Santa Monica Genealogy (in Los Angeles County, CA)

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Santa Monica 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

Santa Monica Cemetery Records

California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 Family Search online

First Presbyterian Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Pascual Marquez Family Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Cemetery Find a Grave online

Woodlawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Woodlawn Cemetery Interment online

Woodlawn Cemetery Genealogy Trails online

Santa Monica Census Records

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

City census, 1905 FamilySearch Library

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

Santa Monica Church Records

Record of members, 1928-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1928- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Santa Monica Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Santa Monica City Directories

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Polk's Santa Monica (Los Angeles County, California) city directory including Brentwood Heights and Ocean Park FamilySearch Library

Santa Monica (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Santa Monica Bay City Directory 1921 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica Bay City Directory 1923 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica Bay City Directory 1925 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica Bay City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica Bay City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica City Directory 1933 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica City Directory 1936 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica City Directory 1938 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica City Directory 1952 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica and Venice City Directory 1915 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica, CA 1911-1933 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1917 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1919 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1930 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1930-1931 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1933 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1936 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1938 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1952 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, California, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Santa Monica, Ocean Park, Venice, Sawtelle, and Westgate City Directory 1918 MyHeritage online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, April 1935 thru September 1938 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, April 1942 thru July 1944 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, April 1945 thru October 1946 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, August 1928 thru April 1934 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, August 1949 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, February 1951 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, March 1939 thru July 1941 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, March 1952 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, March 1953 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, March 1954 thru March 1956 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, May 1947 thru February 1948 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, May 1950 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Santa Monica, November 1948 Library of Congress online

White Pages, Santa Monica, March 1985 Library of Congress online

White Pages, Santa Monica, March 1986 Library of Congress online

Santa Monica 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

Santa Monica Histories and Genealogies

Ingersoll's Century History, Santa Monica Bay Cities Ancestry online

Ingersoll's Century History, Santa Monica Bay Cities, California, 1908 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

Ingersoll's century history, Santa Monica Bay cities Internet Archive online

Santa Monica : a calendar of events that made a city FamilySearch Library

Santa Monica community book Genealogy Gophers online

Santa Monica, jewel of the Sunset Bay : an illustrated history FamilySearch Library

Santa Monica 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

Santa Monica Land Records

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

Santa Monica Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, 1918 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, 1918-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, 1918-1963 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, February 1888 Library of Congress online

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, June 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, California, May 1895 Library of Congress online

Santa Monica 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

Santa Monica Military Records

U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938 (Pacific Branch, Los Angeles, California ) Ancestry online

Santa Monica Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Santa Monica Newspapers and Obituaries

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Aguila 03/21/1971 to 03/21/1973 Genealogy Bank online

Corsair (Santa Monica, 1929-2011) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Malibu-Topanga News 1971-1976 Newspapers.com online

Palisades News 1971-1975 Newspapers.com online

Santa Monica Corsairᅠ(1929-1977) Newspaper Archive online

Santa Monica Daily Press 03/09/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Santa Monica Mirror 03/09/2005 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Santa Monica Observer 11/18/2013 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Santa Monica Outlook 06/14/1876 to 07/19/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Santa Monica-Northside Advertiser and Penny Pincher 1975-1977 Newspapers.com online

Santa Monica-Southside Advertiser and Penny Pincher 1976-1977 Newspapers.com online

Venice-Marina News 1976-1977 Newspapers.com online

Westchester-Ladera Observer 1972-1977 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Santa Monica

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.

Beverly Hills Independent. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1967-Current

Brentwood-Westwood Hills Press. ([Santa Monica, Calif.]) 1971-1978

Culver City Evening Star-News. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1977-1978

Culver City Independent and Star-News. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1978-1988

Daily Outlook. (Santa Monica, Southern Calif.) 1901-1915

Evening Outlook. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1929-1986

Indochina Focal Point. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1973-1975

Malibu-Topanga News. ([Santa Monica, Calif.]) 1971-1976

Outlook. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1987-1998

Outlook. (Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Cal.) 1891-1890s

Palisades-Malibu News. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1976-1982

Santa Monica Advertiser. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1979-1982

Santa Monica Bay Outlook. (Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 1915-1917

Santa Monica Daily Outlook. (Santa Monica, Southern Calif.) 1890s-1901

Santa Monica Evening Outlook and Sawtelle Tribune. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1923-1920s

Santa Monica Evening Outlook, Sawtelle Evening Tribune. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1920s-1920s

Santa Monica Evening Outlook. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1918-1929

Santa Monica Outlook. (Santa Monica, Calif.) 1917-1918

Santa Monica Outlook. (Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Cal.) 1875-1891

Santa Monica-Southside Advertiser and Penny Pincher. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1970s-1978

Santa Monica-Southside Advertiser. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1978-1979

Venice Evening Vanguard Including Venice-Marina News. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1977-1978

Venice-Marina News and Vanguard. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1978-1988

Venice-Marina News. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1976-1977

Venice-Marina News. (Santa Monica, Ca.) 1988-Current

West L.A. Independent. ([Santa Monica, Calif.) 1982-1990s

Westchester-Ladera Observer and News Advertiser-Press. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1977-1988

Westchester-Ladera Observer. (Santa Monica [Calif.]) 1972-1977

Santa Monica Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Santa Monica School Records

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Crossroads High School yearbook, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Crossroads High School yearbook, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 Classmates online

Crossroads High School yearbook, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lincoln Junior High School yearbook, 1957 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Lincoln Middle School - Lincoln Log Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA), 1952, 1957, 1972 E Yearbook online

Lincoln Middle School yearbook, 1952, 1957, 1972 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Newbridge School yearbook, 1984, 1986, 1987 Classmates online

Newbridge School yearbook, 1984, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Saint Monica Catholic High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Saint Monica Catholic High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 Classmates online

Saint Monica Catholic High School yearbook, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1984, 1987, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Monica City College yearbook, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Monica College - Spin Drift Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA), 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1947, 1948, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1963 E Yearbook online

Santa Monica College yearbook, 1939, 1948, 1951, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1963 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Monica High School - Nautilus Yearbook (Santa Monica, CA), 1912, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959, 1960, 1963, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988 E Yearbook online

Santa Monica High School yearbook, 1912, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Santa Monica High School yearbook, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Santa Monica High School yearbook, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927, 1933, 1934, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1948, 1953, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Classmates online

Santa Monica High School, queen of the setting sun : alumni directory, 1993 FamilySearch Library

Santa Monica Junior College yearbook, 1943 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

St Monica Catholic High School yearbook, 1950 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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