Alameda County Genealogy - Databases

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Online Genealogy Databases

Biographies
Businesses
Census Indexes & Records
Churches
Clubs & Societies
Directories
Land Records
Miscellaneous

Mortuaries
Newspapers (historic)
Obituaries
Pioneer Indexes & Records
Schools
Tax Assessment Lists
Vital Indexes & Records
Voter Registration

Alameda County Vital Indexes & Records

Birth Index, 1889-1901—$$$$ (Vitalsearch-ca.com)
Delayed Birth Index, 1873-1971—$$$$ (Vitalsearch-ca.com)
Marriage Index, 1866-1878—$$$$ (Vitalsearch-ca.com)
Death Index, 1860-1903—$$$$ (Vitalsearch-ca.com)
Alameda County Record of Deaths, Volume C, 1889-1894—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Record of Deaths in Alameda County, Book D, 1895-1901—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Marriage Index, Apr 1854-Dec 1861—FREE
Various Birth, Marriage, Death and Obituary databases for California that include Alameda County.
The Oakland (Evening) Tribune Indices—FREE & $$$$

1874, 1875, 1876, 1890, 1894

Alameda County Biographies

Alameda County Biographies—FREE (USGenWeb Archives)
Pen Portraits (Autobiographics of State Lawmakers & Professional Men - 1878)—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
Biographies—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)

Alameda County Businesses

Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1877—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1878—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1876 Alameda Business Directory—FREE
1908-09 Attorneys and Bankers Directory—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)

Alameda County Census Indexes & Records

1860 US Federal Census for Alameda County Transcription—FREE (USGenWeb)
1870 US Federal Census for Alameda County Transcription—FREE (USGenWeb)
1930 US Federal Census for Alameda County Transcription—FREE (USGenWeb)
U.S. Federal Census Records (1860-1930)—FREE & $$$$

Alameda Churches

Oakland Baptist Churches, 1894

images—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
transcription—FREE—a TAG project

Early Records of the Asbury United Methodist Church, Livermore, California—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church, Livermore, California—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Early Records of the Grace Episcopal Church of Livermore, California—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Early Records of the Presbyterian Church of Pleasanton, California—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Directory of Methodist Women's Society, San Leandro, Alameda County - 1952—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
Directory of Methodist Women's Society, San Leandro, Alameda County - 1953—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)

Alameda Clubs & Societies

Members of the Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Pioneer Association—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
The Associated Charities, 1896—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1921/22 New Society Blue Book Clubs - various cities—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
East Oakland High Twelve Club, Masonic Lodge, Oakland, California, 1947—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
Oakland U.P.E.C. 50th Annual Session - 1936—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)

(Portuguese Union of the State of California)

Alameda County Directories
Blue Book, Business, City, Telephone

Blue Books

1889 Alameda County Blue Book—FREE
1899 Alameda Social Register—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1899 Berkeley Social Register—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1899 Oakland Social Register—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1901 San Francisco Blue Book (Social Directory)—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1921-22 New Society Blue Book—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1925 Blue Book - Alameda—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1925 Blue Book - Berkeley—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1925 Blue Book - Claremont—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1925 Blue Book - Piedmont—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1928 Blue Book (images)—FREE (InternetArchive.com)

Directories

1873 Oakland City Directory—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
1876 Alameda Business Directory—FREE
1879 through 1884 Oakland City Directory—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
1880-81 McKenney's Pacific Coast [Business] Directory—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1887 through 1900 Oakland City Directory—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)
1906 Relief Business Directory—FREE (The Bancroft Library)
1907 San Francisco-Oakland City Directory (images)—FREE (InternetArchive.com)
1908-09 California's Attorneys & Banker's Directory—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1921 Oakland City Directory—FREE (DistantCousin.com)
1938 San Francisco-Oakland City Directory (images)—FREE (InternetArchive.com)

Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Leandro—begins on page 883 of the pdf.

InternetArchive.com—FREE

Telephone Books

1898 California Telephone Book—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1916 Telephone Directory (images)—FREE (by Golden Nugget Library)
1933 Phone Book—FREE (VitalSearch California)
1940 Telephone Directory (images)—FREE (by Golden Nugget Library)
1940 Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Leandro Telephone Directory (images)—FREE (InternetArchive.com)

Alameda County Land Records

Index to Federal Land Records for California (including Alameda County)—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

Alameda County Miscellaneous

Notaries Public from California Blue Books, various years (1886-1909)—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)

includes Alameda County Notaries

Index to the Schellens Papers (17,219 names)—FREE(Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Excerpts about Murray Township from "History of Alameda County," by M. W. Wood, 1883—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Master index of names associated with the history of eastern Alameda County—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)

80455 entries from 79 books and booklets

Person name indexes to selected local history books—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Senate List of 1883 Pensioners on the Roll—FREE
1925 Hotel Oakland Guests—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)
1925 Hotel Whitecotton Guests (Berkeley)—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)

Alameda County Mortuaries

Callaghan Mortuary Records Transcriptions—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Robert Graham Mortuary Records—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
Robinson's Mortuary—FREE (USGenWeb)

Alameda County Newspapers (historic)

Oakland Tribune, 1874 - 1977—$$$$ (NewspaperArchive, free to search, images)
Oakland Tribune - Misc. Excerpts 1907—FREE by Jenna Fennell
Alambres de N.E.L. (Oakland, CA) 5/21/1975 - 6/21/1977—$$$$ (GenealogyBank, free to search, images)
The Oakland (Evening) Tribune Indices—FREE & $$$$ (Rainy Day Research)

1874, 1875, 1876, 1890, 1894

Newspapers in Alameda County—FREE (USGenWeb)
Various newspapers—$$$$ (Ancestry.com, free to search, images)

Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California)—1895-1977 (incomplete)
Daily Review (Hayward, California)—1947-1977 (incomplete)
Hayward Review (Hayward, California)—1925-1930 (incomplete)
Sunday Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California)—1964-1975 (incomplete)
Oakland Daily Evening Tribune (Oakland, California)—1870-1940 (incomplete)
Saturday Oakland Tribune (Oakland, California)—1969-1974 (incomplete)
Oakland Evening Tribune (Oakland, California)—1874-1875 (incomplete)

Alameda County Obituaries

Early Livermore, California, Obituary Information—FREE (Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society)
GenealogyBank—FREE & $$$$ (various modern newspapers)
See also current newspapers.

Alameda County Pioneer Indexes & Records

Members of the Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Pioneer Association—FREE (Golden Nugget Library)

Alameda County Voter Registration

California Voter Registrations (various counties)—$$$$ (Ancestry.com)

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