Santa Clara County Genealogy - Research Facilities

Research Facilities

Index

Government

Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder
Santa Clara County Superior Court
Santa Clara County Medical Examiner/Coroner
Santa Clara County Archives

California Department of Health Services
National Archives-Pacific Region

Religious Organizations

Family History Library
Episcopal Archives
Presbyterian Archives
Roman Catholic Archives
Western Jewish History Center

Genealogical and
Historical Organizations

California Genealogical Society
California Historical Society
California Pioneers of Santa Clara County
Native Daughters of the Golden West
Society of California Pioneers

Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogy Society
Local Museums and Societies

Miscellaneous

Funeral Homes
Museums and Societies
Newspapers, Current
Schools and Alumni

Santa Clara County Offices

Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder—
for birth (from 1873), marriage (from 1851) and death (from 1873) certificates.

Vital Records and Indices Notes
70 West Hedding Street, East Wing, First floor
San Jose CA 95110
telephone
email
hours

For marriage licences (1849 – 1946 / bulk dates 1850 – 1914), see also History San José.
See Santa Clara County Archives below for County Clerk historical records.

Santa Clara County Superior Court—for wills, probate and divorce records.
191 N. First Street
San Jose CA 95113
telephone (downtown records)

For probate records (1850-1893), see also History San José.
For wills (1849-1912), see also History San José.

Santa Clara County Medical Examiner/Coroner for death investigation records. Why would there be a coroner's report?
850 Thornton Way
San Jose, California 95128
telephone

For records (1850 – 1930), see also History San José.

Santa Clara County Archives
1875 Senter Road (Senter at Needles)
San Jose, California 95112

"The mission of the Santa Clara County Archives is to collect, preserve, and make available the historical records of Santa Clara County government."
County Clerk Records, 1867-2002.

Santa Clara County City/Town Governments

Campbell
City of Campbell

Cupertino
City of Cupertino

Gilroy
City of Gilroy

Los Altos
Los Altos

Los Gatos
Los Gatos

Milpitas
City of Milpitas

Monte Sereno
City of Monte Sereno

Morgan Hill
City of Morgan Hill

Mountain View
City of Mountain View

Palo Alto
City of Palo Alto

San Jose
City of San Jose

Santa Clara
City of Santa Clara

Saratoga
City of Saratoga

Sunnyvale
City of Sunnyvale

Santa Clara County Historical and Genealogy Society
2635 Homestead Road (Santa Clara City Library)
Santa Clara, California 95051-5387

Research services
Online databases
Resources

Births, 1871-1905
Marriages, 1850-54, 1862-1905
Deaths, 1873-1905
Marriage Bride and Groom Indexes, 1960-1985
Death Index, 1940-1995
1930 Census Every Name Index
Early Settler Files Index
SCCHGS Scrapbooks (index)
Santa Clara County Histories (index) (note: includes name indexes)
Williams Funeral Home Books (index)
Monahan Mortuary (index)
Great Register of Voters: 1867, 1889, 1890, 1892, 1900
Cemetery Indexes: Santa Clara County, Calvary, Gate of Heaven, Los Gatos Memorial Park, Madronia, Mission City Memorial Park (index), Oak Hill, Saratoga IOOF (with photos) and "several smaller cemeteries."
Tax Rolls: 1853 San Jose, 1873-1881 Delinquent Tax
San Jose City Directories, 1870-1977 (incomplete)
Town Histories: Campbell, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Palo Alto, San Jose, Santa Clara City, and Saratoga

California Pioneers of Santa Clara County

"The purpose of our organization is to collect and preserve articles of local historic value of pioneer days of Santa Clara County."

Santa Clara County Funeral Homes

Gilroy
Habing Family Funeral Home
129 4th Street
Gilroy, CA 95020-5112

Los Altos
Spangler Mortuaries
399 South San Antonio Road
Los Altos, CA 94022-3615

Los Gatos
Darling-Fischer Chapel Of The Hills
615 North Santa Cruz Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030-4334

Morgan Hill
Johnson Funeral Home
17720 Monterey Street
Morgan Hill, CA 95037-3614

Mountain View
Cusimano Family Colonial Mortuary
96 West El Camino Real
Mountain View, CA 94040-2643

Spangler Mortuaries
799 Castro Stewwr
Mountain View, CA 94041-2013

Palo Alto

San Jose
Bay Area Cremation & Funl Services Inc
2787 Moorpark Avenue Suite 107
San Jose, CA 95128-3154

Chapel Of Flowers
900 South 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95112-5825

Darling-Fischer Garden Chapel
471 East Santa Clara Street
San Jose, CA 95112-3516

Lima Family-Erickson Mortuary
710 Willow Street
San Jose, CA 95125-1746

Mission Chapel Of Rancadore & Alameda
600 South 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95112-5710

Neptune Society
798 South 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95112-5820

Oak Hill Memorial Park & Funeral Home
300 Curtner Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125-1401

San Jose Funeral Service
1275 Lincoln Avenue
San Jose, CA 95125

Willow Glen Funeral Chapel
1039 Lincoln Avenue
95125-3196

Santa Clara
Cunningham's Affordable Burial/Crem Ctrs
3140 De La Cruz Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95054

Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary
466 North Winchester Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95050-5749

Santa Clara Funeral Home
1000 Scott Blvd.
Santa Clara, CA 95050-5212

A.W. Nuttman, 807 Washington St.. Santa Clara, CA
(operated from the 1920s to the 1940s - records are held at the Lima Family Santa Clara Mortuary - see above)

Harmon A. Smith, 900 Block of Washington St., Santa Clara, CA
(operated during the 1950's and early 1960s)

Saratoga
Saratoga Cupertino Funeral Home
12341 Saratoga Sunnyvale Rd
Saratoga, CA 95070

Sunnyvale
Wyant & Smith Funeral Home & Crematory
174 North Sunnyvale Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94086-5115

Lima Family Sunnyvale Mortuary
1315 Hollenbeck Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94087-4234

Santa Clara County Museums and Societies

Campbell
Campbell Museum
Ainsley House

Gilroy
Gilroy Museum
hours
location
telephone
Collection...consists of over 25,000 items relating to the history of Gilroy and the South Santa Clara County area."
"Public backfiles of the Gilroy Dispatch are available...has holdings for the Dispatch from 1925, and issues of the Gilroy Advocate from 1868 to 1946."

Los Altos
Los Altos Historical Museum

Milpitas
Milpitas Historical Society

Mountain View
Computer History Museum
Huff House

Palo Alto
Palo Alto Historical Association
Stanford Historical Society

San Jose
Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
History Park at Kelley Park
Mexican Heritage Plaza
Peralta Adobe/Fallon House
Portuguese Historical Museum
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum
San Jose Museum of Art
The Tech Museum of Innovation