This compilation includes resources (books, microfiche, microfilm, etc.) that are available off the internet. Some of these may have been transcribed and can be found on Databases (San Francisco County) and Vitals (San Francisco County) . Many of the resources are also listed elsewhere on this website under locations that have a copy. The locations are also indicated here by Location Code . Please note that all locations aren't listed or may have been inadvertently omitted. Also, please note that this compilation will always be incomplete. Although we have tried to include the more genealogically-related material, there is an abundance of materials and resources available (e.g., thousands of books on San Francisco history).

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• See Performing Arts

• Biography Collection | SFPLhc Collection Guide
• California Surname Index: Biographies from Selected Histories | Barbara Ross Close | SUTRO | SFPLhc | CGS
• United States Department of State Biographic Registers, 1924 to 1974 | SFPL

• See Vitals

• San Francisco Block Book (1868, 1890, 1894, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910) | SFPLhc
• San Francisco Block Book (1894, 1901, 1906, 1907, 1909, 1910) | CHS
• San Francisco block books, ca. 1868-1915 {microfilm} BANC
• See also Land

• See Directory

• See Directory

• ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION: 1850-1959. Filed alphabetically by company name. Includes company name, purpose, place of business, names of officers and amount of capital invested. | CSA
• TRADEMARKS: 1861-date. Filed numerically by trademark number and chronologically by date of filing. Includes name of claimant, type of product, label specimen or written description and occasionally business address. Claimant and trademark name idexes available. | CSA
• DEPARTMENTS PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS/CONSUMER AFFAIRS - LICENSING FILES: 1885-1968. Filed by type of profession and then alphabetically by name. Includes biographical data, letters, photographs, newspaper clippings relating to: Architectural Examiners, 1901-1947; Civil and Professional Engineers, 1930-1966; Cosmetologists, 1928-1960; Dental Examiners, 1885-1959; Medical Examiners, 1902-1981; Pharmacy Board, 1894-1938; and Social Work Examiners, 1940-1967. | CSA
• Alsop & Company, San Francisco papers, 1856-1864. | BANC
• Andrews & Olds merchants protective system : account book for San Francisco and Oakland, California area, 1884-1892 | FHL
• Argonaut Publishing Company records, 1880-1905. | CHS
• Berton (G.A.) & Co., San Francisco records, 1904-1934. | BANC
• Burgoyne & Co., San Francisco sight drafts, 1851-1852. | BANC
• California, Oregon and Idaho Stage Company Records, 1865-1894. | [MEADVILLE-LOMBARD THEOL SCH, CHICAGO, IL 60637-1679]
• California Street Cable Car Company, San Francisco records, 1890-1950.| BANC
• Colt Press, San Francisco records, 1938-1958. | BANC
• Deep Creek Railroad Company. 1923-1925. | BANC
• Dubroca Brothers, San Francisco ledgers, 1856-1860. | BANC
• Empire Mines and Investment Company, San Francisco records, 1911-1930. | BANC
• Federal Union, Inc., Western Office, San Francisco records, 1940-1942. | BANC
• Gantner and Mattern Co., San Francisco records, ca. 1901-1957. | BANC
• Ghirardelli Co., San Francisco papers, ca. 1895-1918.| BANC
• Golden Gate Oil Company, San Francisco, Calif. records, 1898-1900. | BANC
• Hawley & Company account book, 1888-1890. | [UNIV OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA 95211-0197]
• Inter-America House, San Francisco records, ca. 1941-1946. | BANC
• Mellus & Howard Company, San Francisco papers, 1837-1855. | BANC
• Opera Ring (San Francisco, Calif.) Records, 1954-1966. | SFPALM
• Oregon Improvement Company records, 1880-1896.| [UNIV OF WASHINGTON LIBR, SEATTLE, WA 98195-2900]
• Pierce and Company, San Francisco. Records, 1853-1902. | [UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES, CA 90024-1575]
• Russ House, 1863-1945. | BANC
• San Francisco Symphony Association records, [1953-1975]. | BANC
• San Francisco Symphony Orchestra. Records, 1911-[ongoing]. | SFPALM
• San Francisco Wholesale Dairy Produce Exchange records. | BANC
• Selby Smelting & Lead Co. Records, 1865-197-. | CSL
• Selby Smelting and Lead Company assay reports, 1891-1903. | [UNIV OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA 95211-0197]
• Sierra Land & Mineral Corporation records, 1920-1936. | [UNIV OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA 95211-0197]
• Sinsheimer Bros., San Francisco accounts, 1903-1915. | BANC
• Southern Pacific Railroad, Employee record cards, 1900-1930 | CSRM | FHL
• Spreckels Sugar Company Collection, 1898-1995. | [UNIV OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA 95211-0197]
• Tallant & Company, San Francisco papers, 1862-1867. | BANC
• Tehama House, San Francisco accounts, 1850-1856. | BANC

• See California-Spanish Books (Offline)

• Inscriptions from City Cemetery Thirty-fourth Avenue and Clement Street (now Lincoln Park) / Evelyn Briggs Baldwin | FHL
• Columbarium Records 1847-1980, San Francisco, California, / Vernon A. Deubler | CGS
• Croatian cemetery records of San Francisco, 1849-1930 | SFPLhc
• Jugoslav cemetery records of San Francisco, 1849-1930 | SFPLhc
• Lawndale Cemetery, alphabetical list of removals to, 1940 / Laurel Hill Cemetery Association | FHL
• Laurel Hill Cemetery (San Francisco) Registers | SCP
• Lone Mountain Cemetery (San Francisco) Registers | SCP
• Lone Mountain Cemetery register | SFPLhc
• Lone Mountain, the Most Revered of San Francisco's Hill / Ann Clark Hart | SFPLhc | SUTRO | CGS
• Records from tombstones in Laurel Hill Cemetery, 1853-1927 | SFPLhc
• Masonic Cemetery, alphabetic list of individuals transferred from Masonic Cemetery | SFPLhc | FHL | CGS
• Epitaphs from Mission San Francisco de Asis Cemetery (Mission Dolores) / D.A.R. California | SFPLhc | CGS
• Oddfellows Cemetery, Register of Removals | SFPLhc | FHL | CGS (original books and ledgers)
• San Francisco, California, I.O.O.F. Crematory Records / Barbara Ross Close | CGS (original books and ledgers)
• Book of the Dead, San Francisco Cemetery Records, 1842-1863
  • Card Catalog | SUTRO | CSL | FHL | CGS (also original mss)
  • Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) publication | SFPLhc | SUTRO | FHL
    • Records of N. Gray & Co. Undertakers, 1848-1863
    • Lone Mountain cemetery
    • Laurel Hill Cemetery
    • Masonic cemetery
    • Yerba Buena Cemetery
• California Cemetery Inscription Sources / Elizabeth Kot and Shirley Thomson | SUTRO | CGS
• An Alphabetical Listing of the California Mission Vital Records. | FHL
• Cemetery Records from California / D.A.R. California [multiple volumes] | SUTRO
  • Volume 4 has some records from the Naval Reservation Cemetery
  • Volume 5 has some records from Laurel Hill Cemetery, 1853 to 1937
  • Volume 13 has some records of Mission Dolores Cemetery
• Masonic Cemetery Association records, 1888-1919 | CHS

• 1852 California State Census Index | SFPLmn
• 1852 (printed) California State Census returns | CSA

• 1860, 1870, 1880, 1900, 1910, 1920, and 1930 United States Census Returns | USNA | SUTRO | SFPLmn | CGS
• 1860 United States Census Returns | SFPLhc
• 1860, 1880 United States Census Returns (printed, State copies) | CSA
• Indexes
  • 1860 California census index : heads of households and other surnames in households index [microform] / compiled by Bryan Lee Dilts | SUTRO
  • 1870 San Francisco County federal census index / editor, Ronald Vern Jackson, et al. | SUTRO
  • 1920 CA soundex, Census of the United States (1920) / Washington, D.C. : National Archives | SUTRO

• Bridging the Pacific : San Francisco Chinatown and its people / Chinn, Thomas W. | FHL | CGS
• Chinese and the early settlement of San Francisco, Includes Departures and arrivals of ships between Hong Kong and California, 1848-1855. | FHL
• Chinese in San Francisco, Various materials on the history of the Chinese in San Francisco. | FHL
• Chinese passenger lists 1897-1905 | USNA
• Extracts from San Francisco newspapers, 1849-1870, Items especially concerning China, extracted from newspapers. | FHL
• Lists of Chinese Passengers arriving in SF 1881-1914 | USNA
• Lists of Chinese applying for admission to the US through port of SF 1902-1947 | USNA
• Passenger lists of vessels arriving at SF from Honolulu 1902-1907 | USNA
• Registers of Chinese Laborers returning to the US through port of SF 1882-1888 | USNA
• Registers of Chinese departing from and returning to the US 1882-1908 | USNA
• San Francisco Chinese Mortuary records 1870-1933 | USNA
• Settlement and early land records of San Francisco, Notes on locations of property owned by Chinese immigrants and others. | FHL

• See Church Records Guide

• Alcalde's Records 1846-1849 | SFPLhc
• Index to City Licenses, 1850 - 1856 | SFPLhc
• Inventory of the county archives of California, the city and county of San Francisco (San Francisco) / Historical Records Survey | SFPLhc | FHL | CGS
• Municipal Reports 1860 to 1917 | SFPLhc | CGS
• San Francisco Police Department Records, 1870-1983, bulk 1888-1969 | SFPLhc
• San Francisco Chief of Police collection, 1868-1877 | [UNIV OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ, SANTA CRUZ, CA 95064]
• San Francisco Harbor Police. Title: Record of vessels boarded by San Francisco Harbor Police, 1876-Jan., 1896 | BANC
• San Francisco Police Dept. Reports of arrests, 1918 July-1931 Mar. | BANC
• Water Tap Records 1861 - 1937 | SFPLhc

• See Directory

• Columbia Park Boys' Club, San Francisco, Calif., papers, 1905-1907. | BANC
• Daughters of Bilitis papers, 1960-1965. | [UNIV OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55455-0414]§
• Girls' Club records : San Francisco, Calif., 1924-1973. | BANC
• International Order of Job's Daughters, San Francisco Bethel, No. 3 logbook, 1925-1928. | BANC
• Ladies' Seamen's Friend Society of the Port of San Francisco records, 1887-1904. | BANC
• Pan American Society, San Francisco chapter papers, 1930-1965. | [UNIV OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA 95211-0197]
• San Francisco Microscopical Society records, 1872-1905. | BANC

• See Medical Examiner

• Attachments, 1850, 1869-1872, Court actions seizing property to furnish security for debts. / California. District Court | FHL | CGS
• California and United States (federal) Court records and indexes | SFLL
• San Francisco supreme court cases index, 1895-1910 / California. State Archives | FHL
• SUPREME AND APPELLATE COURT CASES: 1850-1970. Filed numerically by case number. Includes briefs, transcripts and opinions. Plaintiff and defendant name indexes, 1850-1930, are available. | CSA
• “Selected Indexes” to U.S. and District Court Naturalization Records (National Archives publication T1220) | CGS
• Indexes to San Francisco Superior Court Cases 1906-1913 | CGS

• See Mortuary

• See Vitals

• See Newspaper

• See City Directories

• Records, official, 1906? to present | SFSC
• See History Index , Newspaper

• California State Election Returns, 1849 to date | CSA

• See Mortuary

• See Naturalization , Voter Registration

• California Information File | SFPLhc | SFPLmn | SUTRO | CGS
• Microfiche compilation of a California State Library card catalog. Includes citations and information for a variety of people, places, and events.
• Index to California Historical Society Quarterly, Volumes One to Forty, 1922-1961 | SFPLhc | CGS
• Index to California Historical Society Quarterly, Volumes 41 to 54, 1962-1975 | SFPLhc | CGS
• See also Newspaper Index

• Presidio of San Francisco autopsies, 1899-1902. | [Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, D.C.]
• Children's Hospital of San Francisco records, 1875-1988. | BANC
• French Hospital Benevolent Society records : ms., 1858-1885. | BANC
• Letterman General Hospital, Presidio, Patient Case Files, 1898 - 1913; Series from Record Group 112: Records of the Office of the Surgeon General (Army), 1775 - 1959 | USNA
• Marine Hospital. District of San Francisco, Calif. Title: Records, 1871. | [Rare Books and Special Collections Department, Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, 10 Shattuck St., Boston, MA 02115]
• Marine Hospital (San Francisco, Calif.). Title: Medical officer's journal, 1916-1938 (bulk 1916-1928). | [History of Medicine Division, National Library of Medicine, 8600 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20894.]
• Mothers' Milk Bank, Inc. records, 1945-1978. CHS
• Presidio General Hospital. San Francisco, Calif. Title: Register of dental operations : [San Francisco, Calif.] / United States Presidio General Hospital, 1901-1902. | [National Library of Medicine]
• San Francisco General Hospital, 1854-1966 (AR 84-30) | UCSFKL
• State Marine Hospital, San Francisco Patient List 1851-2 | PVGS

• See Newspaper (Hotel Arrivals)

• See Native American

• See Prison & Jail

• Jewish Community Library
  • Over 30,000 books on Jewish genealogy, history, customs, literature and religion.

• Boot and Shoe-Makers White Labor League, San Francisco, minutes of meetings : ms., 1890 July-1892 Dec. | BANC
• Eureka Typographical Union, no. 21, San Francisco, record book : ms., 1853-1859. | BANC
• Inland Boatmen's Union of the Pacific (aka Ferryboatmen's Union of California, Seafarers' International Union of North America), records, 1918-1985. | [UNIV OF WASHINGTON LIBR, SEATTLE, WA 98195-2900]
• International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union. San Francisco Joint Board, Records, 1930-1969. | [CORNELL UNIV, ITHACA, NY 14850]
• San Francisco Labor Council records, 1906-1965. | BANC
• San Francisco Typographical Union, no. 21, ledgers, ca. 1917-1931. | BANC
• See also Labor Archives & Research Center

• Property Records, official | SFAR
  • Deeds, notice of sale, conveyance, mortgage, lease, map, and builder's contract records: 1906 July - 1913 April, index
• Real Estate Sales Ledger, official: 1914 - 1999, index on microfiche | SFAR
• Recorded Documents, official: 1990 - present, computerized index | SFAR
• McInerney actions : court action to establish ownership of land-real estate, 1906-1984; with index to plaintiffs, 1906-1984 / Superior Court | SFSC | FHL
  • Records of Civil Actions to establish land questions after the 1906 Earthquake and Fire
• Deeds-Real Property and Index (Grantee and Grantor Index 1850 - 1913, some missing) | SFPLhc
• General index to deeds, 1850-1916; deeds, 1849-1900 / San Francisco County Recorder | FHL | CGS
• New series patents, 1868 / San Francisco County Recorder | FHL
• North Beach Property (San Francisco), Owners 1852 | PVGS
• Pre-statehood records, 1838-1851 / San Francisco County Recorder | FHL
• Real estate owned by the city and county of San Francisco and historical data relating to the same : with citations from decisions of the Superior, Supreme and federal courts, in relation to land titles vested in the municipality | FHL
• Settlement and early land records of San Francisco, Notes on locations of property owned by Chinese immigrants and others. | FHL
• Spanish and Mexican Land Grants | CSA
• Index to private land grant cases, U.S. District Court, Northern District of CA, 1853-1903 | USNA
• Index by County to private land grant cases, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of CA, 1852-1910 | USNA
• California Private land claim dockets 1852-1910 | USNA
• Private land grant cases in the Circuit Court of the Northern District of California 1852-1910 | USNA

• California land grant cases; index of the reports of the U. S. Surveyor General for California and others in the congressional executive documents, as listed in J66 in the University of California Library. Jacob N. Bowman, unpublished, 1965.
• California Land Patents. Bureau of Land Management, Sacramento.
• California private land grant cases: index to maps. J. N. Bowman, unpublished, 1941.
• California private land grant cases. Index of the reports of the U.S. Surveyor General for California and others in the Congressional Executive Documents, as listed in J66 in the University of California Library, Berkeley, J.N. Bowman, 1965.
• General Land Office Records Automation Project
• Guide to the County Archives of California. Owen C. Coy, California Historical Survey Commission,1919.
• Identification of the Historical Records of County Government in California. Laren W. Metzer, Sacramento, 1981.
• Index by County to Private Land Grant Cases, U.S. District Court, Northern and Southern Districts of California.
• Index to California ranches by county. J.N. Bowman, 1 v., The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, no date.
• Index to Private Land Grant Cases, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California, 1853-1903.
• Index to the Spanish-Mexican Private Land Grant Records and Cases of California. J.N. Bowman, 1958, Reprint Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1970.
• Indices to California land cases: manuscript. J.N. Bowman, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 1941 and 1964. 2 v., 5 v. in 1 box, 6 boxes of card files, and 3 microfilm reels.
• Indices to California land grants, 19–? J.N. Bowman, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley, 3 boxes card files.
• Microfilm Publications Concerning Spanish Private Land Grant Claims. National Archives, San Bruno, CA.

• See also Block Books and Sanborn Fire Insurance Map )

• California Historical Society Quarterly | CHS | SFPLhc | CGS

• See also Sanborn Fire Insurance Map

• Oral history collection containing 975 interviews | JPSML
• Whaling-related newspapers | JPSML
• Logbooks from the American President, Dollar Steamship, and American Mail Lines (1925-1944) | JPSML
• Vessel arrival/departure index | JPSML
• Ship registers | JPSML
• See also Transportation

• See Vitals

• Municipal Reports, 1859 to 1917, Abstracts from the Coroner's Report | SFPLhc
• Records, official, 1906 to 1955 | SFPLhc
• Records, official, 1956 to present | SFME

• San Francisco Cadet Company, 2nd Artillery, N.G.C., San Francisco, California, applications to enlist, 1882-1883 / Wilson, Margaret A | FHL
• Veterans of the Mexican War, 2nd Brigade, Co. A., N.G.C., San Francisco, California, muster rolls, 1869-1872 / Wilson, Margaret A | FHL
• Veterans General Register, 1884-1918 | CGS

• 1850-1942. Includes organization papers, muster rolls, and other records relating to Independent Militia Units, Indian Wars, Civil War, Spanish-American War, World War I and II. Name indexes available for Independent Militia Units, 1851-1866 and Civil War Volunteers, 1861-1867. | CSA
• Army of the United States, List of Officers, 1779-1900 | SFPL | CGS
• Army Register of the United States 1779-1879 | SFPL | CGS (1861-1865)
• Army Register, multiple volumes for 1908-1972 | SFPL
• Civil War index of compiled service records of volunteer Union soldiers who served in organizations from the State of California | USNA
• Civil War Volunteer Enlistment Register for California | FHL | CGS
• Home Guard for the City and County of San Francisco, Roster and muster rolls, 1861. | BANC
• Index to Indian Wars Pension Files, 1892-1926 | USNA | CGS
• Index to Mexican War pension applications / transcribed by Barbara Schull Wolfe | SUTRO
• Index to Mexican War pension files, 1887-1927 | USNA | CGS
• Military Discharge Records, 1919 - 1983 | SFAR
• Index to U.S. Military Pension Applications of Remarried Widows for Service between 1817 and 1898 | CGS
• National Guard Register, multiple volumes for 1926 to 1972 | SFPL
• Navy Register, multiple volumes for 1902 to 1985 | SFPL
• Presidio of San Francisco, selected items from U.S. Army records, , 1856-1946. | BANC
• Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps., two volumes: July 1, 1944 and January 1, 1949 | SFPL
• Register of the Commissioned and Warrant Officers of the United States Navy Reserve, multiple volumes for 1907 to 1984 | SFPL
• An index to compiled military service records of Union Army volunteers from California | FHL
• Old War Pension Index, filed 1815-1926 | USNA | CGS
• Subscriptions for the Regimental Colors for the First Regiment of Infantry California Militia by the Ladies of San Francisco : San Francisco, ms., 1861 May. | BANC
• U.S. Coast Guard Register, multiple volumes for 1915 to 1984 | SFPL
• U.S. Coast Guard Reserve Register, multiple volumes for 1957 to 1980 | SFPL
• United Spanish War Veterans records, 1905-1980 {Nelson A. Miles Camp No. 10 (1950-1976) and Reinhold Richter Camp No. 2 (1905-1954)} | [UNIV OF THE PACIFIC, STOCKTON, CA 95211-0197]
• War of the Rebellion, A personal name index to Orton's Records of California men in the, 1861 to 1867 : index / compiled by J. Carlyle Parker | SUTRO | CGS
• World War I Draft Registration cards for California (also for NV and HI, on microfilm) | USNA
• Original World War II registration cards—from the Fourth Registration only | USNA
  • The Fourth Registration was held in April 1942 and included all men (native born citizens, naturalized citizens and aliens) born on or after April 28, 1877 and on or before February 16, 1897 (inclusive). The Fourth Registration cards for California are arranged primarily by Selective Service Board number, and thereunder alphabetically by name of applicant.

• Family Service Agency of San Francisco (aka Associated Charities) records, 1869-2004 | SFPLhc

• I.O.O.F. crematory records, San Francisco, California / Barbara Ross Close. | SFPLhc | CGS (holds original ledgers)
• J.C. O'Connor Registers , 09 Nov 1882 - 10 Mar 1918 | SFPLhc | FHL | CGS
• J.C. O'Connor Datebooks , 01 Jan 1907 - 31 Dec 1919 | SFPLhc | FHL
• San Francisco Chinese Mortuary records, 1870-1933 | USNA
• Various original Funeral Records, pre-1920 | SFPLhc
  • Gantner - Felder - Kenny
  • Julius S. Godeau
  • Halsted & Company
  • H.F. Suhr Company
  • N. Gray & Company
• Valente,Marini,Perata & Co., 1888 - Feb 1993 | CHA

• See Performing Arts

• Indian Census rolls 1884-1940 | USNA
• Reports of Inspections of the Field Jurisdictions of the Office of Indian Affairs, 1873-1900 (rolls 3, 19, 43, 44, and 53) | USNA
• Census Rolls of the Indians of California Authorized under the Act of May 18, 1928 (includes only those Native Americans who could trace their ancestry to Native Americans living in California in 1852) | USNA
• California Indian Enrollment Applications, 1928-1933 | USNA

• Restoration of Naturalization (for pre-1906 San Francisco Superior Court Records) | SFPLhc
• #47 Supplemental Naturalization Data to and Including June 1, 1923 | SFPLhc
• See also Great Register

• San Francisco Public Library-News and Magazine SFPLmn has major local newspapers on microfilm.
• San Francisco Public Library-History Center SFPLhc has a number of short runs of miscellaneous newspapers.
  • Argonaut, 25 Mar 1877 to Sep 1958
  • California Demokrat, 12 Sep 1863-12 May 1918, 20 Aug 1922-22 Aug 1962, Dec 1962-Apr 1968
  • California Star, 09 Jan 1847-10 June 1848
  • City Argus, 07 Mar 1885-08 July 1899
  • Daily Alta California, Jan 1862-May 1891, broken
  • Elevator, The, 13 Aug 1869-15 March 1873
  • Il corriere del popolo, 1916-1959, 1962
  • Monitor, The, 14 Dec 1861-20 Feb 1875
  • Noe Valley Voice, May 1977-current?
  • Potrero View, The, Aug. 1970-current, broken
  • Public Opinion, 1890-1899, broken
  • San Francisco Bulletin, Daily Evening Bulletin, Oct 1855-Apr 1861; Oct 1861-Apr 1864; Oct 1864-Sep 1865; Oct 1866-Apr 1867; Oct 1868-Dec 1869; Apr 1870-Apr 1873; Apr-Oct 1874; Apr 1876-Apr 1877; Apr 1878-1882; 1885-Apr 1886; Oct 1887-Apr 1889; Oct 1889-Feb 1915, broken
  • San Francisco Daily Herald, Herald, 15 Jun 1850-27 Dec 1855, broken
  • San Francisco Herald, 17 Dec 1858-26 May 1849; 01 Jul 1861-31 Dec 1861, broken
  • San Francisco Merchant, The, 13 Apr 1883)-12 Apr 1889, broken
• San Francisco Newsletter, 1865 to 1888 | SUTRO

• Newspaper clippings on a variety of people, places and events | SFPLhc | OPLhr

• San Francisco Bulletin Index, 1855-1872 | BANC
• San Francisco Call Index, 1894-1899 | SFPLmn | CGS
• San Francisco Newspaper Index 1904-1949 | SFPLmn
• San Francisco Chronicle Index, 1950-1980 | SFPLmn

• See Newspaper

• Public Welfare Department. Record of Orphans, Half-Orphans, Inc., etc. on State Aid (1903-1910) | SFPLhc
• Record of orphans, half orphans, etc., on State aid, 1907-1910, City and County of San Francisco | FHL | CGS
• Orphans of California and children on aid, 1883-1889 / Lois Dove | SUTRO | CGS

• “Collection contains more than two million items, including books, photographs, programs, newspaper clippings, audio and video tapes, original artwork and artifacts.” | SFPALM

• San Francisco News-Call, newspaper photographs, 1910 - 1965 | SFPLhc
• San Francisco Examiner, newspaper photographs, | BANC
• Assessor's Office Negative Collection: Residences and Businesses, photographs of buildings from the 1940s to the 1960s | SFPLhc
• The Lawrence & Houseworth Photograph Database | SCP

• Abstract of the Enrollment Reigster of the Association of Territorial Pioneers | CGS
• Index to the Argonauts of California [by] Charles Warren Haskins / Libera Martina Spinazze | SFPLhc | SUTRO | CGS
• California Pioneer Register and Index, 1542 to 1848 / Hubert Howe Bancroft | SUTRO | CGS
• California Pioneer Roster Index / Native Daughters of the Golden West | NDGW | SUTRO | CGS
• Index to the DAR Records of the families of the California Pioneers. Vol. 1 to 27. Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), 1929-1957 | SUTRO
• Notes of a voyage to California via Cape Horn, together with scenes in El Dorado, in the year 1849-'50. With an appendix containing reminiscences … together with the articles of association and roll of members of “The Associated Pioneers of the Territorial Days of California”. By Samuel C. Upham. | SFPLhc
• Pioneer Index of the First Eighteen Volumes of the Grizzly Bear Magazine. Lois B. Benton, Berkeley, 1917. | BANC

• Alcatraz Prison Records | USNA

• Wills, official, 1906 to present | SFSC
• Collateral Inheritance Tax, 18 Nov 1893- 13 Aug 1895, Aug 1905 - 23 May 1906 | FHL | SFPLhc | CGS
• Collateral inheritance tax receipt books, 1893-1921 / San Francisco Treasurer | FHL | CGS
• Index of all estates in probate in the city and county of San Francisco, Calif. from 1850 / P.J. Thomas | FHL
• Probate Court Receipts, 12 Oct 1874 - 13 Apr 1894 (arranged by receipt number) | SFPLhc | CGS
• Probate court receipt books, 1871-1904 / San Francisco Superior Court | FHL
• San Francisco Municipal Reports, 1860s to 1905 | SFPLhc | CGS
• San Francisco Record of Probate Actions 1906-1942 | CGS
• Wills, 1906-1922 / San Francisco Superior Court | FHL
• San Francisco Probate Index, 1880-1906: A Partial Reconstruction, Kathleen C. Beals | SUTRO | CGS

• See Land

• Raking the Ashes - Genealogical Strategies for Pre-1906 San Francisco Research / Nancy S. Peterson | CGS
• A useful guide to researching San Francisco ancestry / Beals, Kathleen C | CGS | FHL
• Sources of Californiana : from padron to voter registration / J. Carlyle Parker | SUTRO

• See Directory

• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1886–1893, 1899–1900, 1905, 1913–1915, 1929, 1948-1951, 1960–1991) | SFPLhc
• Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps (1875–1991) | Various libraries listed by University of California, Berkeley

• Lick, Wilmerding and Lux Schools collection, 1894-1973 | CHS
• Lux School collection San Francisco, Calif. 1911-1979 | CHS
• Girls' High School records, 1864-1940 | CHS
• Grace Female Institute, roll book, 1864-1868 | BANC
• Grant School scrapbook and miscellany, 1910-1966 | CHS
• San Francisco Unified School District records, 1854-2003 (bulk 1874-1978) | SFPLhc

• Various grammar, junior high school, high school, college, etc. | SCPLgc | SFPLhc

• See Transportation

• See Maritime

• See Directory

• See Directory

• See Performing Arts

• Admitted alien crew lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, California, 1896-1921 United States. / Immigration and Naturalization Service | USNA | FHL
• California Wagon Train Lists, Volume 1: 5 April 1849 To 20 October 1852 / Louis J. Rasmussen | SUTRO | CGS
• Crew lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, California, 1905-1921 United States. / Immigration and Naturalization Service | USNA | FHL
• Custom House, San Francisco records, 1848-1901. Microfilm. BANC
• Custom House (San Francisco), Ships articles and crew lists, 1854-1856, 1861-1862, 1883, 1886, 1892. Microfilm. FHL
• Customs passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, California, 1903-1918 United States. / Immigration and Naturalization Service | USNA | FHL
• Indexes to non-Chinese passenger lists of vessels arriving in SF 1893-1934 | USNA
• From Italy to San Francisco : the immigrant experience Cinel, Dino | FHL
• Lists of US citizens arriving in SF 1930-1949 | USNA
• Minutes of boards of special inquiry at the San Francisco immigration office, 1899-1909 United States. / Immigration and Naturalization Service | FHL
• Passenger and crew lists of vessels arriving in SF 1954-1957 | USNA
• Passenger lists of vessels arriving in SF 1893-1953 | USNA
• Passenger lists of vessels and alien manifests arriving at San Francisco, California, 1893-1953 United States. / Immigration and Naturalization Service | FHL
• Passenger lists of vessels arriving in San Francisco from Honolulu, 1902-1907 United States. / Immigration and Naturalization Service | FHL
• Passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco from insular possessions, 1907-1911 United States. / Immigration and Naturalization Service | USNA | FHL
• Railway Passenger Lists of Overland trains to San Francisco and the West / Louis J. Rasmussen | CHS SUTRO
• Railway Passenger Lists of Overland Trains to San Francisco and the West, Vol II. November 14, 1871 to April 23, 1873 / Louis J. Rasmussen | CHS SUTRO
• Reconstructed passenger lists / Smith, Clifford Neal | FHL
• Records of arrivals and disposition of Japanese-Americans in SF 1928-1942 | USNA
• San Francisco Passenger Departure Lists; 6 volumes; 30 September 1850 to 30 June 1853 / Peter E. Carr | SUTRO (1-5) | BANC (1-6) | CGS
• San Francisco Ship Passenger Lists : Volumes I, II, III, IV; 1850-1875 / Louis J. Rasmussen | SUTRO | FHL | CHS | CGS
• Ship Brooklyn Association files, 1846 : MS 16442 / Ship Brooklyn Association. Utah Chapter (Sandy, Utah) | FHL
• Ships articles and crew lists, 1854-1856, 1861-1862, 1883, 1886, 1892 / United States Custom house (San Francisco) | FHL
• Stevenson's New York Volunteers (several publications) | CGS

• See Mortuary

• See Labor Union

• See Maritime
• See Transportation

• BIRTHS
  • Birth Certificates, official | SFDPH | CDHS
  • Gleanings from the 'Alta California', Marriages & Deaths, 1846-1850 / Mary Dean Alsworth | SUTRO
    • More Gleanings from the 'Alta California', Vital Records 1851 / Mary Dean Alsworth | SUTRO
  • Vital Records from the San Francisco Evening Bulletin [1856-59, 61-62, 64-66, 68, 73-74], Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) | SUTRO | CGS (1861-8, 1870-4, 1900-01 and 1904)
  • 1900 births, city and county of San Francisco, California / Fujii, Maggie | FHL
• MARRIAGES
  • Marriage Certificates [indexed], official | SFAR
  • 1949-1959 Brides and Grooms Index / State of California Department of Health | SFAR
  • 1960-1985 Brides and Grooms Index / State of California Department of Health | SUTRO (Grooms) | SFAR
  • Index to Marriage Certificates, 01 Jul 1904 - 17 Apr 1906 | SFPLhc | CGS
  • Applications for Marriage Licenses, 16 Dec 1912 - 14 Jun 1915 | SFPLhc
  • Index to Marriage Applications, Males, 01 Jan 1913 - 30 Jun 1915 | SFPLhc
  • Re-Recorded Marriage Index, 1860-1973 / San Francisco Assessor | SFPLhc | FHL | CGS
  • Affidavits for marriage licenses, 1913-1915, [indexed] / San Francisco County Clerk | FHL | CGS
  • Gleanings from the 'Alta California', Marriages & Deaths, 1846-1850 / Mary Dean Alsworth | SUTRO
  • More Gleanings from the 'Alta California', Vital Records 1851 / Mary Dean Alsworth | SUTRO
  • Index to San Francisco Marriage Returns 1850-1858 / Kathleen C. Beals | SUTRO | CGS
  • Vital Records from the San Francisco Evening Bulletin [1856-59, 61-62, 64-66, 68, 73-74] , Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) | SUTRO | CGS (1861-8, 1870-4)
  • 1900 city and county of San Francisco, California marriage licenses issued / Fujii, Maggie | FHL
• DEATHS
  • Death Certificates, official | SFPHD | CDHS
  • Death Certificates, 01 July 1904 - 01 Dec 1904 | SFPLhc
  • 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), 1865-1904 | SFPLhc | SFDPH | FHL | CGS
    • These volumes normally include the following information for each individual: Date of Entry, Name, Sex, Age, Occupation, Place of Birth, Previous Residence, Particular Place of Death, Date of Death, Cause of Death, Place of Burial, and Remarks.
      • 08 Nov 1865 - 30 Sep 1869, Volume 1 (index by Barbara Close | SFPLhc | SUTRO | CGS ) 01 Oct 1869 - 30 Apr 1873, Volume 2 (index by Barbara Close | SFPLhc | SUTRO | CGS ) 01 Apr 1882 - 30 Jun 1889, Volume 3 (Coroner Cases Only) and Index§
      • 01 Aug 1894 - 30 Jun 1896, Book “M” and Index
      • 01 Jul 1898 - 16 Mar 1900, Book “O”, no records, Index only (transcription with obits | CGS )
      • 17 Mar 1900 - 22 Oct 1901, Book “P” and Index
      • 23 Oct 1901 - 30 Jun 1903, Book “Q” and Index
      • 01 Jul 1903 - 30 Jun 1904, Book “R” and Index
      • 01 Jul 1904 - 31 Jan 1905 (no dates for records, only pages of a destroyed ledger)
    • The originals are located at the SFDPH (Book “O” and the 1904-05 ledgers were never microfilmed)
  • California Death Index (CADI) / State of California | SFPLhc (1940-1987) | SFPLmn (1905-1995) | SUTRO | CGS (1940-1993) (microfilm)
  • Social Security Death Index | SUTRO
  • Civil Case Files - Estates of Deceased and Deserting Seamen, 1872-1970, U.S. District Court (not indexed) | USNA
  • Record of Deceased and Deserting Seamen, 1872-1942, U.S. Shipping Commissioner (indexed) | USNA
  • Gleanings from the 'Alta California', Marriages & Deaths, 1846-1850 / Mary Dean Alsworth | SFPLhc | SUTRO
  • More Gleanings from the 'Alta California', Vital Records 1851 / Mary Dean Alsworth | SUTRO
  • San Francisco Deaths 1865-1869 / Barbara Ross Close | CGS
  • San Francisco Deaths 1902-1904 / Barbara Ross Close | SUTRO | CGS
  • San Francisco Deaths 1865 - 1905: Abstracts from Surviving Civil Records / Kathryn M. Doyle | CGS
  • San Francisco Probate 1906-1942 / Vernon A. Deubler | CGS
  • San Francisco Probate Index 1880-1906: A Partial Reconstruction / Kathleen C. Beals | CGS
  • 1900 deaths, city and county of San Francisco, California : plus miscellaneous deaths and corrections / Fujii, Maggie | FHL
  • Obituaries from the San Francisco Chronicle, 1975-1982 / San Francisco Chronicle | FHL
  • Vital Records from the San Francisco Evening Bulletin [1856-59, 61-62, 64-66, 68, 73-74], Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) | SUTRO | CGS (1861-8, 1870-4)
  • Originals and microfilm [1855-1862, 1863-1867, 1867-1872, 1872-1874] [California State Society, Auburn, California.]
  • 1906 Deaths, card index | SFPLhc
  • Who Perished–a list of persons who died as a result of the great earthquake and fire in San Francisco on April 18, 1906, Gladys Hansen | SUTRO | SFPLhc | FHL

• See Great Registers
• Record of Naturalized Voters, 1898 (microfilm) | SFPLhc
• Record of Naturalized Voters, 19 Oct 1985 (microfiche) | SFPLhc
• San Francisco County index of naturalized voters, 1850-1898 | FHL
• Great registers, 1866-1898; indexes, 1866, 1888-1904 / San Francisco County Clerk | FHL | CGS (1866-67, 1869-70)
• San Francisco, California, 1890 great register of voters / Steiner, Jane Billings | FHL | CGS

• See Transportation

• See Probate