Richmond Genealogy (in Contra Costa County, CA)

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Richmond Birth Records

1905-1995 California Births MyHeritage 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

Richmond Cemetery Records

Rolling Hills Memorial Park Find a Grave online

Salesian Private Cemetery Find a Grave online

Richmond Census Records

1852 California State Census Ancestry online

City census, 1908 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

Richmond Church Records

Annual genealogical report, Form E, 1944-1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. East Richmond Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Covenant United Presbyterian Church, Register, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1954-1968 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Highlands Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, 1958-1964 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Presbyterian Church of the Redeemer, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1944-1970 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Record of members, 1923-1932; annual genealogical report, Form E, 1923- 1948 (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Richmond Ward (California)) FamilySearch Library

Stege Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1922-1955 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Stege Presbyterian Church, Baptisms, Births, Marriages, Deaths, 1956-1966 (in US Presbyterian Church Records collection) Ancestry online

Richmond City Directories

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Polk's Richmond (Contra Costa, California) city directory FamilySearch Library

Richmond (California) city directories FamilySearch Library

Richmond City Directory 1937 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1940 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1947 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1953 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1954 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1956 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1957 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1958 MyHeritage online

Richmond City Directory 1960 MyHeritage online

Richmond, CA; 1937, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1947, 1948, 1950, 1953 - 1958, 1960 City Directories Allen County Public Library

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1910 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1911 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1912 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1913 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1914 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1914 - 1915 MyHeritage online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1915 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1916 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1918 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1921 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1922 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1923 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1925 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1926 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1927 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1928 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1929 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1932 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1934 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1937 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1939 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1940 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1942 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1947 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1950 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1953 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1954 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1956 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1957 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1958 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, City Directory, 1960 (in U.S. City Directories collection) Ancestry online

Richmond, California, city directory (1914) Internet Archive online

Richmond, California, city directory, 1914-1915 Genealogy Gophers online

Richmond, California, city directory, 1914-1915 LDS Genealogy online

Richmond, California, city directory, 1914-1915 Internet Archive online

Richmond/Martinez, CA 1910-1932 City Directories Allen County Public Library

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Richmond, July 1956 thru July 1957 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Richmond, July 1958 thru July 1960 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Richmond, July 1961 thru July 1962 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Richmond, March 1946 thru June 1948 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Richmond, March 1949 thru September 1950 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Richmond, May 1951 thru May 1952 Library of Congress online

White Pages and Yellow Pages, Richmond, May 1953 thru July 1955 Library of Congress online

Richmond 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

Contra Costa County death registers 1873-1915 (included in California County Birth and Death Records collection) Ancestry online

Death records, 1873-1921 FamilySearch Library

Vital Records from the Contra Costa Gazette, 1864-1899 FamilySearch Library

Richmond Immigration Records

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

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

Richmond Map Records

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, 1903 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, 1905 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, 1909 Library of Congress online

Sanborn Fire Insurance Map from Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, 1916 Library of Congress online

Richmond 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

Index to marriages (men), 1851-1941 (surnames A-M) FamilySearch Library

Vital Records from the Contra Costa Gazette, 1864-1899 FamilySearch Library

Richmond Miscellaneous Records

California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 MyHeritage online

Richmond Newspapers and Obituaries

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Berkeley Voice 11/30/2001 to Current Genealogy Bank online

El Cerrito Journal 11/02/2001 to Current Genealogy Bank online

Independent 1954-1978 Newspapers.com online

Richmond Daily Independent 1910-1939 Newspapers.com online

Richmond Terminal 1906-1911 Newspapers.com online

Vital Records from the Contra Costa Gazette, 1864-1899 FamilySearch Library

West County Times 06/28/1995 to 08/04/2011 Genealogy Bank online

West County Weekly 03/02/2002 to 10/31/2003 Genealogy Bank online

Offline Newspapers for Richmond

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.

Contra Costa Independent. (Richmond, Calif.) 1981-1984

Daily News. (Richmond, Cal.) 1914-1916

Freedom News. (Richmond, Calif.) 1967-1974

Independent. (Richmond, Calif.) 1954-1978

People Get Ready. (Richmond, Ca) 1970-1972

Point Richmond Progress. (Richmond, Calif.) 1933-1937

Richmond Daily Independent. (Richmond, Calif.) 1910-1952

Richmond Independent. (Richmond, Calif.) 1952-1954

Richmond News. (Richmond, Calif.) 1916-1920

Richmond Terminal. (Richmond, Calif.) 1903-1930

Santa Fe Times. (Richmond, Contra Costa County, Cal.) 1902-1903

Richmond Probate Records

1782-1999 California Wills and Probate Records Ancestry online

Richmond School Records

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Adams Junior High School - Yearbook (Richmond, CA), 1986 E Yearbook online

Adams Junior High School yearbook, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

De Anza High School - El Conquistador Yearbook (Richmond, CA), 1958, 1960, 1964, 1976, 1977, 1979 E Yearbook online

De Anza High School yearbook, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

De Anza High School yearbook, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987 Classmates online

De Anza High School yearbook, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Harry Ells High School - Crusader Yearbook (Richmond, CA), 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1984 E Yearbook online

Harry Ells High School yearbook, 1954, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Harry Ells High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1973, 1978, 1979 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Harry Ells High School yearbook, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1973, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984 Classmates online

Harry Ells Junior High School - Crusader Yearbook (Richmond, CA), 1954 E Yearbook online

Harry Ells Junior High School yearbook, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

John F Kennedy High School yearbook, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kennedy High School - Isnala Yearbook (Richmond, CA), 1988 E Yearbook online

Kennedy High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975 Classmates online

Kennedy High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Kennedy High School yearbook, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1975 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

RUHS-Richmond High School yearbook, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

RUHS/Richmond High School yearbook, 1930, 1945, 1947 (Feb), 1947, 1948, 1948 (Jan), 1949 (Feb), 1950 (Jun), 1950 (Feb), 1951, 1952, 1953 (Jan), 1953 (Jun), 1954 (Jan), 1954 (Jun), 1955 (Jun), 1955 (Feb), 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

RUHS/Richmond High School yearbook, 1930, 1945, 1947 (Feb), 1947, 1948, 1948 (Jan), 1949 (Feb), 1950 (Jun), 1950 (Feb), 1951, 1952, 1953 (Jan), 1953 (Jun), 1954 (Jan), 1954 (Jun), 1955 (Jun), 1955 (Feb), 1956, 1957, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986 Classmates online

RUHSRichmond High School yearbook, 1953, 1954 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Richmond High School - Shield Yearbook (Richmond, CA), 1930, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 E Yearbook online

Richmond High School yearbook, 1930, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1948 Jan, 1948 Jun, 1950 Feb, 1950 Jun, 1955 Feb, 1955 Oct (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salesian High School - Chieftain Yearbook (Richmond, CA), 1970 E Yearbook online

Salesian High School yearbook, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 (included in US School Yearbooks) Ancestry online

Salesian High School yearbook, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977 (included in US Yearbooks collection) MyHeritage online

Salesian High School yearbook, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1986 Classmates online



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