Wilmington Genealogy (in Los Angeles County, CA)

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Wilmington 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

Wilmington Cemetery Records

California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 Family Search online

Drum Barracks (Defunct) Find a Grave online

Some early southern California burials FamilySearch Library

Wilmington Cemetery Find a Grave online

Wilmington Census Records

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

Federal Census of 1940, Wilmington, California LDS Genealogy 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

Wilmington Church Records

Calvary Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1870-1932 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records, 1905-1914 (Calvary Presbyterian Church (Wilmington, California)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1931-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1931- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Wilmington Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Wilmington City Directories

Los Angeles (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

San Pedro (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Wilmington City Directory 1934 MyHeritage online

Wilmington, CA 1915 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Wilmington, CA 1920-1923 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Wilmington 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

Wilmington 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

Index to passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles, California, 1907-1936 FamilySearch Library

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

Wilmington Land Records

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

Wilmington Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California, 1900 Library of Congress online

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California, 1913 Library of Congress online

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California, January 1885 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Wilmington, Los Angeles County, California, November 1891 Library of Congress online

Wilmington 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

Wilmington Military Records

The Beat of the drum : the history, events and people of Drum Barracks, Wilmington, California FamilySearch Library

Wilmington Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Wilmington Newspapers and Obituaries

Press 1928-1930 Newspapers.com online

Press and Lomita Broadcast 1930-1930 Newspapers.com online

Wilmington Daily Press Journal 1930-1959 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Wilmington

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.

Daily Wilmington Journal. (Wilmington, Calif.) 1920s-1927

Press and the Lomita Broadcast. (Wilmington, Calif.) 1930-1931

Press. (Wilmington, Calif.) 1920s-1930

Wilmington Press and Lomita Broadcast. (Wilmington, Calif.) 1931-1932

Wilmington Press-Journal. (Wilmington, Calif.) 1945-1957

Wilmington Press. (Wilmington, Calif.) 1932-1945

Wilmington Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Wilmington School Records

Phineas Banning High School - Pilot Wheel Yearbook (Wilmington, CA), 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1986 E Yearbook online

Phineas Banning High School yearbook, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Phineas Banning High School yearbook, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 Classmates online

Wilmington Christian School yearbook, 1988 Classmates online



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