Databases (San Francisco County)

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Biographies

L Journalism in California, 1915
San Francisco County Biographies, 1870-1928 (Golden Nugget Library)
Representative & Leading Men of the Pacific, 1870 (Golden Nugget Library)

Books

San Francisco History

Business

Census

The Orphans' Home (transcriptions from the 1900 Federal Census for San Francisco)

Clubs

Illustrated fraternal directory, 1889
Illustrated fraternal directory, 1890
L Acme Club Night Athletic Exhibition, 11 Feb 1895
American Association of University Women, California State Division, 1928-1929
American Legion Posts, Roster, 1934-1935
L American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco Chapter, Committee Members, 1953
L American Society of Civil Engineers, San Francisco Chapter Past Presidents, Committee Members, 1905 - 1953
L Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, List of Members, 1910
L Argonaut Club, Officers & Members, 1924
L Arion Verein Club (German-American) Officers & Members, 1905
L Association of Pioneer Women of California, 1905
Association of Territorial Pioneers $ (California Genealogical Society)
L Bar Association, 1879
L Bohemian Club, Officers & Members, 1892
L Bohemian Club, Officers & Members, 1905
L California State Dental Association, San Francisco Members, 1933-34
California Club Yearbooks, 1905-1915
- 1905-06
- 1906-08
- 1909-10
- 1910-11
- 1911-12
- 1913-14
- 1914-15
Clubs, 1899
- 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
Clubs, The New Society Blue Book, 1921-1922
- 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.
L California Golf Club Directors & Members, 1924
California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, San Francisco, 1901
Cap and Bells Club, 1935-1938
L Cercle Francis Officers & Members, 1905
Citizen's Armistice Day Committee, 1938
Club Women of California, 1915
L City and County Federation of Women's Clubs, San Francisco, Yearbook 1918 - 1920
L Concordia Club, Officers and Members, 1892
L Concordia Club, Directors and Members, 1905
L Concordia Club, Directors and Members, 1924
L Cosmos Club, Officers and Members, 1892
L Cosmos Club, Officers and Members, 1905
L Debutante List, 1923 - 1924 Season
L Family Club, Officers and Members, 1905
L Freemasons of California - San Francisco Lodges, 1882
One Hundred Years of Freemasonry in California, 1950
L Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.), George H. Thomas Post No. 2 Officers, 1928
Islam Temple, 1918
Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society 1903
Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society 1904
L Lake Merced Golf Club Directors & Members, 1924
Live Oak Lodge, No. 61, Masonic Temple, Oakland, California, 1926
L Loring Club Officers & Directors, 1892
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Association No. 35, 1900
Master Mariners' Benevolent Association, 1913
L Merchants' Club, 1905
L Native Sons of the Golden West, Niantic Parlor No. 105, 1910
L Native Sons of the Golden West, Pacific Parlor No. 10, 1922
L Native Sons of the Golden West, Rincon Parlor No. 72, Officers, Nov 1897
L Native Sons of the Golden West, 60 Years of the Past Presidents' Assn, 1900-1960
Native Sons of the Golden West, Building Dedication, 1912
Native Sons of the Golden West, Grand Officers– Reports, Deaths 1885-1940
Native Sons of Vermont, Pacific Coast Association, 1881
L Norddeutscher Verein, Silver Anniversary 1874 - 1899
L Norwegian Club, Members (1947) & Officers (1906 to 1947)
L Order of the Eastern Star in California, Officers, 1873-1929
L Order of the Easter Star, San Francisco, Grand Officers of 1955
L Pacific-Union Club Officers & Members 1892
L Pacific-Union Club Officers & Members, 1905
Pacific-Union Club 1922
L Pacific-Union Club, Directors and Members, 1924
Pacific Union Club, 1930
Pacific Union Club, 1889-1991
- L Pacific-Union Club, Non-Resident Members, 1889-1991
- L Pacific-Union Club, Resident Members, 1991
- L Pacific-Union Club, Directors, Officers & Committees, 1990-1992
- L Pacific-Union Club, History and Past Officers, 1889-1991
- L Pacific-Union Club, Deceased Members, 1889-1991
- L Pacific-Union Club, 50-Year Members, 1991
L Park Presidio Dramatic Club, Program, 1932
L Personnel of San Francisco Banks, 1924
L Presidio Golf Club Officers & Members, 1924
L Press Club of San Francisco Officers and Members, 1892
L Press Club Officers & Members, 1905
L Progressive Business Girls Club, Christmas Jamboree, 1931
L San Francisco Art Association Officers & Members, 1892
L San Francisco Bowling Association, Membership Register, 1949
L San Francisco Club, Officers & Members, 1905
L San Francisco Commercial Club, Officers 1887 - 1911 and Members, 1911
L San Francisco Commercial Club, Officers & Members, 1916
L San Francisco Golf Club, Members, 1905
L San Francisco Golf & Country Club Directors & Members, 1924
L San Francisco Medical Society - Past Presidents (1868-1978)
L San Francisco Opera Association, Founders' List, 1923
San Francisco Opera Association, 1945-1960 (some years missing) (Golden Nugget Library)
L San Francisco Traffic Club, 1955 Officers & Directors
L San Francisco Vigilance Committee, 1851
Scottish Rite Temple Roster 1914
Sierra Club of San Francisco, Roster and Directory of Members, June 1944
L Sierra Club Past Officers, 1892 - 1969
L Sierra Club Officers & Newly Elected Members 1950
Society of California Pioneers, 1952-1953
Sons of the American Revolution, Annual Banquet of the California Society, 1898
Sons of Revolutionary Sires, 1876
L Union League Club Officers & Members, 1892
L Union League Club Officers & Members, 1905
L University Club, Officers & Members, 1905
Women's Athletic Club 1917

Ethnic

San Francisco Irish Database (formerly known as The Wrindex and Early San Francisco Newspaper Index)

Government

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San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997 (FamilySearch) IMAGES | INDEX
- Bonds, 1897-1901
- Coroner's Records | Death Reports, 1906-1956
- County Recorder Scrapbook, 1900-1904
- Defendant Index, 1891-1895
- Great Register Indexes, 1867, 1869, 1873, 1876, 1877, 1900-1902, 1907-1920, 1922
- Land and Property Records (see Land for more details)
- Licensed Surveyors, 1891-1935
- Marriage Indexes, Licenses, and Certificates, 1906-1975
- Miscellaneous Records, 1848-1850
- Mission Book, 1850
- Naturalization
  - Naturalization Index, 1888-1929
  - Naturalization Supplement Index, 1858-1944
  - Restoration of Declarations, 1873-1907
- Orphan and Half-Orphan Records, 1905-1910
- Plaintiff Index, 1902-1906
- Probate Indexes, 1906-1977
- Registration Affidavit of Alien Enemy, 1918 (U.S. Department of Justice)

Assessor/Tax
- L Assessor's List, 1857
- L Delinquent Taxpayer's List, 1867
Board of Health
Coroner/Medical Examiner
- L Abstracts from the Coroner's Report, 1871 to 1879
- San Francisco Coroner's Report (1877/78, 1878/79, 1881/82, 1882/83)
- Cases in the newspapers, 1849-1858
Fire Department
Miscellaneous
- L The Charles Herbert Crookson Collection
  - 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, 1897
Municipal Reports
Personnel
- L Alcaldes and Mayors, 1834 to present
- L 1870 City & County Officers, 1870
Police Department
- Sacramento Police Department Historical Mug Books (includes San Francisco mug books)
- L Report of the Commissioners of the Police Relief and Pension Fund, 1896/1897
- Chronological Record of Police Appointments City and County of San Francisco
- Police Court minute dockets, 1905-1906 (at San Francisco Public Library, Main Library, History Center)
- Jesse Brown Cook Scrapbooks Documenting San Francisco History and Law Enforcement, ca. 1895-1936
Post Office
- A Century of California Post Offices, 1848-1954 (Golden Nugget Library)
Public Administrator
- L Public Administrator's Reports, 1864-1897
Sheriff
- Sheriffs of San Francisco, Biographies, 1850 to present

Great Registers

L Great Register, 1867
L Great Register of Voters District 48, Precinct 14 (Noe Valley), 1890
Great registers, 1866-1898; indexes, 1866, 1888-1904 FamilySearch
San Francisco, California, 1890 great register of voters FamilySearch
San Francisco County index of naturalized voters, 1850-1898 FamilySearch
California, U.S., Voter Registers, 1866-1898 $ (Ancestry.com)

Hospitals

L St. Luke's Hospital, Board of Directors, Staff, Graduates, 1914-1915

Hotel Guests

L Hotel Arrivals, 05 Dec 1892 - Occidental, Palace, International, New Western
L Hotel Arrivals, 11 Feb 1895 - Grand Hotel, Russ House
1899 Hotel Guests (Golden Nugget Library)
- 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
L Hotel Bella Vista Guests 1905
L Hotel Bellevue Permanent Guests 1924
L Hotel Berkshire Permanent Guests 1905
L Hotel Cecil Guests 1905
L Hotel Cecil Permanent Guests 1924
L California Hotel Permanent Guests 1905
L Clift Hotel Guests 1924
Clift Hotel Guests 1925 (Golden Nugget Library)
L Colonial Hotel Guests, 1905
L Fairmont Hotel Permanent Guests 1924
Fairmont Hotel Guests 1925 (Golden Nugget Library)
L Hotel Knickerbocker Permanent Guests 1905
L Hotel Pleasanton Guests 1905
L Luxor Hotel Permanent Guests 1905
L Manhattan Hotel Permanent Guests 1905
L Nordhoff Hotel Permanent Guests 1905
L Occidental Hotel Guests, 1905
L Oliver Hotel Permanent Guests, 1905
L Palace Hotel Permanent Guests 1905
L Palace Hotel Permanent Guests 1924
L Palace Hotel Guests 1924
L Sequoia Hotel Guests 1905
L Sevenoaks Hotel Guests 1905
L St. Francis Hotel Permanent Guests 1924
St. Francis Hotel Guests 1924 (Golden Nugget Library)
L Hotel St. Nicholas Guests 1905
L Hotel Stewart Permanent Guests 1905
L Hotel Stewart Permanent Guests 1924
Hotel Stewart Guests 1925 (Golden Nugget Library)
L Wentworth Hotel Permanent Guests 1905
L Hotel Whitcomb 1924
Hotel Whitcomb 1925 (Golden Nugget Library)

Immigration

A-files (San Francisco) Index (for aliens born 1920 and prior)

Land

San Francisco County Records, 1824-1997 (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
- Deeds (Water Lots), 1847, 1850
- District Records, 1847-1849
- Grants, 1849-1850
- Homestead Indexes, 1906-1934
- Land Records, 1849-1850
- Land Titles, 1848-1849
- Liens, 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
San Francisco Mission Book Ledger, 1848-1850 (FamilySearch)
Land Titles in San Francisco, 1839-1852 (Golden Nugget Library)
California Land Patents Database, San Francisco, 1857-1932
L BLM Land Patent Records List, 1857-1963 (for San Francisco)
L Grants by the Board of Supervisors for "Outside Lands", 1870-1871
L Real Estate Transfers, 05 Oct 1876
L Real Estate Transfers, 11 Feb 1895
L Deeds from the San Francisco Examiner, 19 June 1901
McEnerney actions : court action to establish ownership of land-real estate, 1906-1937; with index to plaintiffs, 1906-1984 (FamilySearch)
San Francisco Block Books, 1907-1910 (Internet Archive)

Maps

Maritime

Masters, Mates and Pilots' Review, 1923-1924 (Golden Nugget Library)

Miscellaneous

CGS Names Index $
- “containing more than 410,000 records, is the index to our largest image collections and numerous physical books.” Includes the following collections:
  - Biographies of individuals prominent in early 20th century California
  - Francisco Deaths, 1865-1873, 1882-1889, 1894-1896, and 1901-1904
  - San Francisco International Order of Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) Crematory and Cemetery records
  - San Francisco County Probate Records: Registers of Actions 1906-1942
  - First and Third Congregational Churches of San Francisco
  - San Francisco registered voters, 1890

L California Academy of Medicine Members, 1930
L Carpenters' Union Local No. 483 - Officers & Members with Over 25 Years' Membership, 1971
L Missing Passengers from the Steamer 'Columbia', 1907
L Official Programme from Sutro Baths' Grand Aquatic Exhibition, 1902
L Book Name Indexes
L Koch Family by Richard L. Kenyon
The Traffic Association of California, 1895 (Golden Nugget Library)
Petition of Catharine Gross for Relief for the St. Boniface's Asylum, 1870 (Golden Nugget Library)
Petition of the Ladies' Protection and Relief Society, San Francisco, to the Legislature, 1870 (Golden Nugget Library)
Petition in Reference to Establishing a Public Law Library in San Francisco, 1870 (Golden Nugget Library)
Petition Of Citizens Of San Francisco For The Repeal Of The Mortgage Tax Law, 1870 (Golden Nugget Library)
Thirty-Ninth Annual Report of THE INFANT SHELTER in the City of San Francisco, 1913 (Golden Nugget Library)
L List of Letters (unclaimed), 05 Dec 1892

Military

California National Guard Report 1891-92 (Golden Nugget Library)
California Volunteers in the "Spanish-American War of 1898" (Internet Archive)
U.S. Army, California Department, 1899 (Includes names of military personnel at Fort Alcatraz, Fort Mason, the Presidio, etc.) (Golden Nugget Library)
Military petition record of naturalizations (San Francisco, California), 1918 : NARA, RG (FamilySearch)
The Letterman General Hospital History 1919 (Golden Nugget Library)
Welcome Home 363d Infantry & Kinfolk Division, 1919 (Golden Nugget Library)
L Record of Eighty-sixth Company California Military Reserve; San Francisco, circa 1920
Company "A", Marine Barracks, U.S. Naval Base, Navy #128, 11 April 1949 (Golden Nugget Library)

San Francisco Militia Units, 1850-1881 (California State Military History and Museums Program)
- 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)

Mortuaries

California Chinese Mortuary Records, 1870-1933
N. Gray Mortuary Ledger, 1888
San Francisco Mortuary Records
- 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 - Felder - Kenny 1922-1940
- 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
Halsted N. Gray, Carew and English Mortuary Collection, 1835-1985 (FamilySearch)
S.F. Dept of Public Health, Mortuary Record, November 1865-June 1904 $ (Vitalsearch-CA)
California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1895-1985 $ (Ancestry.com )
California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-1932 $ (Ancestry.com )
- 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.

Naturalization

FamilySearch

For more information on local naturalization records, take a look at L Naturalization Documents at the National Archives - Pacific Region (San Bruno).

Newspapers

San Francisco Chronicle
- Available via ProQuest or Newsbank through participating libraries such as the San Francisco Public Library and San Francisco State University.
  - ProQuest Historical Newspapers, 1865-1922
  - Newsbank, 1869-1984, 1985-present
- San Francisco Chronicle, 1865-1923 $ (Fold3)
- NewsBank $ (free search, various pay options)

The Monitor, 1871-1965 (San Francisco Catholic)
Overland Monthly, 1868-1900 (University of Michigan)
California Digital Newspaper Collection (as of Jan 2025)
- Alta California (Daily)(1849-1891)
- Alta California (Weekly)(1849)
- Bay Area Reporter (San Francisco, 1971-2005)
- California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences (San Francisco, 1855-1880)
- California Star (San Francisco, 1847-1848)
- California Star & Californian (San Francisco, 1848)
- Call (San Francisco, 1890-1922)
- Elevator (San Francisco, 1865-1898)
- Golden Gate Guardian (San Francisco, 1941-1946)
- Greens Land Paper (San Francisco, 1872)
- Hebrew (San Francisco) (San Francisco, 1864-1906)
- Hispano América (San Francisco) (San Francisco, 1914-1917)
- Italia (San Francisco, 1897-1919)
- Jewish Gaily Forward (San Francisco, 1977-2024)
- Jewish News of Northern California (San Francisco, 1895-2024)
- Labor Clarion (San Francisco, 1906-1947)
- Nichibei [Japanese American News] (San Francisco, 1912-1932)
- Organized Labor (San Francisco, 1900-1988)
- Pacific Appeal (San Francisco, 1862-1880)
- Pacific News (San Francisco, 1849-1851)
- Pacific Rural Press (San Francisco, 1871-1922)
- People's World (San Francisco, 1932-1937)
- Resources of California (San Francisco, 1875-1884)
- Shin sekai [New World] (San Francisco, 1912-1932)
- Shinsekai asahi shinbun [New World Sun] (San Francisco, 1932-1941)
- South San Francisco enterprise (San Francisco, 1895-1938)
- Star Presidian (San Francisco, 1952-1972)
- Synapse - The UCSF student newspaper (San Francisco, 1957-2013)
- Vestkusten (San Francisco, 1887-2007)
- Wide West (San Francisco, 1854-1858)
Library of Congress
- Call-Chronicle-Examiner, 19 Apr 1906
- Elevator, 1888
- Hispano América, 1917
- L'Italia, 1897-1919
- La Crónica, 1914-1917
- Mirror of the Times, 1857
- Morning Call, 1890-1895
- Pacific Appeal, 1875
- San Francisco Call, 1895-1913
- San Francisco Call and Post, 1913
- San Francisco Vindicator, 1887-1889
- Western Outlook, 1900-1928
Internet Archive
GenealogyBank $ (as of December 2021)
- Alta California (06/01/1850 - 06/21/1861)
- Banner of Progress (01/25/1868 - 02/01/1868)
- Bay Citizen (06/01/2010 - 01/29/2013) (Obituaries)
- Bay Woof (05/01/2014 - Current) (Obituaries)
- California China Mail and Flying Dragon (01/01/1867 - 01/01/1867)
- California Christian Advocate (02/17/1853 - 08/10/1876)
- California Chronicle (02/27/1854 - 10/20/1857)
- California Chronik (04/28/1866 - 08/27/1876)
- California Daily Courier (12/14/1850 - 12/26/1853)
- California Demokrat (08/21/1876 - 10/10/1876)
- California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences (09/21/1854 - 09/21/1876)
- California Home Journal (10/03/1858 - 12/05/1858)
- California Journal und Sonntags-gast (01/14/1872 - 12/30/1877)
- California Leader (08/12/1865 - 01/06/1866)
- California Posten (08/17/1876 - 08/17/1876)
- California Spirit of the Times and Underwriter's Journal (03/03/1866 - 11/23/1878)
- California Staats-Zeitung (08/17/1876 - 08/17/1876)
- California Star (07/10/1847 - 04/01/1848)
- California Weekly Courier (11/15/1850 - 11/15/1850)
- Californian (05/28/1864 - 02/01/1868)
- Californian (03/15/1848 - 03/15/1848)
- Call-chronicle-examiner (04/19/1906 - 04/19/1906)
- Catholic Guardian (01/01/1872 - 01/01/1872)
- Centro America (02/20/1921 - 08/25/1921)
- Chas. W. Brooks and Co.'s Circular (01/29/1862 - 06/14/1866)
- Chas. W. Brooks and Co's Market Report (04/19/1862 - 10/29/1866)
- Chin Shan Jih Hsin Lu (05/28/1854 - 05/28/1854)
- Commercial Herald's Freight Circular (11/09/1867 - 12/31/1870)
- Constitution (09/19/1860 - 09/19/1860)
- Corriere del Popolo (01/04/1916 - 12/20/1962)
- Courrier de San Francisco (08/09/1876 - 08/09/1876)
- Courrier de San Francisco (09/30/1876 - 09/30/1876)
- Cronica (12/15/1854 - 02/28/1855)
- Daily Alta California (12/26/1849 - 11/19/1876)
- Daily American Flag (05/08/1864 - 04/19/1867)
- Daily California Chronicle (11/22/1853 - 05/05/1858)
- Daily Commercial News (02/19/1876 - 12/31/1888)
- Daily Evening Picayune (08/13/1850 - 12/04/1851)
- Daily Evening Plaindealer (10/20/1857 - 12/31/1857)
- Daily Globe (07/04/1856 - 12/20/1859)
- Daily Morning Bulletin (10/21/1871 - 10/21/1871)
- Daily Pacific News (12/08/1849 - 04/14/1851)
- Daily Placer Times and Transcript (06/28/1852 - 12/04/1855)
- Daily Stock Report (05/11/1875 - 10/09/1876)
- Daily True Californian (06/19/1856 - 12/08/1856)
- Eco del Pacifico (04/09/1857 - 04/09/1857)
- Edw'd Mott Robinson's Circular and Market Review (05/21/1865 - 07/17/1865)
- Elevator (05/05/1865 - 06/11/1898)
- Evening Post (10/21/1873 - 12/30/1876)
- Flag's Evening Dispatch (04/16/1865 - 05/22/1865)
- Free Angela (05/01/1971 - 11/08/1971)
- Freeman, Smith and Co's Market Review (01/11/1868 - 01/11/1868)
- Golden Era (07/24/1884 - 02/18/1886)
- Golden Era (02/13/1853 - 10/22/1876)
- Golden Era (03/15/1853 - 04/15/1853)
- Grafico Internacional (02/01/1937 - 04/01/1937)
- Grocer and Country Merchant (08/11/1876 - 08/11/1876)
- Guide (08/23/1872 - 10/16/1876)
- Hebrew (01/26/1866 - 01/26/1866)
- Hebrew Observer (07/14/1876 - 08/25/1876)
- Henry B. William's Circular and Market Review (08/02/1865 - 08/09/1866)
- Hispano America (06/16/1918 - 12/05/1931)
- Hispano Ame'rica (04/15/1917 - 12/30/1917)
- Homes in California and the Pacific Coast (12/01/1876 - 12/01/1876)
- Imparcial (11/20/1931 - 02/01/1935)
- Ingleside-Excelsior Light (04/04/2017 - 08/03/2018) (Obituaries)
- Irish Nationalist (03/14/1863 - 03/14/1863)
- Irish Nationalist (01/26/1873 - 11/21/1874)
- Irish News and Pacific Coast General Advertiser (08/06/1875 - 08/06/1875)
- J.C. Merrill and Co's Market Report (05/28/1869 - 05/28/1869)
- Jalamate (12/01/1971 - 06/09/1972)
- John B. Newton and Co.'s Market Report (11/04/1858 - 12/04/1858)
- L'Italia (01/25/1897 - 12/31/1919)
- Lower Californian (10/12/1870 - 11/10/1870)
- Market Report of J.R. Newton and Co. (09/15/1853 - 09/15/1853)
- McRuer and Merrill's Market Report (02/21/1865 - 03/02/1865)
- Mefistofeles (03/09/1918 - 07/20/1918)
- Mercantile Gazette and Prices Current (03/19/1857 - 10/18/1867)
- Mirror of the Times (12/12/1857 - 12/12/1857)
- Mission Local (05/08/2009 - Current) (Obituaries)
- Monitor and Guardian (09/09/1876 - 09/09/1876)
- Nueva Mission (11/27/1967 - 10/01/1969)
- Nuevo Mundo (06/28/1864 - 12/23/1864)
- Oriental (09/18/1875 - 02/26/1876)
- Oriental: or, Tung-ngai san-luk (04/28/1855 - 10/01/1855)
- Pacific (08/01/1851 - 12/17/1879)
- Pacific Churchman (07/10/1873 - 08/17/1876)
- Pacific Statesman (03/30/1853 - 03/30/1853)
- Pacific Whalemen's List (10/19/1855 - 12/04/1855)
- Petit Journal (08/07/1876 - 08/07/1876)
- Phare: Journal Franco-Californien (06/17/1858 - 06/17/1858)
- Pictorial Town Talk (06/05/1856 - 07/05/1856)
- Placer Times and Transcript (07/30/1853 - 10/31/1853)
- Placer Times and Transcript (07/30/1853 - 10/15/1853)
- Prices Current and Shipping List (02/27/1853 - 12/27/1858)
- Public Balance (12/14/1850 - 12/14/1850)
- Real Estate Advance (10/24/1876 - 10/24/1876)
- Real Estate Reporter of the Pacific Coast (03/28/1874 - 06/27/1874)
- Resources of California (10/01/1870 - 06/01/1876)
- San Francisco Abend Post (01/03/1871 - 09/29/1877)
- San Francisco Bulletin (10/08/1855 - 12/31/1891)
- San Francisco Call Bulletin (03/03/1864 - 12/31/1913)
- San Francisco China News (07/28/1874 - 05/01/1875)
- San Francisco Chronicle (01/16/1865 - 12/31/2017)
- San Francisco Chronicle (01/01/1985 - Current) (Obituaries)
- San Francisco Chronicle: Web Edition Articles (01/17/2016 - Current) (Obituaries)
- San Francisco Daily Herald (10/15/1856 - 06/29/1861)
- San Francisco Daily Times (02/05/1867 - 02/02/1869)
- San Francisco Daily Town Talk (05/16/1855 - 06/05/1857)
- San Francisco Daily Whig (07/15/1852 - 12/05/1853)
- San Francisco Evening Journal (05/31/1852 - 05/13/1854)
- San Francisco Examiner (07/01/1872 - 10/10/1876)
- San Francisco Examiner (07/25/2017 - Current) (Obituaries)
- San Francisco Foghorn: University of San Francisco (04/01/2010 - 03/29/2018) (Obituaries)
- San Francisco Herald (02/01/1851 - 03/20/1860)
- San Francisco Herald Price Current and Review of the Market (09/14/1850 - 09/14/1850)
- San Francisco Journal (02/22/1855 - 02/22/1855)
- San Francisco Journal of Commerce (09/13/1876 - 09/13/1876)
- San Francisco Market Review (03/09/1867 - 10/14/1868)
- San Francisco News Letter (11/05/1856 - 02/19/1876)
- San Francisco Real Estate Circular (03/01/1873 - 03/01/1876)
- San Francisco Star (04/01/1851 - 04/01/1851)
- San Francisco Vindicator (05/02/1887 - 02/16/1889)
- San Francisco Weekly Herald (03/20/1852 - 06/28/1861)
- San Francisco Weekly Journal (01/05/1856 - 01/05/1856)
- San Francisco Weekly Stock Circular (08/17/1867 - 11/12/1870)
- San Francisco Weekly Stock Report and California Street Journal (12/23/1870 - 12/29/1876)
- San Francisco Weekly Whig and Commercial Advertiser (06/15/1853 - 06/15/1853)
- SF Weekly (09/11/2017 - 04/29/2021) (Obituaries)
- Semanario Imparcial (08/13/1938 - 11/12/1938)
- Sociedad (07/15/1876 - 07/15/1876)
- Star of Empire (09/24/1856 - 10/08/1856)
- Steamer Bulletin (05/05/1856 - 06/29/1867)
- Steamer Globe (09/19/1856 - 11/19/1856)
- Steamer Times (12/01/1866 - 03/30/1867)
- Stock Exchange (03/08/1876 - 10/10/1876)
- Sun (06/18/1853 - 12/10/1853)
- Sunday Dispatch (07/13/1851 - 07/27/1851)
- Sunday Mercury (08/31/1862 - 07/31/1864)
- Tecolote (07/16/1876 - 07/16/1876)
- Voce del Popolo (07/21/1876 - 07/21/1876)
- Voz de Chile y de las Republicas Americanas (10/11/1867 - 05/26/1868)
- Voz del Nuevo Mundo (03/27/1865 - 09/23/1884)
- Weekly Alta California (10/05/1850 - 12/29/1877)
- Weekly American Flag (07/09/1864 - 08/12/1865)
- Weekly Bulletin (02/22/1856 - 09/14/1876)
- Weekly Chronicle (12/09/1854 - 02/28/1856)
- Weekly Chronicle (09/02/1875 - 09/28/1876)
- Weekly Examiner (08/24/1876 - 08/24/1876)
- Weekly Gazette (10/27/1860 - 10/27/1860)
- Weekly Herald and Mirror (02/07/1862 - 02/28/1862)
- Weekly National (03/17/1859 - 02/16/1860)
- Weekly Pacific News (12/31/1849 - 05/15/1851)
- Weekly Wide West (11/12/1854 - 01/03/1858)
- Wide West (04/01/1854 - 04/05/1856)
- Wm. T. Coleman and Co's Circular and Market Review (07/04/1856 - 01/10/1862)
Newspapers.com $
- The California News, 1922
- The Call-Chronicle-Examiner, 1906
- L'Italia, 1898-1917
- The Recorder, 1901-1934
- San Francisco Banner, 1894-1984
- San Francisco Call, 1890-1913
- San Francisco Call and Post, 1913
- San Francisco Call Bulletin, 1863-1956
- San Francisco Chronicle, 1865-1923
- San Francisco News, 1930-1951
- San Francisco Examiner, 1865-current
Newspaperarchive.com $
- Alta California, 1848 to 1849 (incomplete)
- Daily Alta California, 1864, 1874, 1879 (partial)
- Hispano America
- L'Italia
- San Francisco Call
- San Francisco Call and Post
- San Francisco Morning Call
- The Pacific Appeal
Google News Archive (various newspapers)
- California Star, 1847-1848

Offline, but noteworthy, at the California State Library:

San Francisco Chronicle Index (1950–1980)
- “approximately 720,000 citations to California-related articles”
San Francisco Newspapers Index (1904–1949)
- “approximately 1.8 million citations to the following titles”
  - Call (1/1/1904–8/31/1913)
  - Examiner (9/1/1913–9/23/1928)
  - Chronicle (9/1/1913–12/31/1949)

Orphans

L Record of Orphans, Half Orphans, Etc. on State Aid, San Francisco, 1903-1910

Pioneers

Prisons

Alcatraz
- Former Alcatraz Inmates List National Archives
- List of inmates of Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary Wikipedia
Index to transcripts and prison papers (no years, just prisoner info and from which county sent from and name of prison sent to)

Religious

Church Records Guide, 1942
A Guide to church vital statistics records in California, San Francisco and Alameda Counties, six denominations, May 1942
Beth Israel Congregation collected marriage records, ~1880s to early 1900s (starts at image 634 of 1067) (original manuscripts in the Judah L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley, California)
Central Methodist Episcopal Church directory, 1910 (Golden Nugget Library)
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Records, 1871-1939 $ (Ancestry.com)
First Congregational Church, 1849-1949 (Golden Nugget Library)
First Congregational Church Deaths, 1915-1917
San Francisco Congregational Church Records $ (see CGS Names Index)
- 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
- Deaths – 1909 to 1917
St. Ignatius Church and College, 1905
St. Paulus Evangelical Luther Church history, 1931
Trinity Episcopal Church (Baptism, Marriage, Burial), 1849-1906
West Side Christian Church Directory, 1895

Tax Assessment

Transportation

L THE BROOKLYN, Passenger List, 1846
L California Bound
- 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
Sydney (Australia) & San Francisco passenger lists, 1849-1851
L Overland Passengers, October 1876
L Passengers Lost in the RIO DE JANEIRO Disaster, 1901
Maritime Heritage Project (this site contains lists of ships and passengers sailing to San Francisco from 1846 through the 1860s)
San Francisco Immigrant Passenger Lists (FamilySearch) (various vessels from 1893 to to 1953)
Rasmussen, Louis J.
- San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists Vol. 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)
One Step Searches (Stevemorse.com)
- San Francisco Passengers (1882-1964) $ Ancestry.com
- San Francisco Ship Lists (1893-1953)
- San Francisco Manifest Viewer (1893-1953) $ Ancestry.com

Find more passenger/ship/arrivals information in Newspapers

The National Archives (San Bruno) have the original San Francisco shipping articles and crew lists for the 1851 to 1950 period (Record Group 26). Here is a list of the records covering the 1851 to 1895.

1906 Earthquake and Fire

L San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Marriage Project
Who Perished, List of Dead from the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake

In the History Center of the San Francisco Main Library is a card index of the 1906 Disaster Causalities. This is either a copy or possibly the original notes used for Gladys Hansen's publication. I noticed there were some differences as to who was added and who wasn't. Also, I noticed on the some of the cards there is much more information than the newspaper references. In one case there was also a quote from a relative's letter as to how her ancestor actually passed away. In another case I saw some information quoted from the death certificate. — Ron Filion, November 2002.
California, San Francisco, earthquake cards, 1906 (FamilySearch)
L List of Victims Treated at Park Hospital, Apr 18-20, 1906

Find more San Francisco County records at California/Bay Area