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San Francisco Vital Indexes & Records
Births, Marriages, Divorces, Deaths/Probates, Biographies
 
Births: 1776-present
Marriages: 1850-present
Divorces: 1850-present
Deaths: ?-present
Births: 1850-1853
Marriages: 1846-1853
Deaths: 1846-1853		 SF Newspaper Vitals Indexes—FREE—SFgenealogy
Divorces: 1856-1862,
1882-1885, 1889		 SF Divorce Notices—FREE—SFgenealogy
Deaths: 1851-1878 Hangings in San Francisco, 1851-1878—FREE—SFgenealogy
Births: 1857
Marriages: 1857
Divorces: 1857
Deaths: 1857		 SF Newspaper Vital Notices in the Sacramento Bee, 1857—FREE—SFgenealogy
  • Submitted by Sandra Harris
Biographies: 1857-1911
Deaths: 1857-1911		 CGS Names Index, 1857—1911—FREE and $$$$—mirror hosted by SFgenealogy
(more info requires a fee for the California Genealogical Society)
  • Index of various resources including:
    • Biographies.
    • San Francisco IOOF Crematorium between 1895 and 1911. Includes some disinterments from as early as 1857.
    • Early San Francisco death records 1865-1905.
    • San Francisco residents in late 19th century.
  • Order form and their searchable database is available on their website
    • On front page top menu, look under "Lookups"
Marriages: 1860-1973 Rerecorded Marriages: 1860-1973—$$$$—vitalsearch-ca.com
Deaths: 1863-1879, 
1896-1898		 Charles Herbert Crookson Collection—FREE—SFgenealogy
  • 1863 to 1879, 1896:  Abstracts from the Public Administrator's Report (probate info)
  • 1867—70, 1878:  Deaths extracted from Chronological History of Principal Events of city directories
  • 1871—79:  Abstracts from the Coroner's Report
  • 1876: Mortuary Report from Bishop's San Francisco City Directory
  • 1897:  Health Officer's Report of Deaths in the Receiving Hospital
  • 1897/98:  Deaths at Harbor Receiving Hospital
  • 1897/98:  Police Surgeon's Report, Deaths in the City Receiving Hospital

    • 1897/1898:  Decedents over Ninety Years of Age
Deaths: 1865-1873, 
1882-1889, 
1894-96, 
1900-1904		 San Francisco Deaths Indexes—FREE—California Genealogical Society
  • 1865-1873, 1882-1889, 1894-96, 1900-1904 (pdf format)

    • On front page left menu, look under "Online Databases—San Francisco Vital Statistics"
Deaths:  1866-1871,
1894-1896, 1900		 San Francisco Pre-1905 Death Index—FREE
  • Transcription of records (from 1866-1871, 1894-1896, 1900) of the 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) 
    • NOTE: This is only a partial transcription with missing information for each individual. Also, the "Date of Death" on some of the pages is actually the "Date of Entry."  Click here for more information on the source.
  • Names in the San Francisco County database are also searchable through our search engine  (by permission of Sharon Dulcich, July 2004)
  • San Francisco County is part of the California Pre-1905 Death Index project.
Births: 1869-1899
Marriages: 1869-1899
Divorces: various years
Deaths: 1869-1899		 San Francisco Call  Database Index, 1869—1900—$$$$ —jwfgenresearch.com 
(actual dates require a fee for Jim Faulkinbury)
  • Index of birth/marriage/death notices published in the San Francisco Call newspaper
Marriages: 1869-1905 Re-Recorded Marriage Records, 1869—1905—FREE—SFgenealogy
Marriages: 1872 Marriage Records and Death Records On The Pacific Coast, 1872—FREE—mirror hosted by SFgenealogy
Probates: 1872-1879 Reports of Cases in the Probate Court of San Francisco, 1872-1879, Milton H. Myrick, Probate Judge—FREE—Golden Nugget Library) Probate Court History
Probates: 1883 Probate Notice Index, 1883—FREE—SFgenealogy
Probates: 1883 Reports of Decisions in Probate Court of San Francisco, 1883-1908?, James V. Coffey, Probate Judge—FREE—Internet Archive Probate Court History
Divorces: 1889 San Francisco Call Divorces Index—$$$$—California Genealogical Society
  • 1889
  • On front page top menu, look under "Databases" and then "SF Divorces"
  • Free for members.
  • Same data available in text form here.
Deaths: 1889-1897 Removal Permits (Burials) for Yuba County that have references to San Francisco, 1889—1897—FREE—SFgenealogy
Deaths: 1889-1921 Pacific Union Club, 1889—1921—FREE—mirror hosted by SFgenealogy
Deaths: 1900 Barbary Plague of 1900 Victims—FREE—SFgenealogy
Marriages: 1891,
1904-1905		 San Francisco Call Marriage Notice Indexes—$$$$—California Genealogical Society
  • 1891, 1 July 1904-30 June 1905 (sorted by bride and groom)
  • On front page top menu, look under "Databases" and then "SF Marriages"
  • Free for members.
Births: 1904-1905 San Francisco Call Birth Notice Index—$$$$—California Genealogical Society
  • 1 July 1904 to 30 June 1905 (pdf format)
  • On front page top menu, look under "Databases" and then "SF Births"
  • Free for members.
Marriages: 1906 SF Marriage Index, 1906—FREE—SFgenealogy
  • 15 April 1906—31 May 1906
  • Sorted by Bride and Groom
Marriages: 1913-1915 1913-1915 San Francisco County Grooms—$$$$—vitalsearch-ca.com
Births: 1840-1995
Marriages: 1949-1986
Deaths: 1905-2000		 California Vital Indexes (includes San Francisco)—FREE & $$$$
  • 1905-2000 Death Indexes
  • 1905-1995 Birth Indexes
  • 1949-1986 Marriage Indexes
  • US Army, California Births of 1840-1905
Marriages: 1906-1999 Miscellaneous Marriage Records (various 1906-1999)—FREE—SFgenealogy
  • Submitted by by Nancy Posey.
Probates: 1906-1940 San Francisco Probate Names Index, 1906-1940—FREE & $$$$—California Genealogical Society (CGS)
(more info requires a fee for the California Genealogical Society)
  • SFgenealogy  (hosted by permission of CGS)
  • CGS: on the front page top menu,  select "Lookups", then "Lookups Searches and Orders", then enter name in "Search Name:".
1979-present Bay Area Reporter Obituary Database, 1979-present—FREE—GLBT Historical Society
Deaths: 2000-present SFgate.com, 2000—present—FREE
  • the San Francisco Chronicle online has death notices from November 2000 to present. They also have editorial obituaries from 1995 to present.
Deaths More listings of on-line obituary collections

San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Records

San Francisco Biographies
  • Journalism in California (1915) by John P. Young (biographies extracted by Beth Humphrey)—FREE
  • San Francisco County Biographies—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
  • Representative & Leading Men of the Pacific, 1870—from the Golden Nugget Library—FREE
  • San Francisco County Biographies—FREE (USGenWeb Archives)
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    Published October 1907 by H.S. Crocker Co.
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    Published 30 June 1907 by Walter S. Fry Co.
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