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:''The&nbsp;'' place for research in Southern California. Good genealogy collection and biographical indexes. Key online database subscriptions, censuses, vital records indexes, 10,000 family histories, 5,000 U.S. city directory microfilms, heraldry, how-to guides, selected passenger arrivals including San Pedro/Wilmington/Los Angeles for 1907-1948, local histories, maps, military records, newspapers, obituaries, and periodicals. Can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref name="DB1921" /> <ref>[http://www.lapl.org/collections-resources/research-guides/genealogy Genealogy] in ''Los Angeles Public Library'' (accessed 9 November 2013).</ref>

:One of the largest Family History Centers in America, including 86 public computers, 56,000 microfilms, 40,000 microfiche and 6,000 books. Censuses, vital records from many states, genealogies, and histories, immigration, natualizations, passenger arrivals, with especially strong United States and British collections. Can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref name="DB1921" /> <ref>[http://www.encinojon.com/lafhl/ Genealogy Research at the Los Angeles FamilySearch Library] (Internet site) (accessed 9 November 2013). </ref>

:Good genealogy collection with emphasis on the Napa Valley and New England, including family histories, vital records, atlases and maps, Napa County marriages, censuses, voters, churches, and cemetery records, Hartford Times index, American State Papers, a manuscripts room, and computers. Can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref name="DB1921" /> <ref>[http://www.napavalleygenealogy.org/holdings.html Research Library] in ''Napa Valley Genealogical Society'' (accessed 9 November 2013).</ref>

:Over 9,000 books, periodicals, family histories, county and local histories, city directories, plus over 37,000 reels of microfilm and 9,000 microfiche containing millions of local vital records and censuses from all over the world. Can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref name="DB1921" />

:Five public computers, family histories, and books about every state. Alabama Records, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Pennsylvania Archives, Michigan Pioneer collection, French-Canadian Heritage Society of California collection (Tanguay, Red Drouin, Blue Drouin, PRDH, Loiselle), German Genealogical Society of America collection, Genealogical Society of Hispanic America collection, Los Angeles City Historical Society collection, Cornwall England collection, Massachusetts town vital records, Connecticut Barbour Collection, Filby's passenger lists, Boston Transcripts (early Boston newspaper genealogical column), Joseph Brown Turner collection of northeastern states and New England, California Death and Marriage Indexes. Can order microfilms from the [[Family History Library]] in Salt Lake City.<ref name="DB1921" /> <ref>[http://www.scgsgenealogy.com/about/coll-highlights.html Library Collection Highlights] in ''Southern California Genealogy Society and Family Research Library'' (accessed 10 November 2013).</ref>