San Bernardino County, CA History and Genealogy
Welcome to Genealogy Trails! This county website is in need of a permanent host. If you are interested joining our group as webmaster for this website, or any of our websites, view our Volunteer Information page and Email Kim. A desire to transcribe data and know-how to make a basic webpage is required. We'll be adding data to this site when we can. Subscribe to our mailing lists to get notification when we update this and our other western websites. HISTORY San Bernardino County Courthouse Father Francisco Dumetz named San Bernardino on May 20, 1810, feast day of St. Bernardino of Siena. San Bernardino County was formed from parts of Los Angeles County in 1853. Parts of the county's territory were given to Riverside County in 1893. The Franciscans gave the name San Bernardino to the snowcapped peak in southern California, in honor of the saint and it is from him that the county derives its name. San Bernardino County is the largest county in the contiguous United States by area, containing more land than nine states. Located in the southeast of the state of California, the deserts and mountains of this vast county stretch from the outskirts of the densely populated Greater Los Angeles Area to the Nevada border and the Colorado River.
Incorporated Cities: Adelanto Apple Valley Barstow Big Bear Lake Chino Chino Hills Colton Fontana Grand Terrace Hesperia Highland Loma Linda Montclair Needles Ontario Rancho Cucamonga Redlands Rialto San Bernardino Twentynine Palms Upland Victorville Yucaipa Un-Incorporated Cities: Amboy Angelus Oaks Baker Big Bear City Big River Bloomington Bluewater Cadiz Crestline Daggett Devore Devore Heights Earp Forest Falls Fort Irwin Goffs Joshua Tree Lake Arrowhead Landers Lenwood Lucerne Valley Lytle Creek Mentone Morongo Valley Mountain View Acres Muscoy Nebo Center Newberry Springs Nipton Phelan Pinon Hills Running Springs San Antonio Heights Sugarloaf Searles Valley Trona Twentynine Palms Base Wrightwood Yermo Yucca Valley	Online Data Biographies Births Cemeteries Census Deaths History Marriages Military Obituaries Probate  Website Updates: 31 March 2008: Obit for Bryan 19 March 2008: Births 28 Nov 2007: Obit of Richardson Archives Locations National Archives - San Francisco 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066-2350 Library Locations A. K. Smiley Public Library Adelanto Branch Library Apple Valley Branch Library Barstow Branch Library Big Bear Lake Branch Library Bloomington Branch Library Chino Branch Library Chino Hills Colton Public Library - Main Library Crestline Branch Library Dorothy Inghram Branch Library Fontana Branch Library Grand Terrace Branch Library Hesperia Branch Library Highland Branch Library Howard M. Rowe Branch Library Kaiser Branch Library Lake Arrowhead Branch Library Loma Linda Branch Library Lucerne Valley Branch Library Luque Branch Library Mentone Branch Library Montclair Branch Library Needles Branch Library Norman F. Feldheym Library Ontario City Library Paul Villasenor Branch Library Rancho Cucamonga Public Library Rialto Branch Library Running Springs Branch Library South Ontario Branch Library Twentynine Palms Branch Library Upland Public Library Victorville Branch Library Wrightwood Branch Library Yucaipa Branch Library Yucca Valley Branch Library   Vital Records Resources County Government Center 385 North Arrowhead Avenue San Bernardino, CA 92415-0110 Phone: (909)387-2020 County Seat: San Bernardino Year Organized: 1853 Square Miles: 20,062
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