

Downey High School yearbook, 1924, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Downey High School yearbook, 1924, 1930, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009 Classmates online

Downey High School yearbook, 1954, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1970, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Downey Senior High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Downey Union High School yearbook, 1924, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1942, 1943, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1988, 1989 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Earl Warren Senior High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Gordon Griffiths Junior High School yearbook, 1968, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Griffiths Junior High School yearbook, 1968 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Griffiths Middle School - Arrow Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1968, 1969 E Yearbook online

Griffiths Middle School yearbook, 1969 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

North Junior High School - Arrow Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1963, 1964, 1966 E Yearbook online

North Junior High School yearbook, 1963, 1964, 1966 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Pius X High School - Tiara Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1951, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1982, 1984, 1985 E Yearbook online

Pius X High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Pius X High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 Classmates online

Pius X High School yearbook, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

South Middle School - Pioneer Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1961 E Yearbook online

St Matthias High School - Laureate Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1984 E Yearbook online

St Matthias High School yearbook, 1984, 1999, 2003 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Matthias High School yearbook, 1973, 1975, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

St. Matthias High School yearbook, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St. Matthias High School yearbook, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1984, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003 Classmates online

Warren High School - El Oroso Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1958, 1959, 1960, 1969, 1981, 1988 E Yearbook online

Warren High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Warren High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002 Classmates online

Warren High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West Junior High School yearbook, 1962 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

West Middle School - Olympian Yearbook (Downey, CA), 1967, 1972 E Yearbook online

West Middle School yearbook, 1962, 1967, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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