San Francisco Genealogy
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containing records for the City & County of San Francisco
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Vital Indexes
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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		 SF Newspaper Notices (sfgenealogy.com)—has a growing collection of over 
19,600 records transcribed from historic newspapers and other sources: 
Births: 1850-1853
Marriages: 1846-1853
Deaths: 1846-1853		 SF Newspaper Vitals Indexes (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Divorces: 1856-1862,
1882-1885, 1889		 SF Divorce Notices (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Deaths: 1851-1878 Hangings in San Francisco, 1851—1878 (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Births: 1857
Marriages: 1857
Divorces: 1857
Deaths: 1857		 SF Newspaper Vital Notices in the Sacramento Bee, 1857
(submitted by Sandra Harris)—FREE
Biographies: 1857-1911
Deaths: 1857-1911		 CGS Names Index, 1857—1911 (mirror hosted on sfgenealogy.com)—$$$$ 
(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 left menu, look under "Names Lookup"
Deaths:  1866-1871,
1894-1896, 1900		 San Francisco Pre-1905 Death Index (rootsweb.com)—FREE
  • Coroner's index for San Francisco
    • 27 Feb 1866—09 Dec 1871
    • 01 Aug 1894—20 Jun 1896
    • 17 Mar 1900—12 Jun 1900
    • (there are some months missing in these ranges)
    • 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 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.—FREE
Deaths: 1863-1879, 
1896-1898		 Charles Herbert Crookson Collection (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
  • 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  (California Genealogical Society)—FREE
  • 1865-1873, 1882-1889, 1894-96, 1900-1904 (pdf format)
  • On front page left menu, look under "Online Databases—San Francisco Vital Statistics"
Births: 1869-1899
Marriages: 1869-1899
Divorces: various years
Deaths: 1869-1899		 San Francisco Call  Database Index , 1869—1900—$$$$ (actual dates require a fee for Jim Faulkinbury)
  • Index of birth/marriage/death notices published in the San Francisco Call newspaper
  • Names in this database are also searchable through our search engine  (by permission of Jim Faulkinbury, June 2004)
Marriages: 1869-1905 Re-Recorded Marriage Records, 1869—1905 (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Marriages: 1872 Marriage Records and Death Records On The Pacific Coast, 1872 (mirror hosted by sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Probates: 1872-1879 Reports of Cases in the Probate Court of San Francisco, 1872-1879—FREE
Probates: 1883 Probate Notice Index, 1883 (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Deaths: 1888 N. Gray Mortuary Ledger, 1888—FREE
Deaths: 1889-1897 Removal Permits (Burials) for Yuba County that have references to San Francisco, 1889—1897 (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Deaths: 1889-1921 Pacific Union Club, 1889—1921 (hosted by sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
Marriages: 1891,
1904-1905		 San Francisco Call Marriage Notice Indexes (California Genealogical Society)—FREE
  • 1891, 1 July 1904-30 June 1905 (sorted by bride and groom)
  • On front page left menu, look under "Online Databases—San Francisco Vital Statistics"
Births: 1904-1905 San Francisco Call Birth Notice Index, 1904—1905  (California Genealogical Society)—FREE
  • 1 July 1904 to 30 June 1905 (pdf format)
  • On front page left menu, look under "Online Databases—San Francisco Vital Statistics"
Marriages: 1906 SF Marriage Index, 1906 (sfgenealogy.com)—FREE
  • 15 April 1906—31 May 1906
  • Sorted by Bride and Groom
Marriages: 1913-1915 1913-1915 San Francisco County Grooms—$$$$—Vitalsearch-ca.com
Births: 1840-1995
Marriages: 1949-1986
Deaths: 1905-2000		 California Vital Indexes (includes San Francisco)—FREE & $$$$
  • 1905-2000 Death Indexes
  • 1905-1995 Birth Indexes
  • 1949-1986 Marriage Indexes
  • US Army, California Births of 1840-1905
Marriages: 1906-1999 Miscellaneous Marriage Records (various 1906-1999) (by Nancy Posey)—FREE
Probates: 1906-1940 San Francisco Probate Names Index, 1906-1940 (California Genealogical Society)—FREE & $$$$ (more info requires a fee for the California Genealogical Society)
  • sfgenealogy  (hosted by permission of CGS)
  • CGS: on front page left menu, look under "Online Databases—San Francisco Vital Statistics"
Births,  Marriages, 
Divorces, Deaths: 
various years		 Newspaper Abstracts, Pre-1935—FREE
  • an all-volunteer project with a searchable collection of newspaper abstracts and extracts from historic newspapers all over the U.S.
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    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.

    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
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