Immigrant Genealogical Society Library
1310 West Magnolia Blvd.
Burbank CA
Mail to: PO Box 7369
Burbank CA 91510-7369
The holdings of this library include American resources as well as information for those researching German ancestry. They have over 225 town lineage books (Ortssippenbucher), Surname Books, gazetteers, European and American Telephone books, German and European Immigrant Passenger Arrival lists, the Mecklenburg Emigrants Database and much more.

Trained volunteers will search for names in specific books for a small fee. Send a SASE (Self addressed stamped envelope) to the library for a list of books they will search, the amount of the fees, and the forms to submit for the searches.

Phone: (818) 848-3122
Hours: Wednesday and Sunday 12 noon to 5 pm. and Saturday 10 am to 5 pm

The Sons of the Revolution Library
600 S. Central Ave
Glendale, CA 91204
The holdings in this library include over 10,000 books with information pertaining to the American Revolution, the founding of the United States and state and local histories. It also has over 1700 family histories. There are Lineage Books, indexes and much more. There is a small donation to use the library

Phone: (818) 240-1775

The Southern California Genealogical Society Library
417 Irving Drive
Burbank, CA 91504-2408
The Library has over 30,000 books as well as the largest collection of genealogical periodicals on the West Coast. There are thousands of manuscripts held there also. The library volunteers will do standard searches for names in their Revolutionary War holdings for a small fee.

Phone: (818) 843-7247
Fax: (818) 843-7262
e-mail to the SCGS
Hours: Tuesday 10 am-9 pm, Wednesday-Friday 10am-4pm
First and second Sunday each month, third and fourth Saturdays 10 am - 4 pm

See also the Los Angeles Public Library (Central) which has a large genealogical section