San Mateo County CA Genealogy

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San Mateo Records by Type

Birth Records (6)
Cemetery Records (106)
Census Records (29)
Church Records (6)
City Directories (239)
Court Records (2)
Death Records (17)
Histories and Genealogies (48)
Immigration Records (8)
Land Records (12)
Map Records (45)
Marriage Records (11)
Military Records (5)
Minority Records (1)
Miscellaneous Records (8)
Newspapers and Obituaries (151)
Probate Records (2)
School Records (301)

San Mateo County Records by City/Town

Atherton Genealogy (67)
Belmont Genealogy (57)
Brisbane Genealogy (43)
Burlingame Genealogy (119)
Colma Genealogy (85)
Daly City Genealogy (76)
East Palo Alto Genealogy (43)
Half Moon Bay Genealogy (64)
Hillsborough Genealogy (52)
Menlo Park Genealogy (89)

Millbrae Genealogy (51)
Pacifica Genealogy (51)
Pescadero Genealogy (40)
Redwood City Genealogy (138)
San Bruno Genealogy (79)
San Carlos Genealogy (49)
San Mateo Genealogy (217)
Sharp Park Genealogy (40)
South San Francisco Genealogy (86)
Woodside Genealogy (50)

Overview of San Mateo County Records

San Mateo County was created in 1856 from San Francisco County.
Copies of birth, marriage, and death records for 1905 and later can be obtained from the California Department of Public Health.
The San Mateo County Clerk-Recorder has birth records starting in 1866, marriage records starting in 1866, death records starting in 1866, divorce records, court records starting in 1866, land records starting in 1856, and probate records starting in 1856.
Online indexes and images of some of the above records can be found by using the links on this site.