Welcome to OCCGS!

The Orange County California Genealogical Society (established in 1963) is a non-profit, educational organization in Huntington Beach with 400 members. Its purpose is to collect, preserve and disseminate knowledge and information in regards to genealogy and related historical, biographical and heraldic data. It strives to instill and promote interest and instruction in genealogical research. OCCGS provides full maintenance and development of the Genealogy Collection housed at the Huntington Beach Central Library (lower level), which now contains over 20,000 volumes. You can access the H.B. library system by clicking on Huntington Beach Public Library or go directly to the Genealogy Collection.

Military Veteran's Project

The Civil War Veteran's Project is being expanded to honor veterans of other conflicts, all under the umbrella of the Military Veteran's Project. In addition to honoring the veterans of the Civil War it seemed appropriate to honor veterans of other conflicts. The initial expansion of the project will cover the War of 1812, Mexican American War, Indian Wars, and Spanish American War. The Indexes have been created and in time will be linked to brief biographies of the those veterans. Many thanks to Edna Cardinal for her tremendous work on this project!

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