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Births

• San Francisco Newspaper Notices—Birth Notices—over 3,500 records—FREE—SFgenealogy
• San Francisco Vitals Bulletin Board—FREE—SFgenealogy
• SF Newspaper Vitals Indexes—FREE—SFgenealogy
• 1846—1849, 1850, 1851, 1853
• SF Newspaper Vital Notices in the Sacramento Bee, 1857—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by Sandra Harris)
• San Francisco Call  Database Index, 1869—1900—$$$$ —jwfgenresearch.com (actual dates require a fee for Jim Faulkinbury)
• Index of birth/marriage/death notices published in the San Francisco Call newspaper
• San Francisco Call Birth Notice Index—$$$$—California Genealogical Society
• 1 July 1904 to 30 June 1905 (pdf format)
• California Vital Indexes (includes San Francisco)—FREE & $$$$
• 1905-1995 Birth Indexes
• US Army, California Births of 1840-1905

• San Francisco County Marriage Indexes, Licenses, and Certificates (images)—FREE—FamilySearch
• Groom and Bride Indexes, 1906-1975
• Affadavits, 1906-1915
• Licenses, 1918-1936
• Certificates, 1906-1922
• San Francisco Newspaper Notices—Marriage & Divorce Notices—over 5,300 records—FREE—SFgenealogy
• San Francisco Vitals Bulletin Board—FREE—SFgenealogy
• SF Newspaper Vitals Indexes—FREE—SFgenealogy
• 1846—1849, 1850, 1851, 1853
• SF Newspaper Vital Notices in the Sacramento Bee, 1857—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by Sandra Harris)
• Rerecorded Marriages: 1860-1973—$$$$—Vitalsearch-ca.com
• San Francisco Call  Database Index, 1869—1900—$$$$ —jwfgenresearch.com (actual dates require a fee for Jim Faulkinbury)
• Index of birth/marriage/death notices published in the San Francisco Call newspaper
• Re-Recorded Marriage Records, 1869—1905—FREE—SFgenealogy
• Marriage Records, 1872—FREE—mirror hosted by SFgenealogy
• Includes states: CA, NV, OR, MT & WA
• Sources: Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
• from the Golden Nugget Library
• original pages online (from University of Michigan)
• San Francisco Call Marriage Notices, 1892—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by Pam Santos)
• San Francisco Call Marriage Notices, 1893—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by Pam Santos)
• San Francisco Call Marriage Notices, 1894—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by Pam Santos)
• San Francisco Marriages—$$$$—vitalsearch-ca.com
• 1894-1906, 1913-1915: Grooms
• 1904-1906, 1913-1915: Brides
• 1860-1973: Rerecord Marriages, Grooms and Bridges
• San Francisco Call Marriage Notice Indexes—$$$$—California Genealogical Society
• 1891, 1 July 1904-30 June 1905 (sorted by bride and groom)
• SF Marriage Index, 1906—FREE—SFgenealogy
• 15 April 1906—31 May 1906
• Sorted by Bride and Groom
• California Vital Indexes (includes San Francisco)—FREE & $$$$
• 1949-1986 Marriage Indexes
• Miscellaneous Marriage Records (various 1906-1999)—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by by Nancy Posey)

• San Francisco Newspaper Notices—Marriage & Divorce Notices—over 5,300 records—FREE—SFgenealogy
• San Francisco Vitals Bulletin Board—FREE—SFgenealogy
• SF Newspaper Vitals Indexes—FREE—SFgenealogy
• 1846—1849, 1850, 1851, 1853
• SF Newspaper Vital Notices in the Sacramento Bee, 1857—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by Sandra Harris)
• SF Divorce Notices—FREE—SFgenealogy
• 1856 - 1862, 1875 (Jan-Jun), 1882, 1883, 1884, 1885, 1889

• San Francisco County Coroner's Records | Death Reports, 1906-1956 (images)—FREE—FamilySearch
• San Francisco County Probate Indexes, 1906-1977 (images)—FREE—FamilySearch
• San Francisco Newspaper Notices—Obituaries/Death Notices—over 11,600 records—FREE—SFgenealogy
• San Francisco Vitals Bulletin Board—FREE—SFgenealogy
• Hangings in San Francisco, 1851-1878—FREE—SFgenealogy
• SF Newspaper Vitals Indexes—FREE—SFgenealogy
• 1846—1849, 1850, 1851, 1853
• SF Newspaper Vital Notices in the Sacramento Bee, 1857—FREE—SFgenealogy (submitted by Sandra Harris)
• Record of Deaths (aka Mortuary Record of the City and County of San Francisco and Register of Deaths of the City and County of San Francisco)
• November 1865 through June 1904 (images)—$$$$ —vitalsearch-ca.com
• California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-1932—FREE—Ancestry.com (requires free guest registration)
• Note: enter "San Francisco" in Keywords
• Original data:
• California State Library – Burial Records. Microfilm, 19 rolls. California State Library. Sacramento, California.
• Mortuary Records (Northern California), 1849-1900. California State Library.
• The Book of the Dead – San Francisco, El Dorado County and Tehama County Cemetery Records ca. 1850-1862. California State Library.
• The Book of the Dead – San Francisco Masonic Cemetery Records, ca. 1800-1900. California State Library.
• The Book of the Dead – Northern California Cemetery Records. California State Library.
• San Francisco Pre-1905 Death Index—FREE—California Pre-1905 Death Index project
• Transcription of records (from 1866-1871, 1894-1896, 1900) of the Record of Deaths (aka Mortuary Record of the City and County of San Francisco and Register of Deaths of the City and County of San Francisco)
• NOTE: This is only a partial transcription with missing information for each individual. Also, the "Date of Death" on some of the pages is actually the "Date of Entry."  Click here for more information on the source.
• Names in the San Francisco County database are also searchable through our search engine  (by permission of Sharon Dulcich, July 2004)
• San Francisco County is part of the California Pre-1905 Death Index project.
• CGS Names Index, 1857—1911—$$$$—California Genealogical Society
• Index of various resources including:
• San Francisco IOOF Crematorium between 1895 and 1911. Includes some disinterments from as early as 1857.
• Early San Francisco death records 1865-1905.
• San Francisco residents in late 19th century.
• Charles Herbert Crookson Collection—FREE—SFgenealogy
• 1863 to 1879, 1896:  Abstracts from the Public Administrator's Report (probate info)
• 1867—70, 1878:  Deaths extracted from Chronological History of Principal Events of city directories
• 1871—79:  Abstracts from the Coroner's Report
• 1876: Mortuary Report from Bishop's San Francisco City Directory
• 1897:  Health Officer's Report of Deaths in the Receiving Hospital
• 1897/98:  Deaths at Harbor Receiving Hospital
• 1897/98:  Police Surgeon's Report, Deaths in the City Receiving Hospital
• 1897/1898:  Decedents over Ninety Years of Age
• San Francisco Death Indexes—$$$$ —California Genealogical Society
• 1865-1873, 1882-1889, 1894-96, 1900-1904 (pdf format)
• San Francisco Call  Database Index, 1869—1900—$$$$ —jwfgenresearch.com (actual dates require a fee for Jim Faulkinbury)
• Index of birth/marriage/death notices published in the San Francisco Call newspaper
• Death Records On The Pacific Coast, 1872—FREE—mirror hosted by SFgenealogy
• Includes states: CA, NV, OR, MT & WA
• Sources: Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine
• from the Golden Nugget Library
• original pages online (from University of Michigan)
• Reports of Cases in the Probate Court of San Francisco, 1872-1879, Milton H. Myrick, Probate Judge—FREE—Golden Nugget Library Probate Court History
• Probate Notice Index, 1883—FREE—SFgenealogy
• Reports of Decisions in Probate Court of San Francisco, 1883-1908?, James V. Coffey, Probate Judge—FREE—Internet Archive Probate Court History
• Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Volume 5
• Removal Permits (Burials) for Yuba County that have references to San Francisco, 1889—1897—FREE—SFgenealogy
• Pacific Union Club, 1889—1921—FREE—mirror hosted by SFgenealogy
• dates of death for 447 members
• from the Golden Nugget Library
• Barbary Plague of 1900 Victims—FREE—SFgenealogy
• Death Certificates, July-December 1904 (official certificates from the San Francisco Department of Health)—FREE—Internet Archive
• California Vital Indexes (includes San Francisco)—FREE & $$$$
• 1905-2000 Death Indexes
• San Francisco Probate Names Index, 1906-1942—$$$$—California Genealogical Society (CGS)
• Bay Area Reporter Obituary Database, 1979-present—FREE—GLBT Historical Society
• SFgate.com, 2000—present—FREE
• the San Francisco Chronicle online has death notices from November 2000 to present. They also have editorial obituaries from 1995 to present.
• More listings of on-line obituary collections

• San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project—FREE
• Who Perished, List of Dead from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake  (compiled by Gladys Hansen) Research Tips—FREE
• List of Victims Treated at Park Hospital, Apr 18-20, 1906  (submitted by Phyllis Stengl)—FREE

Journalism in California (1915) by John P. Young (biographies extracted by Beth Humphrey)—FREE

San Francisco County Biographies—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE

Representative & Leading Men of the Pacific, 1870—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE

San Francisco County Biographies—FREE (USGenWeb Archives)

• San Francisco History—FREE
• Other San Francisco Books Online
• American Memory (Library of Congress)—FREE
• Books About California History and Culture—FREE
• Project Gutenberg—FREE
• Google Book Search | "San Francisco" —FREE
• Overland Monthly, 1868-1900 (by University of Michigan)—FREE

• Attorneys and Bankers Directory, 1908-09—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Furniture Exchange Buyer's Book and Directory, The, August 1925—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• San Francisco Jewelers, 1910-1939—hosted by Cagenweb—FREE
• Pacific Telephone Magazine, Oct 1926 (Employee News)—FREE
• Personnel of The Press, 1892—FREE
• Personnel of The Press, 1899—by Elaine Sturdevant from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Personnel of The Press, 1924—FREE
• Personnel of the San Francisco Banks, 1924—FREE
• San Francisco Real Estate Board, May 1906—FREE
• Stockholders of the North American Navigation Company  (1895)—FREE
• Stockholders of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Co.  (1895)—FREE
• Merchants' Shipping Association  (1895)—FREE

San Francisco Cemetery Listsmore info

• San Francisco Colma Cemetery Index—FREE
• Includes:
• Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma
• Calvary Cemetery Removals, San Francisco
• Calvary and Holy Cross Cemetery Registers, 1860-1911 (images)—FREE
• Early Cemetery Index, 1853—FREE
• San Francisco Cemetery Index, 1848-1863—FREE
• Lone Mountain—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• "...Annals of the Pioneers copied from Headstones and other Old Records" by Ann Clark Hart.
• Possible Marine Hospital Burial Index—FREE
• San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio—FREE
• A database of 28,000 records, courtesy of Interment.net  and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
• Miscellaneous Tombstone Transcriptions—FREE

San Francisco Census RecordsLookups  ! 1880 Census ! 1930 Census

• 1790 California Census (San Francisco)—FREE
• 1842 Census of San Francisco—FREE
• 1852 California Census (includes San Francisco)—FREE & $$$$
• 1870 Federal Census for City & County of San Francisco  (transcribed by Edward A. Black, Sr. )(a work in progress)—FREE
• Ward 1   Ward 2   Ward 3   Ward 4  Ward 5   Ward 6  Ward 7 (1st Precinct   2nd Precinct)  Ward 8 (1st Precinct) (2nd Precinct)
• Ward 9  Ward 10 (1st Precinct) (2nd Precinct) (3rd Precinct) (4th Precinct) Ward 11 (1st District - in progress)
• The Orphans' Home  (transcriptions from the 1900 Federal Census for San Francisco)—FREE
• Pacific Hebrew Orphan Asylum & Home Society
• Protestant Orphan Asylum
• San Francisco Boys Home
• San Francisco Children's Orphanage
• San Francisco Lying In Hospital & Foundling Asylum
• Youth's Directory
• U.S. Census Records (1860-1930)—FREE & $$$$

San Francisco Churches more info

• Central Methodist Episcopal Church directory, 1910  (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• Trinity Episcopal Church (circa 1935) (at Internet Archive; searchable at SFgenealogy)—FREE
• Baptisms (1846-1906), Marriages (1853-1906), Burials:
• First Congregational Church. San Francisco, Cal. 1849-1949 (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• San Francisco Congregational Church—$$$$
• First Congregational Church Deaths 1915-1917
• Third Congregational Church Membership Listing - 1863 to 1886
• First Congregational Church Membership Listing - 1849 to 1909
• Baptisms - 1851 to 1948
• Marriages - BRIDE Index - 1897 to 1914/15
• Marriages - BRIDE Index - 1920 to 1941
• Marriages - GROOM Index - 1897 to 1914/15
• Marriages - GROOM Index - 1920 to 1941

• FamilySearch collection—FREE
• San Francisco County Marriage Indexes, Licenses, and Certificates, 1906-1975
• Coroner's Records | Death Reports, 1906-1956
• Probate Indexes, 1906-1977
• Naturalization
• Naturalization Index, 1898
• Naturalization Supplement Index, 1858-1944
• Restoration of Declarations, 1873-1907
• Registration Affidavit of Alien Enemy, 1918 (U.S. Department of Justice)
• Orphan and Half-Orphan Records, 1905-1910
• County Recorder Scrapbook, 1900-1904
• Licensed Surveyors, 1891-1935
• Bonds, 1897-1901
• Defendant Index, 1891-1895
• Plaintiff Index, 1902-1906
• Mission Book, 1850
• Great Register Indexes, 1867, 1869, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1900-1902, 1907-1920, 1922
• Property records (see more details under Land Records)
• Assessor/Tax
• 1857 Assessor's List—FREE
• 1867 Delinquent Taxpayer's List—FREE
• Board of Health
• 1876-77 Members of the Board of Health—FREE
• 1896/1897:  Health Officer's Report of Deaths in the Receiving Hospital—FREE
• 1896/1897:  List of Graduates of the San Francisco Training School for Nurses—FREE
• 1896/1897:  Hospital Report/Training School Report - List of Officers and Employees—FREE
• 1897/1898:  Deaths at Harbor Receiving Hospital—FREE
• 1897/1898:  Police Surgeon's Report, Deaths in the City Receiving Hospital—FREE
• Coroner/Medical Examiner
• Abstracts from the Coroner's Report, 1871 to 1879—FREE
• San Francisco Coroner's Report, 1877/78, 1878/79, 1881/82, 1882/83—FREE
• San Francisco County Coroner's Records | Death Reports, 1906-1956 (images)—FREE—FamilySearch
• Fire Department
• 1854-55 Early Firemen—FREE
• 1862 Fire Department Personnel—FREE
• 1876-77 Fire Department Personnel—FREE
• 1870 Fire Department Personnel—FREE
• 1896/1897:  Officers, Members and Employees of the Fire Department—FREE
• Miscellaneous
• The Charles Herbert Crookson Collection—FREE
• 1897:  Report of the Commissioners of the Police Relief and Pension Fund
• 1897:  List of Graduates of the San Francisco Training School for Nurses
• 1897:  Hospital Report/Training School Report - List of Officers and Employees
• Municipal Reports
• San Francisco Municipal Reports, 1859 to 1917—FREE
• 1870 Municipal Report (selected lists)
• 1856 - 1870 San Francisco Boards of Supervisors—FREE
• 1870 County Clerk's List of Judges and Clerks—FREE
• 1870 Board of Education Members, Lists of Schools and Teachers—FREE
• 1870 Fire Department Personnel—FREE
• Personnel
• Alcaldes and Mayors (1834 to present)—FREE
• 1846-1856 Official Roll of the City & County of San Francisco  (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• 1856-1894 Official Roll of the City & County of San Francisco  (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• 1870 City & County Officers—by Peggy B. Perazzo—FREE
• Police Department
• 1896/1897:  Report of the Commissioners of the Police Relief and Pension Fund—FREE
• Sheriff
• Sheriffs of San Francisco, biographies of Sheriffs from 1850 to present—FREE

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• 1899 Clubs (transcribed by Sally Kaleta) at Golden Nugget Library—FREE
Art Association, Bohemian Club, California Club, Century Club, Concordia Club, Cosmos Club, Forum Club, Laurel Hall Club, Merchants Club, Pacific Union Club, Press Club, Sorosis Club, Union League, University Club
• 1921-22 Clubs (transcribed by Betty Vickroy) at Golden Nugget Library—FREE
Argonaut Club, Bohemian Club, California Club, Century Club, Channing Auxilliary, Concordia Club, Family Club, Forum Club, Francisca Club, Pacific Union Club, Philomath Club, Presidio Golf Club, San Francisco Golf & Country Club, Sorosis Club, Town & Country Club, Women's Athletic Club.
• Acme Club Night Athletic Exhibition, 11 Feb 1895 (newspaper article)—FREE
• American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco Chapter 1953 Committee Members—FREE
• American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco Chapter Past Presidents, 1905 - 1953 Committee Members—FREE
• Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, List of Members, 1910—FREE
• Argonaut Club, Officers & Members, 1924—FREE
• Arion Verein Club (German-American) Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• Association of Pioneer Women of California, 1905—FREE
• Bar Association, 1879—FREE
• Bohemian Club, Officers & Members, 1892—FREE
• Bohemian Club, Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• California Club Yearbooks—FREE—Golden Nugget Library
• 1905-06, 1906-08, 1909-10, 1910-11, 1911-12, 1913-14, 1914-15
• California State Dental Association, San Francisco Members, 1933-34—FREE
• California Golf Club Directors & Members, 1924—FREE
• California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, San Francisco, 1901—FREE—Calarchives4u.com
• Cap and Bells Club, 1935-1938—FREE
• Cercle Francàis Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• Citizen's Armistice Day Committee—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• City and County Federation of Women's Clubs, San Francisco, Yearbook 1918 - 1920—transcribed by Elaine Sturdevant—FREE
• Concordia Club, Officers and Members, 1892—FREE
• Concordia Club, Directors and Members, 1905—FREE
• Concordia Club, Directors and Members, 1924—FREE
• Cosmos Club, Officers and Members, 1892—FREE
• Cosmos Club, Officers and Members, 1905—FREE
• Debutante List, 1923 - 1924 Season—FREE
• Family Club, Officers and Members, 1905—FREE
• Freemasons of California - San Francisco Lodges, 1882—FREE
• Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), George H. Thomas Post No. 2 Officers, 1928—transcribed by George Mallman—FREE
• Islam Temple, 1919—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society 1903—FREE
• Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society 1904—FREE
• Lake Merced Golf Club Directors & Members, 1924—FREE
• Loring Club Officers & Directors, 1892—FREE
• Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association No. 35, 1900—FREE
• Master Mariners' Benevolent Association, 1913—at the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Merchants' Club, 1905—FREE
• Native Sons of the Golden West, Niantic Parlor No. 105, 1910—FREE
• Native Sons of the Golden West, Pacific Parlor No. 10, 1922—FREE
• Native Sons of the Golden West, Rincon Parlor No. 72, Officers, Nov 1897—FREE
• Native Sons of the Golden West, 60 Years of the Past Presidents' Assn, 1900-1960—FREE
• Native Sons of the Golden West, Building Dedication, 1912—FREE—Golden Nugget Library
• Native Sons of the Golden West, Grand Officers’ Reports, Deaths 1885-1940—FREE—Golden Nugget Library
• Norddeutscher Verein, Silver Anniversary 1874 - 1899—FREE
• Norwegian Club, Members (1947) & Officers (1906 to 1947)—FREE
• Order of the Eastern Star in California, Officers, 1873-1929—FREE
• Order of the Easter Star, San Francisco, Grand Officers of 1955—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club Officers & Members 1892—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club 1922 (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club, Directors and Members, 1924—FREE
• Pacific Union Club, 1930  (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• Pacific Union Club, 1889-1991
• Pacific-Union Club, Non-Resident Members, 1889-1991—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club, Resident Members, 1991—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club, Directors, Officers & Committees, 1990-1992—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club, History and Past Officers, 1889-1991—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club, Deceased Members, 1889-1991—FREE
• Pacific-Union Club, 50-Year Members, 1991—FREE
• Park Presidio Dramatic Club, Program, 1932—FREE
• Personnel of San Francisco Banks, 1924—FREE
• Presidio Golf Club Officers & Members, 1924—FREE
• Press Club of San Francisco Officers and Members, 1892—FREE
• Press Club Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• Progressive Business Girls Club, Christmas Jamboree, 1931—FREE
• San Francisco Art Association Officers & Members, 1892—FREE
• San Francisco Bowling Association, Membership Register, 1949—FREE
• San Francisco Club, Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• San Francisco Commercial Club, Officers 1887 - 1911 and Members, 1911—FREE
• San Francisco Commercial Club, Officers & Members, 1916—FREE
• San Francisco Golf Club, Members, 1905—FREE
• San Francisco Golf & Country Club Directors & Members, 1924—FREE
• San Francisco Medical Society - Past Presidents (1868-1978)—FREE
• San Francisco Opera Association, Founders' List, 1923—FREE
• San Francisco Opera Association, 1945-1960 (some years missing) —FREE
• San Francisco Traffic Club, 1955 Officers & Directors—FREE
• San Francisco Vigilance Committee, 1851—FREE
• Scottish Rite Temple Roster 1914 (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• Serra Club of San Francisco, Roster and Directory of Members, June 1944—FREE—Golden Nugget Library
• Sierra Club Past Officers, 1892 - 1969—FREE
• Seerra Club Officers & Newly Elected Members 1950—FREE
• Sons of the American Revolution, Annual Banquet of the California Society, 1898—FREE
• Union League Club Officers & Members, 1892—FREE
• Union League Club Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• University Club, Officers & Members, 1905—FREE
• Women's Athletic Club 1917 (from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE

• St. Luke's Hospital - Board of Directors, Staff, Graduates 1914-1915—FREE

• Hotel Arrivals, 05 Dec 1892 - Occidental, Palace, International, New Western—FREE
• Hotel Arrivals, 11 Feb 1895 - Grand Hotel, Russ House—FREE
• 1899 Hotel Guests (transcribed by Elaine Sturdevant) at Golden Nugget Library—FREE
The Alexandria, Hotel Bella Vista, The Beresford 1899, The Berkshire Hotel, California Hotel, The Colonial Hotel 1899, Hotel Fairmount, The Lennox, Hotel Oliver, Palace Hotel, Hotel Pleasanton, Occidental Hotel, Hotel Savoy, The Stewart, The Sutherland Hotel, The Wellesley Hotel
• Hotel Bella Vista Guests 1905—FREE
• Hotel Bellevue Permanent Guests 1924—FREE
• Hotel Berkshire Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Hotel Cecil Guests 1905—FREE
• Hotel Cecil Permanent Guests 1924—FREE
• California Hotel Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Clift Hotel Guests 1924—FREE
• Clift Hotel Guests 1925 by Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Colonial Hotel Guests, 1905—FREE
• Fairmont Hotel Permanent Guests 1924—FREE
• Fairmont Hotel Guests 1925 by Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Hotel Knickerbocker Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Hotel Pleasanton Guests 1905—FREE
• Luxor Hotel Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Manhattan Hotel Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Nordhoff Hotel Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Occidental Hotel Guests, 1905—FREE
• Oliver Hotel Permanent Guests, 1905—FREE
• Palace Hotel Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Palace Hotel Permanent Guests 1924—FREE
• Palace Hotel Guests 1924—FREE
• Sequoia Hotel Guests 1905—FREE
• Sevenoaks Hotel Guests 1905—FREE
• St. Francis Hotel Permanent Guests 1924—FREE
• St. Francis Hotel Guests 1924 by Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Hotel St. Nicholas Guests 1905—FREE
• Hotel Stewart Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Hotel Stewart Permanent Guests 1924—FREE
• Hotel Stewart Guests 1925 by Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Wentworth Hotel Permanent Guests 1905—FREE
• Hotel Whitcomb 1924—FREE
• Hotel Whitcomb 1925 by Golden Nugget Library—FREE

• San Francisco Property Information—FREE—FamilySearch
• Alcalde Official Notes, 1846
• Architect Certificates, Vol. 1, 1906-1944
• Certificate of Title, 1908-1909
• Certified Grants, Vol. 1, 1847-1850
• Deed Index, 1850-1997
• Deeds, 1847-1906
• District Records, 1847-1849
• Grants, 1849-1850
• Homestead Indexes, 1906-1934
• Land Records, 1849-1850
• Land Titles, 1848-1849
• Leins, 1905-1906
• Maps Index, A-Z, 1850-1940
• Miscellaneous Records, Vol. 1, 1847-1901
• Mortgagees Index, 1905-1906
• Original Grants Miscellaneous Index, 1839-1847
• Original Grants, 1839-1849
• Patents, 1906-1910
• Release of Mortgages, 1902, 1905-1906, 1915-1916
• Satisfaction of Mortgages, 1832-1851
• Spanish Blotters, 1826-1846
• Spanish Records, 1824-1846
• Torrens Act Name Register, 1908-1929
• Torrens Act Particulars and Certificates, 1908-1929
• Torrens Act Registration Index, 1916
• Transfer of Deed Index, Vol. 1844-1848
• Land Titles in San Francisco, 1839-1852—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Grants by the Board of Supervisors for "Outside Lands"—FREE
• BLM Land Patent Records List  (for San Francisco)—FREE
• Real Estate Transfers, 05 Oct 1876—FREE
• Real Estate Transfers, 11 Feb 1895 by Adrienne—FREE
• Deeds from the San Francisco Examiner, 19 June 1901 (by Nancy Pratt Melton)—FREE
• San Francisco Block Books—FREE
• Various years of book images from Internet Archive.
• Index to Federal Land Records for California (including San Francisco)—FREE
• Data provided by Larry M. Vredenburgh of the Bureau of Land Management, Dept. of the Interior;  formatted for The USGenWeb Archives by Joy Fisher.

• Record of Eighty-sixth Company California Military Reserve; San Francisco?, circa 1920 (a TAG project)—FREE
• U.S. Army, California Department, 1899—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Includes names of military personnel at Fort Alcatraz, Fort Mason, the Presidio, etc.
• Company "A", Marine Barracks, U.S. Naval Base, Navy #128, 11 April 1949—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• California National Guard Report 1891-92—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• The Letterman General Hospital History 1919—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• Welcome Home 363d Infantry & Kinfolk Division, 1919—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
• California State Military Museum—FREE
• San Francisco Militia Units, 1850-1881
• Benham Guard, San Francisco, 1856
• Black Hussars, San Francisco, 1859
• Carbineers (French Guard), San Francisco, 1859
• California Fusileers, San Francisco, 1858
• California Grenadiers, 1864
• California Musketeers, 1864
• California Rifles, 1863
• California Rifles (French Guard), San Francisco, 1860
• California Tigers, 1865
• City Guard, San Francisco,1854
• Constitution Guard, San Francisco, 1856
• Columbian Guard, 1863
• Ellis Guard, 1863
• Ellsworth Guard Zouaves, 1862
• Ellsworth Rifles, 1861
• Ellsworth Zouaves Cadettes, 1864
• Emmert Guard, 1862
• Eureka Guard, 1865
• Eureka Light Horse Guard, San Francisco,1852
• Federal Guard, 1865
• First California Guard, San Francisco, 1849
• First Light Dragoons, San Francisco, 1852
• Franklin Light Infantry, 1861
• Germania Guard, 1864
• Germania Rifles, 1868
• Governors Guard, 1865
• Grant Guard, 1864
• Haight Light Horse Guard, 1868
• Hewstone Rifles, 1869
• Hibernia Greens, 1865
• Hugh O'Neil Guard, 1863
• Jackson Dragoons, 1863
• Jackson Guard, San Francisco, 1856
• Jefferson Guard, San Francisco, 1856
• Liberty Guard, 1864
• Lincoln Guard, 1864
• Lone Wolf Guard, 1862
• Marion Rifles, San Francisco, 1852
• Meagher Guard (Irish Invincible), 1862
• Meagher Guard, 1868
• Mechanics Guard (McKenzie Guard), 1864
• Mission Guard, 1864
• Monroe Guard, San Francisco, 1856
• Montgomery Guard, San Francisco, 1859
• McClelland Guard (Excelsior Guard), 1862
• McMahon Grenadier Guard, San Francisco, 1871
• McMahon Guard, San Francisco, 1859
• National Guard, San Francisco, 1855
• National Lancers, San Francisco, 1852
• San Francisco Blues, San Francisco, 1852
• San Francisco Cadets, 1863
• San Francisco Fusileers, 1871
• San Francisco Hussars, San Francisco,1862
• San Francisco Light Guard, San Francisco, 1858
• San Francisco Tiralleurs, 1864
• San Francisco Jaegers, 1864
• Sarsfield Guard, San Francisco, 1855
• Seward Guard, 1865
• Sheridan Guard, 1864
• Shields Guard, 1882
• Sigel Rifles, 1861
• State Guard, 1863
• Statman Zouaves, San Francisco, 1873
• Stenben Guard, 1864
• Sumner Light Home Guard, 1851
• Templar Guard (Shermans Guard), 1854
• Thompson Rifles, San Francisco, 1875
• Tittle Zouaves, 1864
• Union Guard, San Francisco, 1856
• Union Guard, 1861
• Veteran Guard, San Francisco, 1867
• Veterans of the Mexican War, 1870
• Wallace Guard, San Francisco, 1855
• Warren Guard, San Francisco, 1871
• Washington Continental Guard, San Francisco, 1855
• Washington Guard, 1849
• Washington Light Infantry, San Francisco, 1862
• State Defense Forces (San Francisco units)
• San Francisco Home Guard (World War I)
• Chinatown Militia Units (World War II)
• Coast Defenses of San Francisco (1917-1918)

• 1930 California Academy of Medicine Members—FREE
• Schellens Collection Index—FREE
• Carpenters' Union Local No. 483 - Officers & Members with Over 25 Years' Membership - 1971—FREE
• Missing Passengers from the Steamer 'Columbia' (July 1907)—FREE
• The Traffic Association of California (1895)(from the Golden Nugget Library)—FREE
• Official Programme from Sutro Baths' Grand Aquatic Exhibition, 2 Feb 1902—FREE
• (from the Golden Nugget Library)
• 1870 Petition of Catharine Gross for Relief for the St. Boniface's Asylum—FREE
• 1870 Petition of the Ladies' Protection and Relief Society, San Francisco, to the Legislature—FREE
• 1870 Petition in Reference to Establishing a Public Law Library in San Francisco—FREE
• 1870 Petition Of Citizens Of San Francisco For The Repeal Of The Mortgage Tax Law—FREE
• Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of THE INFANT SHELTER in the City of San Francisco—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE

• California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-1932—$$$$—Ancestry.com
• Includes:
• California State Library – Burial Records. Microfilm, 19 rolls. California State Library. Sacramento, California.
• Mortuary Records (Northern California), 1849-1900. California State Library.
• The Book of the Dead – San Francisco, El Dorado County and Tehama County Cemetery Records ca. 1850-1862. California State Library.
• The Book of the Dead – San Francisco Masonic Cemetery Records, ca. 1800-1900. California State Library.
• The Book of the Dead – Northern California Cemetery Records. California State Library.
• California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985—$$$$—Ancestry.com
• N. Gray Mortuary Ledger, 1888—FREE
• Halsted N. Gray, Carew and English Mortuary Collection, 1835-1931—FREE—FamilySearch.org
• Name index and 61,186 images.
• San Francisco Mortuary Records—FREE
• Images and searchable index for the following:
• Carew & English 1906-1989 (index cards)
• Carew & English 1906-1912 (Book 1 names and info)
• Carew & English 1906-1931 (Books 1-4 names)
• DI Kenny 1906-1923
• Gantner [Peterson-Guntz] 1895-1906
• Gantner - Maison - Domergue Nov 1916-Oct 1975
• Halsted & Company 1923-1974
• Martin & Brown (A.W. Martin) 1911-1974
• Julius S. Godeau 1921-1975
• H. F. Suhr Company 1922-1978
• N. Gray & Company 1888, 1921-1932

San Francisco Naturalization Recordsmore info

• Restoration of Naturalization Index, Q section—FREE
• Naturalization—FREE—FamilySearch
• Naturalization Index, 1898
• Naturalization Supplement Index, 1858-1944
• Restoration of Declarations, 1873-1907
• California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989 (searchable)—FREE—FamilySearch
• California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989 and Petitions (1903-1991) (images)—FREE—FamilySearch
• San Francisco Chinese Exclusion List—$$$$—Ancestry.com
• Index to 5000 immigration investigation files from the INS between 1903-44.

• Various Newspapers (California Digital Newspaper Collection)—FREE
• San Francisco Call, 1 Apr 1890 - 15 Jul 1913 (excluding Jan 1901, Mar 1903, and Jan 1905) (images online)
• California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences, 4 Jan 1855 - 1 Apr 1880 (incomplete run) (images online)
• Daily Alta California, 10 Dec 1849 - 2 Jun 1891 (excluding Mar/Apr 1859 and Jul/Aug 1878) (images online)
• Californian, 15 Aug 1846 - 11 Nov 1848 (images online)
• California Star & Californian, 18 Nov 1848 - 23 Dec 1848 (images online)
• California Star, 9 Jan 1847 - 14 June1848 (images online)
• Pacific Appeal, Apr 1862 - Jun 1880 (incomplete run) (images online)
• Pacific Rural Express, Jan 1871- Dec 1922 (images online)
• Wide West, Sep 1854 - Jan 1858 (incomplete run) (images online)
• Various Newpapers (Chonicling America, Library of Congress)—FREE
• San Francisco Morning Call, Apr 1890 to Mar 1895 (incomplete run)(images online) (searchable)
• San Francisco Call, 5 Mar 1895 to 31 Dec 1913 (incomplete run)(images online) (searchable)
• The Call-chronicle-examiner, 19 Apr 1906 (images online) (searchable)
• Various newspapers (Internet Archive)—FREE
• Spokesman [African-American newspaper],
• Jan. 13, 1933-May 24, 1934
• Jun. 7, 1934-Aug. 16,1935
• The Monitor [The Archdiocese of San Francisco]
• Dec.1861-Feb. 1875 (broken)
• July 31, 1875-Jan. 12, 1878 (broken)
• Feb. 14, 1878-Oct. 8, 1884 (broken)
• The Monitor and Guardian
• July 31, 1875-Jan. 12, 1878 (broken)
• San Francisco Chronicle—FREE (through participating libraries such as the San Francisco Public Library, databases)
• 1865 to 1922 (images online)
• Available in the ProQuest Historical Newspapers section.
• Google News Archive—FREE
• An index of newspaper articles in online free and fee-based databases. Fee-based includes ProQuest and Newspaperarchive.com.
 
• Various newspapers (GenealogyBank)—$$$$ (free to search)
• Alta California, 1850-1861
• Centro America, 1921
• Daily Commercial News, 1885-1888
• Daily Globe, 1857-1858
• Daily Placer Times and Transcript, 1852-1855
• Eco del Pacifico, 1857
• Elevator, 1872-1898
• Hispano America, 1918-1931
• Imparcial, 1931-1935
• Jalamate, 1971-1972
• Mefistofeles, 1918
• Mercantile Gazette and Prices Current, Shipping List and Register, 1863-1867
• Neuva Mission, 1967-1969
• San Francisco Bulletin, 1855-1891
• San Francisco Chronicle
• Obituaries only: 1 Jan 1985-Current
• San Francisco Evening Journal, 1852-1854
• Seminario Imparcial, 1938
• Voz de Chile y de las Republicas Americanas, 1867-1868
• Weekly Alta California, 1850-1854
• Weekly Pacific News, 1 Mar 1850 - 1 Feb 1851
• Various Newspapers (NewspaperArchive)—$$$$ (free to search)
• Alta California, 1848 to 1849 (incomplete)
• Daily Alta California, 1864, 1874, 1879 (partial)
• Oakland Tribune, 1874 - 1977
• Not a San Francisco newspaper, but often printed San Francisco information.
• San Francisco Chronicle (Footnote)—$$$$
• 1865 to 1923 (images online), searchable.
• Not every day available.
• Various newspapers (Ancestry.com)—$$$$ (free to search)
• Daily Alta California  1864, 1874, 1879 (incomplete)
• The index by WRC "references over 560,000 names and over 2,300 Irish societies from 1849-1927. The Index can be searched by a person's name or a society name; providing each mention of the name found, the society concerned, a brief listing of the activity which generated mention in a publication, and the name and date of the source article."
• Note: this appears to be primarily a general newspaper index and also includes many Roman Catholic references.
• A list of the source and society codes used in the index is available.
• Grizzly Bear [Native Sons of the Golden West publication]—FREE—Internet Archive
• 1908 - 1954 (incomplete run)

 
• Norcal Genealogy U.S. Newspapers
• List of other websites having digitized newspapers in the San Francisco Bay area.

• Record of Orphans, Half Orphans, Etc. on State Aid,  San Francisco, 1903-1910—FREE
• Orphan and Half-Orphan Records, 1905-1910—FREE—FamilySearch

• List of Letters (unclaimed), 05 Dec 1892—FREE

• California Bound—FREE—sfgenealogy
•  Passenger lists for ship and wagon train passengers traveling to California between 1848 and 1873. The lists are transcribed from microfilm of the New York Daily Times, the New York Herald, the New Orleans Picayune, the Panama Star, the Panama Herald, the Boston Daily Evening Transcript and other miscellaneous newspapers. Also includes some vitals information for Panama.
• California, The Pioneer Steamer, 1848-1849—FREE—Golden Nugget Library
• The Brooklyn Passenger List, 1846—FREE
• Overland Passengers, 05 October 1876—FREE
• Passengers Lost in the Rio de Janeiro Disaster, 23 Feb 1901
• Maritime Heritage Project—FREE
• This site contains lists of ships and passengers sailing to San Francisco from 1846 through the 1860s.
• San Francisco Immigrant Passenger Lists—$$$$ (for a fee by ancestry.com)
• Various vessels from 1893 to to 1953
• One Step Searches by stevemorse.com
• Louis J. Rasumussen's San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists
• San Francisco Ship Passenger ListsVol. I [1850-1864]—$$$$—Ancestry.com
• San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. II [1850-1851]—$$$$—Ancestry.com
• San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists. Vol. III: November 7, 1851 to June 17, 1852—$$$$—Ancestry.com
• Ferguson Project (part of the Australian Cooperative Digitisation Project) —FREE
• Images (pdf format) of the Shipping Gazette and Sydney General Trade List, 1844 - 1855
• Contains many ship passenger lists for vessels bound for San Francisco
• Klondike Gold Rush Historical Database—FREE
• Sailings (searchable passenger lists)
• More California lists which may include San Francisco passengers

• Directory of San Francisco Image sites—FREE
• San Francisco Public Library - History Center
• California Heritage Project - Bancroft Library
• America Hurrah
• Picturehistory.com

• [Alcatraz] Every Prisoner to Ever Serve Time on Alcatraz—FREE

San Francisco Voter Registrationmore info

• Great Registers: 1867, 1869, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1900-1902, 1907-1920, 1922—FREE—FamilySearch
• 1867 Great Register—FREE
• 1890 Great Register of Voters District 48, Precinct 14 (Noe Valley)—FREE
• California Voter Registrations (various counties)—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
• 1866-1898
• 1900-1944
• see also California Voter Registration databases

• U.S. IRS Tax Assessment Lists, 1863-1866—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
•  San Francisco, San Mateo Monthly, Annual and Special Lists