Orange County CA Genealogy

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Orange Records by Type

Birth Records (25)
Cemetery Records (92)
Census Records (20)
Church Records (26)
City Directories (135)
Death Records (25)
Histories and Genealogies (42)
Immigration Records (3)
Land Records (12)
Map Records (55)
Marriage Records (11)
Military Records (2)
Minority Records (2)
Miscellaneous Records (5)
Newspapers and Obituaries (251)
Probate Records (3)
School Records (475)

Orange County Records by City/Town

Anaheim Genealogy (194)
Brea Genealogy (45)
Buena Park Genealogy (48)
Costa Mesa Genealogy (74)
Cypress Genealogy (36)
Dana Point Genealogy (33)
El Toro Genealogy (34)
Fountain Valley Genealogy (37)
Fullerton Genealogy (82)
Garden Grove Genealogy (90)
Huntington Beach Genealogy (88)
Irvine Genealogy (55)
La Habra Genealogy (50)
La Palma Genealogy (35)
Laguna Beach Genealogy (47)

Laguna Hills Genealogy (35)
Lake Forest Genealogy (44)
Los Alamitos Genealogy (39)
Mission Viejo Genealogy (52)
Newport Beach Genealogy (79)
Orange Genealogy (83)
Placentia Genealogy (47)
Rancho Santa Margarita Genealogy (33)
San Clemente Genealogy (51)
San Juan Capistrano Genealogy (56)
Santa Ana Genealogy (152)
Seal Beach Genealogy (38)
Tustin Genealogy (40)
Westminster Genealogy (40)
Yorba Linda Genealogy (45)

Overview of Orange County Records

Orange County was created in 1889 from Los Angeles County.
Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1905 and later can be obtained from the California Department of Public Health.
The Orange County Recorder has birth records starting in 1887, marriage records starting in 1889, death records starting in 1889, and land records starting in 1889.
The Orange County Clerk has divorce, probate, and court records starting in 1889.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.