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San Francisco Birth Records

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1892 births published in 3 San Francisco newspapers: Examiner, Chronicle, Morning Call FamilySearch Books online

1892 births published in 3 San Francisco newspapers: Examiner, Chronicle, Morning Call. WorldCat

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Annual compilation of births, marriages, deaths in the Sacramento Union, 1859-1886 FamilySearch Library

Birth records from San Francisco newspapers. WorldCat

Births published in 3 San Francisco newspapers: Examiner, Chronicle, Morning Call 1892 LDS Genealogy online

Births published in 3 San Francisco newspapers: Examiner, Chronicle, Morning Call 1892 Internet Archive online

Births, Marriages and Deaths, 18 May 1878-16 May 1885, As Reported in the Ferndale Enterprise FamilySearch Library

Births,1900, and County of San Francisco, California FamilySearch Library

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

San Francisco Call Database Index 1869-1900 Jim W. Faulkinbury online

San Francisco birth records copied from San Francisco newspapers, 1900-1906. WorldCat

Some births, deaths & marriages from Ferndale Enterprise and San Francisco Bulletin. WorldCat

Vital records for the Year 1861 from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California LDS Genealogy online

Vital records for the Year 1861 from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California Internet Archive online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1856 Vol I LDS Genealogy online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1856 Vol I Internet Archive online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1857 Vol I LDS Genealogy online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1857 Vol I Internet Archive online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California (n.d.]) Internet Archive online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California, 1849-1935 LDS Genealogy online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California, 1849-1935 Internet Archive online

San Francisco Cemetery Records

Burial records, 1850-1862 FamilySearch Library

California, City and County of San Francisco, cemetery records, 1865-1932 FamilySearch Library

California, Collections of the California Genealogical Society, 1700-1942 (includes cemetery records, probate records, and newspaper index) Family Search online

Cemetery records from National Cemetery, San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, and Veterans Home, Napa County FamilySearch Library

Croatian cemetery records of San Francisco. WorldCat

Epitaphs. Mission San Francisco de Asis Cemetery (Mission Dolores) San Francisco, California LDS Genealogy online

Epitaphs. Mission San Francisco de Asis Cemetery (Mission Dolores) San Francisco, California Internet Archive online

Epitaphs. Mission San Francisco de Asis Cemetery (Mission Dolores) San Francisco, California (1950) Internet Archive online

First Unitarian Universalist Church Grounds Find a Grave online

Inscriptions from City Cemetery Thirty-fourth Avenue and Clement Street (now Lincoln Park), San Francisco, California FamilySearch Library

Jewish Cemetery (included in California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-193) Ancestry online

Jugoslav cemetery records of San Francisco, 1849-1930. WorldCat

Laurel Hill Cemetery (included in California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-193) Ancestry online

Lone Mountain Cemetery (included in California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-193) Ancestry online

Masonic Cemetery (included in California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-193) Ancestry online

Mission Cemetery (included in California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-193) Ancestry online

Neptune Society Columbarium Billion Graves online

Presidio Chapel Cemetery Find a Grave online

Records from tombstones in Laurel Hill Cemetery 1853-1937, San Francisco, California WorldCat

Records from tombstones in Laurel Hill Cemetery, 1853-1927 (1935) Internet Archive online

Report of inventory : Neptune Society Columbarium WorldCat

Saint Dominics Catholic Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

San Francisco National Cemetery Find a Grave online

San Francisco National Cemetery Billion Graves online

San Francisco National Cemetery Interment online

San Francisco National Cemetery Interment online

San Francisco National Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

San Francisco National Cemetery California Gravestones online

San Francisco cemetery records, 1848-1863 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco cemetery records, 1848-1863 LDS Genealogy online

San Francisco cemetery records, 1848-1863 Internet Archive online

San Francisco cemetery records, 1848-1863 (1938) Internet Archive online

San Francisco death index - the book of the dead - Masonic Cemetery records, ca. 1800-1900 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco death index - the book of the dead, ca. 1850-1862 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco's Laurel Hill (1940) Internet Archive online

San Francisco, California, Columbarium records, 1847-1980 WorldCat

San Francisco, California, I.O.O.F. crematory records FamilySearch Library

Vital records from Masonic Cemetery, San Francisco, California FamilySearch Library

West Coast Memorial Interment online

Yerba Buena Cemetery Billion Graves online

Yerba Buena Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave online

Yerba Buena Cemetery (included in California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-193) Ancestry online

San Francisco Census Records

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

Census 1870 - Ward 1, San Francisco, ED39 US Gen Web Archives online

U.S. Civil War, Roll of Honor, Vol. XII (Soldiers Buried in Fort Bridges, Utah Territory & Presidio, San Francisco, California) Ancestry online

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

San Francisco Church Records

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A Guide to church vital statistics records in California : San Francisco and Alameda Counties Ancestry online

A Pioneer Pastorate And Times : First Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, CA) Ancestry online

Ascension Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Bethlehem Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Church records and minutes, 1910-1954 (First Evangelical and Reformed Church (San Francisco, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1868-1898 (Olivet Presbyterian Church (San Francisco, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1873-1928 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. San Francisco Branch (San Francisco, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, ca. 1892-1921 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. San Francisco Branch (California)) FamilySearch Library

Congregation Sherith Israel records 1851-2003 Archive Grid

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

Extracts of church records, 1776-1851 (Catholic Church. Mission San Francisco de Ass (San Francisco, California)) FamilySearch Library

Fifty years of the First Unitarian Church of San Francisco : October 20, 1850, October 21, 1900 Ancestry online

First Baptist Church records : San Francisco, ca. 1856-1898 Archive Grid

History of the diocese of California from 1849 to 1914 ([1915]) Internet Archive online

Hope Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, 1949-1952 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Lebanon Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1881-1917 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Marriages performed by E. H. Jenks, 1876-1927 FamilySearch Library

Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1943-1969 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Mission San Francisco De Asis (Delores) California FamilySearch Library

Mission San Francisco De Asis (Delores) California Genealogy Gophers online

Olivet Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1954-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Presbyterian Church in Chinatown, San Francisco, Historical Documentation Project records, 1848-2004 (bulk 1960-2003), Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Presbytery of San Francisco Archive Grid

Record of members, 1925-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1927- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Mission Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1927-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1927- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. San Francisco Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1927-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1927- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Sunset Ward (San Francisco, California)) FamilySearch Library

Stewart Memorial United Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1929-1961 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

The Retrospect : a glance at thirty years of the history of Howard Street Methodist Episcopal Church of San Francisco FamilySearch Library

The history of the first pastorate of the Howard Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, California. 1850-1862 (1900) Internet Archive online

The retrospect. A glance at thirty years of the history of Howard street Methodist Episcopal church of San Francisco LDS Genealogy online

The retrospect. A glance at thirty years of the history of Howard street Methodist Episcopal church of San Francisco Internet Archive online

Trinity Church Collection, 1862-1935 Archive Grid

Trinity Lutheran church records (in U.S., Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Trinity Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1932-1959 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California (n.d.]) Internet Archive online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California, 1849-1935 LDS Genealogy online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California, 1849-1935 Internet Archive online

Westminster Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1942-1951 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Working for God alone : the Little Sisters of the Poor in San Francisco, 1901-2001 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco City Directories (467)


San Francisco Court Records

Courts of Appeal records 1904-2007 Archive Grid

Private land grant cases in the Circuit Court of the Northern District of California, 1852-1910 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco Superior Court Cases, 1905-1922, San Francisco Superior Court Archive Grid

San Francisco Death Records (52)


San Francisco Histories and Genealogies (84)


San Francisco Immigration Records (50)


San Francisco Land Records

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Abstracts of title in San Francisco, 1847-1876 Archive Grid

California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997 (alphabetical newspaper clipping file of the "San Francisco Examiner", death reports, general index, indexes to deeds, deeds, indexes to marriage certificates, marriage licenses, indexes to naturalizations, naturalization records, coroner's records, and alien registrations) Family Search online

Deeds, 1850-1901 FamilySearch Library

Greens Land Paper (San Francisco, 1872) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Private land grant cases in the Circuit Court of the Northern District of California, 1852-1910 FamilySearch Library

The Kitts' index to records in the Nevada County Recorder's Office for July 21, 1856 to Jan. 26, 1922 FamilySearch Library

The San Francisco block book : comprising Fifty vara survey, One hundred vara survey, South Beach, Mission, Horner's addition, Potrero, Western addition, Richmond district, Sunset district, Flint tract .. FamilySearch Library

The old Spanish & Mexican ranchos of Orange County FamilySearch Library

Trinity County, California land ownership map, 1894 FamilySearch Library

Trust deeds, 1878-1898 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco Map Records

Bird's eye view map of San Francisco, 1868 Library of Congress online

Birdseye view map of San Francisco and surrounding country, 1876 Library of Congress online

California, Utah, San Francisco Bay 1864 Mitchell Plate Map Historic Map Works online

California, Utah, San Francisco Bay 1864 Mitchell Plate Map (included in Historic U.S. Maps) MyHeritage online

City map of San Francisco and it's vicinity, California, 1893 Library of Congress online

City of San Francisco Map American Geographical Society online

County map of the state of California FamilySearch Library

Graphic chart map of the city and county of San Francisco, 1875 Library of Congress online

Map of San Francisco, 1855 Library of Congress online

Map of San Francisco, 1862, from Russian Hill Library of Congress online

Map of San Francisco. Bird's-eye view, 1864 Library of Congress online

Map of part of San Francisco, California, April 18, 1908 : showing buildings constructed and buildings under construction during two years after fire of April 18, 1906. Library of Congress online

Map of the city & county of San Francisco FamilySearch Library

New and improved street map of the city of San Francisco, Cal. FamilySearch Library

Official map of "Chinatown" in San Francisco, 1998 Library of Congress online

Official map of San Francisco compiled from the field notes of the official re-survey made by Wm. M. Eddy. surveyor of the town of San Francisco, 1849 Library of Congress online

Official map of San Francisco, 1849 Library of Congress online

Official map of San Francisco, compiled from the field notes of the official re-survey made by William M. Eddy, surveyor of the town of San Francisco, California, 1849 Library of Congress online

Railroad map of the city of San Francisco, California FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1887 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1893 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1899 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1900 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1904 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1913 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1913-1948 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1913-1949 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1913-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1914 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1914-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1915 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1915-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 1922 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, September 1887 Library of Congress online

Shell street map of Bay Cities FamilySearch Library

The city map of San Francisco. Birds eye view from the bay looking south-west, 1878 Library of Congress online

Two years after : map of part of San Francisco, California, April l8, 1908 : showing buildings constructed and buldings under construction during two years after fire of April l8, l906 FamilySearch Library

View map of San Francisco, Taken from the Western Hill at the foot of Telegraph Hill, looking toward Ringon Point and Mission Valley, 1851 Library of Congress online

View map of San Francisco, formerly Yerba Buena, in 1846-7 before the discovery of gold, 1884 Library of Congress online

San Francisco Marriage Records

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1850-1952 California County Marriages MyHeritage online

Annual compilation of births, marriages, deaths in the Sacramento Union, 1859-1886 FamilySearch Library

Births, Marriages and Deaths, 18 May 1878-16 May 1885, As Reported in the Ferndale Enterprise FamilySearch Library

California Marriages, 1850-1877 Ancestry online

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

California, San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997 (alphabetical newspaper clipping file of the "San Francisco Examiner", death reports, general index, indexes to deeds, deeds, indexes to marriage certificates, marriage licenses, indexes to naturalizations, naturalization records, coroner's records, and alien registrations) Family Search online

City and county of San Francisco, California marriage licenses issued, 1900 FamilySearch Library

Elopements and Marriages from the Indexes of the San Francisco Call 1894 Thru 1903 FamilySearch Library

Elopements and marriages from the indexes of the San Francisco Call 1894 thru 1903 WorldCat

Index to San Francisco marriage returns, 1850-1858 FamilySearch Library

Marriages performed by E. H. Jenks, 1876-1927 FamilySearch Library

More Gleanings from Alta California : Vital Records Published in California's First Newspaper, Year-1851 FamilySearch Library

Re-recorded marriages, 1860-1975; index to marriage certificates, 1904-1906 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco Call Database Index 1869-1900 Jim W. Faulkinbury online

Some births, deaths & marriages from Ferndale Enterprise and San Francisco Bulletin. WorldCat

Vital records for the Year 1861 from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California LDS Genealogy online

Vital records for the Year 1861 from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California Internet Archive online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1856 Vol I LDS Genealogy online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1856 Vol I Internet Archive online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1857 Vol I LDS Genealogy online

Vital records from the Daily Evening Bulletin, San Francisco, California, 1857 Vol I Internet Archive online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California (n.d.]) Internet Archive online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California, 1849-1935 LDS Genealogy online

Vital statistics from records in Trinity Episcopal church of San Francisco, California, 1849-1935 Internet Archive online

San Francisco Military Records

California, San Francisco, World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918 Family Search online

Men of courage : San Francisco police officers WorldCat

Register of the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution : instituted at San Francisco, California Ancestry online

Register of the commissioned and warrant officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps : January 1, 1929 Ancestry online

San Francisco Minority Records

Bien, Danish newspaper, 1882-2011 (selections) Musem of Danish America online

California Immigration Registers of Japanese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians at San Francisco, 1928-1942 Family Search online

California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1893-1943 Family Search online

California, San Francisco, Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards, 1883-1924 Family Search online

Croatian contributions to San Francisco : (Dalmatia-Istria-Bay of Kotor-Hercegovina) from 1849-1949 to restaurants, coffee saloons, oyster saloons, saloons-liquor, importers-exporters, fruits-produce, fishing-fishermen, oysters-oystermen, mariners FamilySearch Library

Emanu-El and the Jewish Journal. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1932-1945 US Newspaper Directory

From Italy to San Francisco : the immigrant experience FamilySearch Library

J. The Jewish News of Northern California (San Francisco, 1903-1967) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Jewish Bulletin of Northern California. (San Francisco, Ca) 1992-2003 US Newspaper Directory

Jewish Community Bulletin. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1946-1969 US Newspaper Directory

Jewish Journal. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1928-1932 US Newspaper Directory

Jewish News Weekly of Northern California : J. (San Francisco, Ca) 2003-Current US Newspaper Directory

Northern California Jewish Bulletin. (San Francisco, Calif.) 1982-1992 US Newspaper Directory

San Francisco Chinese Exclusion List Ancestry online

The Chinese in California 1850-1925 Archive Grid

The Chinese in San Francisco : a pictorial history FamilySearch Library

The Italian settlement of San Francisco FamilySearch Library

The Italians of San Francisco : their adjustment and acculturation FamilySearch Library

The Italians of San Francisco, 1850-1930 = Gli Italiani di San Francisco, 1850-1930 FamilySearch Library

The San Francisco Irish, 1848-1880 FamilySearch Library

The history and review of the Scandinavian Society of San Francisco, California FamilySearch Library

Unbound voices : a documentary history of Chinese women in San Francisco FamilySearch Library

United States, California, San Francisco, Records of Chinese Laborers Returning to the US, 1882-1888 Family Search online

San Francisco Miscellaneous Records

Annual report for the year ending March first, nineteen hundred and fourteen FamilySearch Library

Annual report of the trustees of State Marine Hospital at San Francisco, California, for 1852 patient lists FamilySearch Library

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

California, San Francisco Crew Manifests, 1896-1921 Family Search online

Crew lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, California, 1905-1921 FamilySearch Library

Papers and documents, 1854-1900 FamilySearch Library

Papers of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 : III, minutes and miscellaneous papers, financial accounts and vouchers FamilySearch Library

Port of San Francisco: custom house records, 1848-1851 FamilySearch Library

Record of orphans, half orphans, etc., on State aid, 1907-1910, City and County of San Francisco FamilySearch Library

San Francisco 1890 great register of voters FamilySearch Library

San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner's Records, 1902-1956 WorldCat

San Francisco Shangaiers 1886-1890 (names of sailors) Mystic Seaport Museum online

Ship Brooklyn Association files, 1846 : MS 16442 FamilySearch Library

U.S., Applications for Seaman's Protection Certificates, 1916-1940 (includes San Francisco, California) Ancestry online

United States, California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949 Family Search online

San Francisco Newspapers and Obituaries (262)


San Francisco Probate Records

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1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Abstracts of wills, 1848 to 1900, San Diego County, California on film, office of the County Clerk FamilySearch Library

California, Collections of the California Genealogical Society, 1700-1942 (includes cemetery records, probate records, and newspaper index) Family Search online

California, Collections of the California Genealogical Society, 1700-1942 (includes cemetery records, probate register of actions (San Francisco City and County), 1906-1942, and other records) Family Search online

Wills, 1887-1921 FamilySearch Library

Wills, 1891-1955; index, 1891-1950 FamilySearch Library

Wills, 1893-1919 FamilySearch Library

Wills, 1906-1922 FamilySearch Library

San Francisco School Records (231)


San Francisco Tax Records

San Francisco Delinquent Tax Lists, 1876-1893 Archive Grid

San Francisco Delinquent Tax Lists, 1876-1893 Digital Public Library of America online



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