Costa Mesa Genealogy (in Orange County, CA)

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Costa Mesa Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth records, 1887-1921; index, 1887-1956 FamilySearch Library

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

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

Costa Mesa Cemetery Records

Harbor Lawn Cemetery Billion Graves online

Harbor Lawn-Mount Olive Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Harbor Lawn-Mount Olive Memorial Park, Costa Mesa US Gen Web Archives online

Costa Mesa 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

Costa Mesa City Directories

Newport Beach and Costa Mesa City Directory 1951 MyHeritage online

Santa Ana, Orange, Huntington Beach, Balboa Island, Balboar, Newport Beach, and Costa Mesa City Directory 1941 MyHeritage online

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

Death and burial permit master index, 1889-1955 FamilySearch Library

Death records, 1889-1923 FamilySearch Library

Orange County death and burial permit index 1889-1955 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Orange County death registers 1889-1921 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Costa Mesa Histories and Genealogies

A slice of Orange : the history of Costa Mesa FamilySearch Library

Costa Mesa 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

Naturalization records, 1889-1944 FamilySearch Library

Costa Mesa Land Records

Contra Costa County land claims, 1852-1925 FamilySearch Library

Deed records, 1856-1920; general index to deeds, 1856-1900, indexes to grantees and grantors, 1856-1975 FamilySearch Library

Costa Mesa Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Costa Mesa, Orange County, California, 1928 Library of Congress online

Costa Mesa Marriage Records

1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

Marriage records ; Indexes, 1829-1953, 1889-1951 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1889-1920; index, 1889-1959 FamilySearch Library

Costa Mesa Minority Records

West Coast Jewish News. (Costa Mesa, Ca) 2000s-Current US Newspaper Directory

Costa Mesa Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Costa Mesa Newspapers and Obituaries

Coastal Current: Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Laguna Beach 02/08/2018 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Costa Mesa Breeze, 1998-2011 Newspaper Archive online

Current, The: Orange County Register weekly 05/07/2004 to 09/28/2017 Genealogy Bank online

OC Weekly 03/05/1998 to 10/22/2019 Genealogy Bank online

OC Weekly: Blogs 12/09/2014 to 11/25/2015 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Costa Mesa

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.

Costa Mesa Daily Globe-Herald. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1960-1961

Costa Mesa Globe-Herald Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1961-1962

Costa Mesa Globe-Herald. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1955-1957

Costa Mesa Globe-Herald. (Costa Mesa, Orange County, Calif.) 1936-1948

Costa Mesa Globe. (Costa Mesa, Orange County, Calif.) 1934-1936

Costa Mesa Herald. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1925-1936

Costa Mesan. (Costa Mesa, Ca.) 1975-1970s

Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1963-1971

Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1984-1985

Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1998-Current

Globe-Herald and Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1957-1959

Globe-Herald. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1959-1960

Globe-Herald. (Costa Mesa, Orange County, Calif.) 1948-1955

Newport Beach Costa Mesa Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1992-1998

Newport Beach Costa Mesa Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1991-1992

Newport Harbor Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1960-1961

Orange Coast Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1980-1984

Orange Coast Daily Pilot. (Costa Mesa, Calif.) 1985-1991

West Coast Jewish News. (Costa Mesa, Ca) 2000s-Current

Costa Mesa Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Costa Mesa School Records

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Costa Mesa High School - Round Up Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA), 1965, 1971, 1978, 1988 E Yearbook online

Costa Mesa High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1972 (Jun), 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Costa Mesa High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1972 (Jun), 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997 Classmates online

Costa Mesa High School yearbook, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1995, 1997 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Davis Middle School yearbook, 1976 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Estancia High School - Flight Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA), 1987, 1988 E Yearbook online

Estancia High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Estancia High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005 Classmates online

Estancia High School yearbook, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Maude B Davis Middle School - Davis Colts Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA), 1976 E Yearbook online

Maude B Davis Middle School yearbook, 1976 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Orange Coast College - Log Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA), 1954, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964 E Yearbook online

Orange Coast College yearbook, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1964 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Southern California College yearbook, 1920, 1968, 1969, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Vanguard University of Southern California - Centurion Yearbook (Costa Mesa, CA), 1938, 1950, 1953, 1967, 1969, 1981 E Yearbook online

Vanguard University of Southern California yearbook, 1950, 1953, 1967, 1981 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online



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