Berkeley Genealogy (in Alameda County, CA)

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Berkeley Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Berkeley birth index 1888-1905 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

California Birth Index, 1905-1995 Ancestry online

California, Birth Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

Record of births, town of Berkeley, 1898-1905; index, 1898-1903 FamilySearch Library

Berkeley Cemetery Records

Northbrae Community Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

Pre-1905 Cemetery Records for Alameda County, California Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society online

Berkeley Census Records

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 Ancestry online

U.S. Federal Census 1790-1950 MyHeritage online

United States Federal Census, 1790-1950 Family Search online

Berkeley Church Records

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Berkeley Free Church Collection, 1959-1976 Archive Grid

Bethany Lutheran Church records (in U.S. Evangelical Lutheran Church, Swedish American Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Knox Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Deaths, 1951-1958 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1917-1985 (St. Clement's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, California)) FamilySearch Library

Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Deaths, 1897-1913 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1913-1948 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1948-1955 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Record of members, 1925-1940; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1926- 1947 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Berkeley Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Sixty-five years of history, First Presbyterian Church, Berkeley, California, 1878-1943 FamilySearch Library

United Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1945-1958 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Berkeley City Directories (136)


Berkeley Death Records

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1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

Berkeley death index 1886-1905 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Berkeley death registers 1886-1905 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Berkely Daily Gazette obituary index, 1894-1910, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1930-1942, 1951, 1955, 1959-1965, 1967, 1970-1971, 1977-1980 & 1982 Berkeley Public Library online

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

California, Berkeley Public Library Obituary Index, 1894-1979 Ancestry online

California, Berkeley Public Library Obituary Index, 1894-1979 Archives.com online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

California, Death Records, 1905-present California Department of Public Health

Record of Deaths in Alameda County, California, Book C, 1889-1894 Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society online

Record of Deaths in Alameda County, California, Book D, 1895-1901 Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society online

Record of deaths, town of Berkeley, 1886-1905; index, 1886-1904 FamilySearch Library

Berkeley Histories and Genealogies

Berkeley Parlor 210, Native Sons of the Golden West, Berkeley, California, names excerpted from early records, 1900-1933 FamilySearch Library

Berkeley culture, University of California highlights, and University extension, 1892-1960 Open Library online

Index to the padrones FamilySearch Library

The Women's Faculty Club of the University of California, Berkeley, 1919-1982 Open Library online

Berkeley Immigration Records

Index to Naturalization In the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, 1852 - ca. 1989 Ancestry online

Naturalization records, 1880-1931; and index, 1853-1985 FamilySearch Library

US Naturalization Records, Northern California, 1852-1989 MyHeritage online

Berkeley Map Records

Berkeley 1894 Sanborn Map Historic Map Works online

Berkeley 1894 Sanborn Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Berkeley 1909 Bird's Eye View Map Historic Map Works online

Berkeley 1909 Bird's Eye View Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

Map of Berkeley, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Berkeley, Alameda County, California, 1911 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Berkeley, Alameda County, California, May 1894 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from East Berkeley, Alameda County, California, April 1890 Library of Congress online

Berkeley Marriage Records

1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 (selected years) Ancestry online

California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941 Ancestry online

Marriage records, 1917-1985 (St. Clement's Episcopal Church (Berkeley, California)) FamilySearch Library

Berkeley Minority Records

The Negro trail blazers of California : a compilation of records from the California Archives in the Bancroft Library at the University of California, in Berkeley, and from the diaries, old papers and conversations of old pioneers in the state of California FamilySearch Library

Berkeley Miscellaneous Records

Berkeley Social Register - 1899 Golden Nugget Library online

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Berkeley Newspapers and Obituaries

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Berkeley Daily Gazette 1899-1975 Newspapers.com online

Berkeley Daily Gazette, 1899-1954 Newspaper Archive online

Berkeley Daily Gazette, 1911-1946 Google News Archive online

Berkeley Gazette 1895-1898 Newspapers.com online

Berkeley Gazette 1975-1978 Newspapers.com online

Berkeley Gazette 1981-1983 Newspapers.com online

Berkeley Gazette, 1894-1898 Newspaper Archive online

Berkeley Sun and Letter, 1904-1905 Newspaper Archive online

Berkeley World-Gazette 1898-1899 Newspapers.com online

Berkeleyside 10/26/2009 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Berkely Daily Gazette obituary index, 1894-1910, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1930-1942, 1951, 1955, 1959-1965, 1967, 1970-1971, 1977-1980 & 1982 Berkeley Public Library online

California, Berkeley Public Library Obituary Index, 1894-1979 Ancestry online

California, Berkeley Public Library Obituary Index, 1894-1979 Archives.com online

East Bay Daily News 10/18/2006 to 03/08/2008 Genealogy Bank online

Fuego de Aztlan 03/01/1976 to 12/01/1978 Genealogy Bank online

Gazette 1894-1895 Newspapers.com online

Grito 09/01/1967 to 06/01/1974 Genealogy Bank online

La Prensa 1970 Historic Mexican and Mexican American Press online

North East Bay Independent and Gazette 1978-1981 Newspapers.com online

Sun and Letter 1904-1905 Newspapers.com online

Offline Newspapers for Berkeley

According to the US Newspaper Directory, the following newspapers were printed, so there may be paper or microfilm copies available. For more information on how to locate offline newspapers, see our article on Locating Offline Newspapers.

Ally. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1968-1972

Arlington Outlook. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1944-1968

Berkeley Advocate. (Berkeley, Cal.) 1877-1892

Berkeley Barb [Microform]. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1965-1980

Berkeley Barb. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1965-1980

Berkeley Daily Advocate. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1892-1897

Berkeley Daily Gazette. (Berkeley, Cal.) 1899-1975

Berkeley Daily Herald. ([Berkeley, Calif.]) 1894-1890s

Berkeley Daily Planet. (Berkeley, Ca) 1999-Current

Berkeley Evening World. (Berkeley, Calif) 1897-1898

Berkeley Gazette. (Berkeley, Cal.) 1895-1898

Berkeley Gazette. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1975-1978

Berkeley Gazette. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1981-1984

Berkeley Herald. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1886-1893

Berkeley Independent. (Berkeley [Calif.]) 1906-1913

Berkeley Metro Reporter. ([Berkeley, Calif.) 1972-Current

Berkeley Monitor. (Berkeley, Ca) 1969-1970s

Berkeley Times. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1910s-1921

Berkeley Tribe. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1969-1972

Berkeley Voice. (Berkeley, Ca) 1980s-Current

Berkeley Weekly Herald. (Berkeley, Cal.) 1893-1890s

Berkeley World-Gazette. (Berkeley, Cal.) 1898-1899

California Star, Yerba Buena and San Francisco. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1847-1848

California Star. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1847-1848

Capitalism Stinks. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1968-1969

Daily Californian. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1871-Current

Direct Action. (Berkeley, Ca) 1983-1980s

East Bay Voice. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1976-1979

Express. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1978-Current

Gazette. (Berkeley, Cal.) 1894-1895

Grassroots. (Berkeley, Ca) 1972-1986

North East Bay Independent and Gazette. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1978-1981

Oakland Post. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1963-Current

Pack Rat. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1969-1970s

Post. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1960s-1967

Record. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1937-1949

Richmond Post. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1963-Current

San Francisco Post. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1963-Current

War Bulletin. ([Berkeley, Calif.]) 1972-1973

Yellow Dog. (Berkeley, Calif.) 1968-1973

Berkeley Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Berkeley School Records (66)


Berkeley Tax Records

Berkeley, Calif. assessment records, 1871-1966 Archive Grid

Berkeley, Calif. assessment records, 1871-1966 Archive Grid

Sheriff / tax collector records, 1888-1985 FamilySearch Library



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