Alameda County Genealogy

Libraries

Local and County Libraries

Alameda County Library

Albany
Castro Valley
Centerville
Dublin
Fremont
Irvington
Newark
Niles
San Lorenzo
Union City

Alameda (City of)
Berkeley
Hayward
Livermore
Oakland
Pleasanton
San Leandro

Research Libraries

California State Library-Sutro
MELVYL On-Line Library Catalog

California Genealogical Society (CGS)

University Libraries

Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley)
California State University, East Bay (Hayward)
Mills College (Oakland)
Northwest Polytechnic University (Fremont)
Patten University (Oakland)
Samuel Merritt University (Oakland)

Alameda (City of)

Berkeley
Central, Claremont, North Branch, South Branch, West Branch

Hayward
Main, Weekes Branch

Livermore
Civic Center, Rincon, Springtown

Oakland
Branches: Asian, Brookfield, Cesar E. Chavez, Dimond, Eastmont, Elmhurst, Golden Gate, Lakeview, Martin L. King Jr., Melrose, Montclair, Piedmont Avenue, Rockridge, Temescal, West Oakland

Oakland History Room, Oakland Public Library
125 14th Street
Oakland CA 94612

History room
Obituary requests

Oakland city directories, 1869-1943
Alameda County voter registers, 1867-1944
California county histories
Oakland birth and death certificates, 1870-1904
A locally generated index of personal names

Tax Assessor's block books for the City of Oakland proper, 1877-1925
A scattered set of Sanborn fire insurance maps of various periods between 1882 and 1951
The published portion of the Oakland Cultural Heritage Survey

A locally generated subject index to articles in books and magazines
Newspaper clippings files and indexes to 19th-century Oakland newspapers and to the Oakland Tribune beginning in 1978
An index to historic African-American newspapers
Historic documents and published materials from local government agencies and the Oakland Unified School District

Pleasanton

San Leandro
Main, Manor Branch, Mulford-Marina Branch, South Branch