San Jose Genealogy (in Santa Clara County, CA)

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San Jose Birth Records

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1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth records, 1873-1905 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

Delayed and supplemental reports of birth, 1938-1967 FamilySearch Library

Index register of births of Santa Clara County, 1873-1905 FamilySearch Library

Record of births, city of San Jose v. C,1 1889-1905 FamilySearch Library

San Jose births 1889-1905 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

San Jose Cemetery Records

Beth David Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987 Ancestry online

California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Oak Hill Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1838-1985 Family Search online

Calvary Catholic Cemetery Billion Graves online

Calvary Catholic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Cemetery headstone inscriptions ca. 1838-1985 FamilySearch Library

Cemetery headstone inscriptions, 1850-1899 FamilySearch Library

Cemetery inscriptions of unmarked graves, ca. 1922-1950 FamilySearch Library

Cemetery inscriptions, ca. 1882-1987 FamilySearch Library

Civil War soldiers buried in San Jose, California FamilySearch Library

Holy Cross Cemetery (Defunct) Find a Grave online

Home of Peace Cemetery Find a Grave online

Islamic Cemetery Find a Grave online

Los Gatos Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Los Gatos Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Oak Hill Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Oak Hill Memorial Park Billion Graves online

Oak Hill Memorial Park, San Jose US Gen Web Archives online

Saint Francis of Asissi Memorial Garden Find a Grave online

Santa Clara County Hospital Cemetery (defunct) Find a Grave online

Willow Glen United Methodist Church Columbarium Find a Grave online

San Jose Census Records

1852 California State Census MyHeritage online

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

California 1790 census : cities of Los Angeles, Monterey, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Barbara FamilySearch Library

City census, 1897 FamilySearch Library

Extracts of census records, 1799 (Catholic Church. Mission San Jos de Guadalupe (San Jose, California)) FamilySearch Library

Federal Census 1870 San Jose Township US Gen Web Archives 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 Jose Church Records

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Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1946-1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Naglee Park Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1946-1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Willow Glen Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1874-1916 (United Presbyterian Church (San Jose, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1891-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. San Jose Branch (San Jose, California)) FamilySearch Library

Extracts of census records, 1799 (Catholic Church. Mission San Jos de Guadalupe (San Jose, California)) FamilySearch Library

Extracts of church records, 1797-1822 (Catholic Church. Mission San Jos de Guadalupe (San Jose, California)) FamilySearch Library

First United Presbyterian Church, Register, 1912-1929 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

First United Presbyterian Church, Session/Register, 1875-1890 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

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

Record of members, 1920-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1935-1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. San Jose Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Trinity Church, San Jose, California, Advent 1860 to Easter 1903 Genealogy Gophers online

Trinity Church, San Jose, California, Advent 1860 to Easter 1903 LDS Genealogy online

Trinity Church, San Jose, California, Advent 1860 to Easter 1903 Internet Archive online

Trinity Church, San Jose, California, Advent 1860 to Easter 1903 (1903) Internet Archive online

Two Centuries at Mission San Jose, 1797-1997 FamilySearch Library

San Jose City Directories (179)


San Jose Court Records

Courts of Appeal records 1904-2007 Archive Grid

San Jose Death Records

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1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage online

Amos Williams Funeral Home Books Index, 1902-1970s Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society online

California Death Index, 1940-1997 Ancestry online

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

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

California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987 Ancestry online

Death records, 1873-1905 (Santa Clara County, California) FamilySearch Library

Index register of deaths of Santa Clara County, 1873-1905 FamilySearch Library

Monahan Funeral Home Books Surname Index, 1914-1936 Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society online

Obituaries in the San Jose Mercury, San Jose, California, 1979 FamilySearch Library

Record of deaths, city of San Jose v. C,1-2 1889-1905 FamilySearch Library

San Jose deaths 1889-1905 vol C (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Santa Clara County death registers 1873-1904 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Santa Clara County deaths 1899-1905 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Santa Clara County obituary index for the Evening News, Morning Times, Mercury News, and Daily Herald newspapers, ca. 1877-1901 FamilySearch Library

San Jose Histories and Genealogies

African Americans of San Jose and Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society online

Historical sketch of the State Normal School at San Jos, California, 1862-1889 : with a catalogue of its graduates and a record of their work for twenty-seven years FamilySearch Library

History of San Jos Clyde Arbuckle's history of San Jos : chronicling San Jos's founding as California's earliest pueblo in 1777, through exciting and tumultuous history which paved the way for today's metropolitan San Jos FamilySearch Library

History of San Jose, California : narrative and biographical Ancestry online

Reminiscensces of Santa Clara Valley SCCHGS online

Santa Clara County History - Effects of the 1906 Earthquake in San Jose SF Genealogy online

The Story of San Jose 1777 - 1869 SCCHGS online

The history of San Jose and surroundings Google Books online

The history of San Jose and surroundings, with biographical sketches of early settlers : illustrated with map and engravings on stone FamilySearch Library

San Jose Immigration Records

Declarations of intention for naturalization, Santa Clara County, Califo rnia : volume A, 1850-1962, volume B, 1862-1867, volume E, 1848-1870 FamilySearch Library

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

Naturalization records, 1831-1933 FamilySearch Library

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

San Jose Map Records

Bird's eye view map of the city of San Jose, Cal., 1869 Library of Congress online

City map of San Jose, Cal. 1875. Library of Congress online

Map of San Jose, California, 1901 Library of Congress online

Map of the city of San Jose, 1886 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 1884 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 1891 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from San Jose, Santa Clara County, California, 1915 Library of Congress online

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

The history of San Jose and surroundings, with biographical sketches of early settlers : illustrated with map and engravings on stone FamilySearch Library

San Jose Marriage Records

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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

Card index to Santa Clara County, California, marriage licenses, ca. 1846-1946 FamilySearch Library

Early Marriage Records of Santa Clara County : from first book of marriage records, 1859-1862 (book on file in Hall of Records, North First and Rosa Street, San Jose, California) FamilySearch Library

Marriage licenses and certificates, 1849-1919 FamilySearch Library

Marriage records, 1850-1905 FamilySearch Library

Marriages in Santa Clara County (24 Sep 1829 - 24 Oct 1904 ) Western States Marriage Index online

Record of marriages of Santa Clara, County, 1904-1917, and index 1904-1918 FamilySearch Library

Santa Clara County, California - index to marriages, 1859-1872 FamilySearch Library

San Jose Military Records

Military records of service men FamilySearch Library

Records of California men in the War of the Rebellion, 1861 to 1867 Ancestry online

Records, 1910-1926 FamilySearch Library

War the only means of preserving our nationality. An oration, delivered at San Jose, Santa Clara County, Cal., July 4, 1864 LDS Genealogy online

War the only means of preserving our nationality. An oration, delivered at San Jose, Santa Clara County, Cal., July 4, 1864 Internet Archive online

San Jose Minority Records

African Americans of San Jose and Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogical Society online

San Jose Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

San Jose Social Register - 1899 Golden Nugget Library online

San Jose Newspapers and Obituaries

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Almaden Resident 10/16/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Cambrian Resident 11/21/2012 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Campbell Reporter 09/22/1999 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Cupertino Courier 12/27/1995 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Daily morning times (San Jose, 1879-1884) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Evening News 02/23/1884 to 12/30/1922 Genealogy Bank online

Evening News, 1808, 1862-1864, 1873, 1877-1947 Google News Archive online

Los Gatos Weekly-Times 03/17/1999 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Mercury News 06/01/1985 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Mercury News, The: Web Edition Articles 04/01/2007 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Obituaries in the San Jose Mercury, San Jose, California, 1979 FamilySearch Library

Registro Misional, 1835-1859 FamilySearch Library

Rose Garden Resident 04/29/2004 to 01/20/2016 Genealogy Bank online

San Jose Daily Herald 02/13/1873 to 09/14/1876 Genealogy Bank online

San Jose Daily News, 1886, 1928-1947 Google News Archive online

San Jose Mercury News 11/05/1861 to 12/31/1922 Genealogy Bank online

San Jose Mercury-news (San Jose, 1869-1920) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

San Jose Spotlight 02/23/2019 to Current Genealogy Bank online

San Jose State University Student Publications Collection, 1880-2004 (includes yearbooks and newspapers) San Jose State University online

San Jose Times Star (San Jose, 1907-1908) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

San Jose Tribune 12/28/1860 to 04/19/1861 Genealogy Bank online

San Jose Weekly Mercury 07/28/1858 to 08/03/1876 Genealogy Bank online

San Jose daily Mercury (San Jose, 1861-1862) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

San Jose herald (San Jose, 1876-1900) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

San Jose weekly Mercury (San Jose, 1861-1892) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Santa Clara County obituary index for the Evening News, Morning Times, Mercury News, and Daily Herald newspapers, ca. 1877-1901 FamilySearch Library

Spartan Daily: San Jose State University 05/15/2006 to 03/12/2019 Genealogy Bank online

Sunnyvale Sun 02/21/1996 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Willow Glen Resident 01/10/1996 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for San Jose

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.

Alianza Metropolitan News. (San Jose, Ca) 1990s-Current

California State Journal. (San Jose [Calif.]) 1850-1851

Daily Argus. (San Jose, Calif.) 1868-1877

Daily City Item. (San Jose, Calif.) 1883-1885

Daily Evening Patriot. (San Jose, Cal.) 1860s-1867

Daily Independent. (San Jose, Cal.) 1870-1871

Daily Morning Times. (San Jose, Calif.) 1879-1884

Daily Morning Times. (San Jose, Calif.) 1879-1884

Evening News. (San Jose, Calif.) 1886-1927

Morning Times. (San Jose, Calif.) 1906-1913

Phoenix. (San Jose, Cal.) 1891-1892

Pioneer. (San Jose, Calif.) 1877-1898

Salt of the Earth. (San Jose, Calif.) 1971-1972

San Jose Community News. (San Jose, Calif.) 1976-1977

San Jose Daily Argus. (San Jose, Calif.) 1877-1878

San Jose Daily Herald. (San Jose, Cal.) 1876-1899

San Jose Daily Mercury. (San Jose, Calif.) 1861-1860s

San Jose Daily Mercury. (San Jose, Calif.) 1885-1899

San Jose Daily Mercury. (San Jose, Santa Clara County, Cal.) 1869-1884

San Jose Daily News. (San Jose, Calif.) 1885-1886

San Jose Daily Patriot. (San Jose, Calif.) 1867-1876

San Jose Herald. (San Jose, Calif.) 1899-1913

San Jose Maverick. (San Jose, Calif.) 1969-1970

San Jose Mercury Herald. (San Jose, Calif.) 1913-1950

San Jose Mercury Herald. (San Jose, Calif.) 1913-1950

San Jose Mercury-News. (San Jose, Calif.) 1983-Current

San Jose Mercury. (San Jose, Calif.) 1899-1913

San Jose Mercury. (San Jose, Calif.) 1950-1983

San Jose Morning Republic. (San Jose, Calif.) 1880s-1880s

San Jose Red Eye. (San Jose, Calif.) 1969-1972

San Jose Semi-Weekly Tribune. (San Jose, Santa Clara County, Calif.) 1854-1855

San Jose Telegraph and Santa Clara County Register. (San Jose, Cal.) 1853-1855

San Jose Telegraph. (San Jose, Calif.) 1855-1860

San Jose Tri-Weekly Times. (San Jose, Calif.) 1862-1863

San Jose Tribune. (San Jose, Santa Clara County, Cal.) 1855-1862

San Jose Weekly Herald. (San Jose, Cal.) 1870s-1878

San Jose Weekly Mercury. (San Jose, Calif.) 1869-1900s

Santa Clara Argus. (San Jose, Calif.) 1866-1874

Santa Clara Register. (San Jose, Calif.) 1852-1853

Saturday Advertiser. (San Jose, Cal.) 1860s-1869

Semi-Monthly Letter. (San Jose, Calif.) 1894-1895

Times-Mercury Weekly. (San Jose, Calif.) 1880s-1885

Times-Mercury. (San Jose, Calif.) 1884-1885

Weekly Argus. (San Jose, Calif.) 1874-1878

Weekly Times. (San Jose, Calif.) 1880s-1880s

San Jose Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

San Jose School Records (192)




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