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LOS
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Los Angeles County, CAAn Introduction
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Los Angeles County is a county in California
and is the most populous county in the United
States. Figures from the U.S. Census Bureau gives an estimated 2005
population of 9,758,886 residents,[1]
while the California State government's population bureau lists a January 1,
2006 estimate of
10,245,672.[2]
The county seat is the city of Los Angeles. The history of Los
Angeles County began in the San Gabriel Valley in September 1771 when Father
Junipero Serra and a group of Spaniards founded the San Gabriel Mission as
the center of the first community in an area inhabited by small bands of
Gabrielino Indians. On September 4,
1781, the Pobladores, a group of 12 families – 46 men, women and children
from the San Gabriel Mission led by Captain Rivera y Moncada – established a
community in what is now known as the City of Los Angeles. They named it El
Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles de Porciuncula (The River of
Our Lady the Queen of the Angels of Porciuncula), after a nearby river. In
September of 1797, the Franciscan monks established the |
San Fernando Mission Rey de Espana in the northern San Fernando Valley, which is now the city of San Fernando. California was ruled by Spain until 1822 when Mexico assumed jurisdiction. After a two-year period of hostilities with Mexico beginning in 1846, the area came under U.S. control. In 1848 the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo made California a United States territory. The County of Los Angeles was established on February 18, 1850 as one of the 27 original counties, several months before California was admitted to the Union. Today, Los Angeles County has 88 cities and more than 140 unincorporated communities. The first city, incorporated on April 4, 1850, was the City of Los Angeles, which was designated as the official seat of County government. In 1886 Pasadena and Santa Monica were established. Monrovia became the fourth Los Angeles County city in 1887; followed by Pomona, Long Beach, South Pasadena, and Compton in 1888. Redondo Beach became a city in 1892, as did Whittier and Azusa in 1898. The latest additions to the county were Santa Clarita in 1987, Diamond Bar in 1989, and Malibu and Calabasas in 1991. |
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Los Angeles County, CA Genealogy Information Websites The following are links to websites that will provide you with specific genealogical information
to assist with your research for this County. |
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Use
the following LINK to find other information that may pertain to this
location. Wikipedia, the free
encyclopedia Free Genealogy Search Help For
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Los Angeles County, CA
Image GalleryDuring
our research we have collected and images and photographs that are of general
interest to a variety of localities.
Some of them are presented on this website because we believe they
tend to provide the reader with additional information which may aid in the
understanding of our ancestors past lives. If you have
any photographs or other images relating to this ancestral location we would
greatly appreciate hearing from you. |
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Bovard Hall at the University of Southern
California shortly after completion in 1921. |
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Use
the following LINK to ascertain whether we have any images that pertain to
this location. ANCESTRAL
LOCATION PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES |
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Contact Information
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Pony
Express: Tom |
Snail
mail: Fred USA |
