Oakland Genealogy (in Alameda County, CA)

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Oakland Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage online

Birth certificates, 1870-1904 for the city of Oakland 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

Oakland Cemetery Records

Burial records, 1866-1959; index, 1857-1957 FamilySearch Library

California, Alameda County, Oakland, Phillips Family Tombstone index, ca. 1700-ca. 1900 FamilySearch Library

California, Oakland, Mountain View Cemetery Records, 1857-1973 Family Search online

Cathedral of Christ the Light Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Chapel of Memories Columbarium Find a Grave online

Chapel of Memories Columbarium Billion Graves online

Chapel of the Chimes - Oakland Billion Graves online

Chapel of the Chimes Cemetery, Oakland US Gen Web Archives online

Chapel of the Chimes Columbarium and Mausoleum Find a Grave online

Evergreen Cemetery Find a Grave online

Evergreen Cemetery Billion Graves online

Evergreen Cemetery and Crematorium - Burial Records Interment online

Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Oakland US Gen Web Archives online

Home of Eternity Cemetery Find a Grave online

Home of Peace Cemetery Find a Grave online

Home of Peace Cemetery, Oakland US Gen Web Archives online

Index of burial records of Robinson Brothers Mortuary, Oakland, California WorldCat

Mountain View Cemetery Find a Grave online

Mountain View Cemetery Billion Graves online

Mountain View Cemetery US Gen Web Archives online

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

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

Saint Mary Cemetery Billion Graves online

Saint Marys Cemetery Find a Grave online

St. Mary Cemetery - Burial Records Interment online

St. Mary's Cemetery interment register, 1886-1899 FamilySearch Library

Sunnyside Cemetery Find a Grave online

Oakland Census Records

City census, 1902 FamilySearch Library

Map of the city of Oakland ... Alameda Co., California, 1915 ; precincts revised 1917 : 1920 E.D.'s FamilySearch Library

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

Oakland Church Records

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100 years of achievement and challenge : a brief history of the First Presbyterian Church of Oakland, California FamilySearch Library

Baptisms for the dead, 1964-1969 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Oakland Temple) FamilySearch Library

Bethany Armenian Congregational Church records, 1925-1965, Oakland, Calif. Archive Grid

Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1906-1916 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1937-1967 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Brooklyn Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Deaths, 1969-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Centennial Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1947-1968 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Centennial Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1967-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

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

Church records, 1860-1947 (First Congregational Church (Oakland, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1867-1944 (First Presbyterian Church (Oakland, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1880-1920 (St. Paul's Lutheran Church (Oakland, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1882-1919 (Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Oakland Branch (Alameda, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1887-1981 (First Unitarian Church (Oakland, California)) FamilySearch Library

Church records, 1891-1935 (St. Augustine's Episcopal Church (Oakland, California)) FamilySearch Library

Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1957-1968 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

North Temescal Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1886-1906 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

North Temescal Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1907-1922 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Our 75th year, 1911-1986, Park Boulevard Presbyterian Church FamilySearch Library

Pastor's register, 1869-1873 FamilySearch Library

Record of members, 1927-1940; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1927- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Dimond Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Record of members, [1906]-1941; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1927 -1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Oakland Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Sealings for the dead, couples and children (includes some living spouses and children), 1965-1970, 1965-1970 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Oakland Temple) FamilySearch Library

Session records, 1886-1906 (North Temescal Presbyterian Church (Oakland, California)) FamilySearch Library

Session records, 1893-1918 (Brooklyn Presbyterian Church (Oakland, California)) FamilySearch Library

Silver jubilee memorial Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Oakland, Cal., 1868-1893 LDS Genealogy online

Silver jubilee memorial Convent of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Oakland, Cal., 1868-1893 Internet Archive online

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

Temple Sinai records, 1876-2008 (bulk 1960-2008), Oakland, Calif. Archive Grid

Thus far by faith : a study of historical backgrounds and the first fifty years of the Allen Temple Baptist Church FamilySearch Library

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

Triumph : commemorating the opening of the East Bay Interstake Center on Temple Hill, Oakland (California), January, 1959 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Hayward Stake (California)) FamilySearch Library

Oakland City Directories (311)


Oakland Death Records

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1905-1939 California Death Index Ancestry online

1940-1997 California Death Index MyHeritage 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, Oakland, Coroner Records, 1926-1994 Family Search online

Death certificates, 1870-1904 for the city of Oakland FamilySearch Library

Mortuary records of the city of Oakland, 1870-1901 FamilySearch Library

Obituaries in the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, 1978-1979 FamilySearch Library

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

Oakland Histories and Genealogies

A history of the Fred Finch Children's Home, Oldest Methodist Home for Children in California,1891-1955 FamilySearch Library

Alameda County Genealogy - East Oakland High Twelve Club, 1947 SF Genealogy online

Greater Oakland, 1911, a volume dealing with the big metropolis on the shores of San Francisco Bay FamilySearch Library

History of the State of California and Biographical Record of Oakland and Environs, 1907 (included in U.S. County and Regional Histories and Atlases collection) Ancestry online

History of the state of California and biographical record of Oakland an d environs .. FamilySearch Library

History of the state of California and biographical record to Oakland and environs : also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present FamilySearch Library

Hometown Chinatown : the history of Oakland's China community FamilySearch Library

Illustrated album of Alameda County, California; its early history and progress-agriculture, viticulture and horticulture-educational, manufacturing and railroad advantages-Oakland and environs-interior townships-statistics, etc., etc LDS Genealogy online

Illustrated album of Alameda County, California; its early history and progress-agriculture, viticulture and horticulture-educational, manufacturing and railroad advantages-Oakland and environs-interior townships-statistics, etc., etc Internet Archive online

In the heart of the Sierras : the Yo Semite Valley, both historical and descriptive, and scenes by the way ; big tree groves ; the High Sierra, with its magnificent scenery, ancient and modern glaciers, and other objects of interest, with table Genealogy Gophers online

Oakland : a history FamilySearch Library

Oakland Public Library local history index, ca. 1840-1930 FamilySearch Library

Oakland, a history Ancestry online

The annals of San Francisco : containing a summary of the history of the first discovery, settlement, progress and present Ancestry online

Who made Oakland? FamilySearch Library

Oakland 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

Oakland Land Records

Israel Golden Gate Lodge records, 1907-1942, Oakland, Calif. Archive Grid

Israel Golden Gate Lodge records, 1907-1942, Oakland, Calif. Archive Grid

Oakland Map Records

Map of Oakland and vicinity FamilySearch Library

Map of Oakland, California, 1900. Library of Congress online

Map of the active center of Oakland FamilySearch Library

Map of the city & county of San Francisco FamilySearch Library

Map of the city of Oakland ... Alameda Co., California, 1915 ; precincts revised 1917 : 1920 E.D.'s FamilySearch Library

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1889 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1902 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1903 Library of Congress online

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

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1911-1912 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1911-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1912-1951 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1912-1952 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1925 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1925-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1925-Dec1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1926 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1926-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1928 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1928-1950 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1929 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1929-1950 Library of Congress online

Shell street map of Bay Cities FamilySearch Library

Oakland 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

Oakland Military Records

Officers of the Army and Navy (volunteer) who served in the Civil War Ancestry online

Oakland Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Oakland Social Register - 1899 Golden Nugget Library online

Oakland Newspapers and Obituaries

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A California Alegre, 1936-1940 Portuguese-American Digital Newspaper Collections online

A Colonia Portuguesa, 1924-1932 Portuguese-American Digital Newspaper Collections online

A Liberdade, 1934-1937 Portuguese-American Digital Newspaper Collections online

Alambres de N.E.L. 05/21/1975 to 06/21/1977 Genealogy Bank online

Alameda Magazine 01/08/2016 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Alameda Times-Star 09/15/2001 to 04/04/2016 Genealogy Bank online

American Sentinel 01/01/1886 to 12/25/1889 Genealogy Bank online

Brooklyn Home Journal and Alameda County Advertiser 01/06/1872 to 12/07/1872 Genealogy Bank online

California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 Family Search online

East Bay Express 03/05/2003 to Current Genealogy Bank online

EdSource 03/03/2015 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Evening Termini 10/03/1870 to 04/12/1872 Genealogy Bank online

FOX - 2 KTVU: Web Edition Articles 05/02/2013 to 11/05/2014 Genealogy Bank online

Morning Times 1886-1891 Newspapers.com online

Mundo 01/06/1971 to 04/02/1975 Genealogy Bank online

O Portugal da California, 1935-1937 Portuguese-American Digital Newspaper Collections online

O Portugal, 1932-1937 Portuguese-American Digital Newspaper Collections online

Oakland Daily Evening Tribune 08/25/1874 to 08/19/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Oakland Daily Evening Tribune 1874-77, 1936-37, and 1939-40 (Oakland, California) Ancestry online

Oakland Daily Evening Tribune 1875-1875 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Daily News 01/02/1871 to 11/30/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Oakland Daily Times 1878-1886 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Daily Transcript 04/01/1869 to 10/05/1876 Genealogy Bank online

Oakland Daily Transcript 1869-1877 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Enquirer 1891-1921 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Enquirer Newspaper Index, 1885-1900 FamilySearch Library

Oakland Evening Tribune 1874-75 (Oakland, California) Ancestry online

Oakland Morning Times 1891-1893 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Newspaper Index, 1869-1883 FamilySearch Library

Oakland Post 02/06/2008 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Oakland Post Enquirer 1922-1950 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Sunshine 03/20/1915 to 02/25/1922 Genealogy Bank online

Oakland Times 1893-1900 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Tribune (Oakland, 1876-1934) California Digital Newspaper Collection online

Oakland Tribune 09/15/2001 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Oakland Tribune 1874-2016 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Tribune 1895-97, 1900-01, 1904-15, 1917-37, 1939-41, 1944, 1946, 1950, 1952-67, and 1969-77 (Oakland, California) Ancestry online

Oakland Tribune 1926-1978 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Tribune 1979-1982 Newspapers.com online

Oakland Tribune, 1874-1977 Newspaper Archive online

Oakland, 1852-1938 Ancestry online

Obituaries in the Oakland Tribune, Oakland, California, 1978-1979 FamilySearch Library

Sunday Oakland Tribune, 1966-1975 Newspaper Archive online

Tribune 1978-1979 Newspapers.com online

Tribune 1982-1991 Newspapers.com online

Western Outlook 11/07/1914 to 05/26/1928 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Oakland

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.

Alameda County Herald. (Oakland [Calif.]) 1859-1861

Alameda County Union Labor Record. (Oakland, Cal.) 1918-1921

Alameda County Union Labor Record. (Oakland, Calif.) 1925-1928

American Sentinel. (Oakland, Calif.) 1886-1890

Berkeley Tri-City Post. (Oakland, Calif.) 1985-Current

Black Panther. (Oakland, Calif.) 1967-1980

Brooklyn Home Journal and Alameda County Advertiser. (Brooklyn [Oakland] Calif.) 1871-1872

California Voice. (Oakland, Calif.) 1920-Current

Cambio. (Oakland, Calif.) 1984-Current

Campanile Weekly and Alameda County Workman. (Oakland, Calif.) 1910s-1915

Catholic Voice (Oakland, Calif.) 1963-Current

Commemorator. (Oakland, Ca) 1991-Current

Daily Evening Argus. (Oakland, Cal.) 1876-1870s

Daily Record. (Oakland, Calif.) 1924-1925

E'cos De Portugal. (Oakland, Calif.) 1930s-1935

Eastbay Today. (Oakland, Calif.) 1979-1982

Emeryville Herald. (Oakland, Calif.) 1920s-1928

Emeryville Herald. (Oakland, Calif.) 1920s-1930

Flatlands. (Oakland, Calif.) 1966-1960s

Free Oakland Press. (Oakland, Calif.) 1940-1943

Frontline. (Oakland, Calif.) 1983-1990

Fruitvale East Oakland News. (Oakland [Calif.]) 1939-1940

Fruitvale Progress. (Fruitvale [Oakland] Calif.) 1900s-1915

Golden Gate Herald. (Oakland, Calif.) 1926-1930

Grand Lake News and the Lakeshore Announcer. (Oakland, Calif.) 1931-1932

Grand Lake News, Lakeshore Herald. (Oakland, Calif.) 1932-1933

Grand Lake News. (Oakland, Calif.) 1920s-1931

Laboreport On Central America. (Oakland, Ca) 1980s-1989

Macarthur Metro. (Oakland, Calif.) 1989-Current

Montclarion. (Oakland, Calif.) 1940s-Current

Morning Times. (Oakland, Calif.) 1886-1892

Oakland Daily Evening Tribune. (Oakland, Calif.) 1875-1891

Oakland Daily Post. (Oakland, Calif.) 1910s-1921

Oakland Daily Times. (Oakland, Calif.) 1878-1886

Oakland Daily Transcript. (Oakland [Calif.]) 1868-1878

Oakland Enquirer. (Oakland, Calif.) 1885-1921

Oakland Evening Tribune. (Oakland, Cal.) 1874-1875

Oakland Free Press. (Oakland, Calif.) 1910s-1920s

Oakland Herald [Microform]. (Oakland, Calif.) 1903-1907

Oakland Herald. (Oakland, Calif.) 1903-1907

Oakland Morning Times. (Oakland, Calif.) 1891-1893

Oakland Post El Mundo. (Oakland, Ca) 1994-1996

Oakland Post Enquirer. (Oakland, Calif.) 1922-1950

Oakland Review. (Oakland, Cal.) 1900-1916

Oakland Times. (Oakland, Alameda County, Calif.) 1893-1913

Oakland Tribune. (Oakland, Calif.) 1891-1978

Oakland Tribune. (Oakland, Calif.) 1979-1982

Oakland Tribune. (Oakland, Calif.) 1991-Current

Oakland Weekly Times. (Oakland, Calif.) 1878-1886

Oakland Weekly Transcript. (Oakland, Calif.) 1877-1878

On With Roosevelt News. (Oakland, Calif.) 1936-1938

Progress. (Oakland, Calif.) 1916-1926

San Leandro Journal. (Oakland, Calif.) 1995-1997

San Pablo Avenue Herald. (Oakland, Calif.) 1920s-1926

Saturday Globe Review. (Oakland, Cal[If.) 1894-1895

Street Spirit. ([Oakland, Calif.]) 1995-Current

Tribune. (Oakland, Calif.) 1978-1979

Tribune. (Oakland, Calif.) 1982-1991

Union Labor Record. (Oakland, Calif.) 1921-1925

Western American. (Oakland, Calif.) 1926-1929

Worker For the Bay Area and Salinas Valley. (Oakland, Ca) 1978-1979

Worker For the Bay Area. (Oakland, Ca) 1975-1978

Oakland Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Oakland School Records (100)


Oakland Tax Records

Sheriff / tax collector records, 1888-1985 FamilySearch Library



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