Modern Records (Post-1900)
State Records
- California Genealogy & California Family History Resources – Ancestry.com
- California Public Libraries
- California Genealogy
- California Courts Research Tool
- Voter Registrations, California, 1900-1968
- Vitalsearch- Free portal to info.
- Birth, Marriage, Divorce and Death Records
- California State Archives and Libraries: Search Births, Marriages, Deaths on left
- State Hospital Records, Commitment Registers, Stockton, 1856-1923
- California, Railroad Employment Records, 1862-1950
- California, Great Registers, 1866-1910 — FamilySearch.org
Death | Probate
- State of California Unclaimed Persons Database Search
- Mortuary and Cemetery Records, 1801-1932
- California, Wills and Probate Records, 1850-1953
- Online California Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
- California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987
- California, Probate Estate Files,1833-1991 — FamilySearch.org- Select counties
- Pre-1905 CA Death Index Project
- California, Death Index, 1905-1939
- California, Death Index, 1905-1939
- California, Death Index, 1940-1997 – Ancestry.com (? Incomplete copy)
- California, Death Index, 1940-1997
- California, Death Records, 1940-1997
- California, Death Index (SF Genealogy), 1940-1997
- California, County Birth & Death Records, 1800-1994
Marriage | Divorce
Special Collections: Marriages
- California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941
- Special Collections: Marriages Western States
- California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
- California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959
- California, Marriage Index, 1850-1945
- California, Marriages, 1850-1877
- California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
- California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985-Ancestry.com
- California, County Marriages, 1843-1918 — FamilySearch.org
- California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984
- California, Divorce Index, 1966-1984, Ancestry
Birth | Christening
- California, Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987
- California, Births & Christenings, 1812-1988
- California, Birth Index, 1905-1995 — FamilySearch.org
- California, Birth Index, 1905-1995 (SF genealogy)
- California, Birth Index, 1905-1995 – Ancestry.com
County Records
- CRiis (Clerk/Recorder Imaging Information System)
- California Courts – Home
- California, CaseType: Superior Court
- California County Clerk Recorder websites and addresses
- County Codes: Posehn Genealogy Research Services
- Fresno County: Superior Court Case Information
- Mendocino County: Civil and Criminal Case Index
- Mendocino County: Court Records Directory
- Mendocino County: Indexes: Deaths 1873-1907; Cemetery Index; Burial Permits 1963-2013; Early Births pre 1916; Delayed Birth Index; County Birth Index, 1905-1995; Death Index 1940-2000; Newspaper Vital Records Index; Marriage Index 1859-1893
- Los Angeles County: Coroner’s Inquest Index, 1992-2016
- Los Angeles County: Search Unclaimed Persons Page
- Los Angeles County: Unclaimed remains of 2011 – Spreadsheets – Los Angeles Times
- Orange County: Grantor/Grantee Search Index – 1982-Date
- Orange County: Name Search -The Superior Court of California
- Placer County: Index to Deaths, 1852-1885
- San Bernardino County: Court Records – Criminal Records
- San Diego County: Case Information Disclaimer
- San Diego County: Superior Court – Register of Actions
- San Francisco: Property Information Map
- SFGov: Office of the Assessor-Recorder
- SFGov: Superior Court case lookup
- San Francisco: Deaths, 1906 Earthquake, “Who Perished”; List of Dead
- San Francisco: Deaths, 1906, Earthquake and Fire – The Bancroft Library – University of California, Berkeley
- San Francisco Genealogy – Databases
- San Francisco Area: Funeral Home Records, 1850-1931
- San Francisco Area: Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979 — FamilySearch.org
- San Francisco Area: Halsted Mortuary Records (1923-1960) Search
- San Francisco Area: Indexes to deeds, marriages, naturalizations, newspaper and more, 1824-1997 — FamilySearch.org
- San Francisco Reference Links, many
- San Mateo County: Marriage, Naturalization, Deeds and More Records, 1851-1991
- San Mateo County: Databases: Birth, Marriage, Death, Land and more
- Santa Clara County: Recorders Office, 1981 to date
- Shasta County: Birth, Death, Marriage, Cemetery, More
- Shasta County: Resources for Shasta County
- Shasta County: Official Records Inquiry, 1924 to date
- Shasta County: Marriages, 1852-1904
- Shasta County: Historical Society-see Collections
- Sonoma County: Court Judgments, 1852-1917
- Tulare County: Sheriff’s Office and Jail Records, 1874-1963
Jail
- California Free Public Records, Criminal Records And Background Checks
- Former Alcatraz Inmates List (scroll up)
- Alcatraz, California, U.S. Penitentiary, Prisoner Index, 1934-1963 – Ancestry.com
- California, Prison and Correctional Records, 1851-1950
- LASD Inmate Information Center – Inmate Search
Directories & Newspapers
- California Online Historical Directories – Online Historical Directories
- California Online Historical Newspapers – Online Historical Newspapers
- CA Newspaper Project
- California Digital Newspaper Collection
- California Newspapers: Newspaper indexes by County – California State Library
- California Newspapers – THE ANCESTOR HUNT
- Chronicling America – The Library of Congress
- Obituaries, Newspaper Obituaries (scroll to CA)
- Alameda County: Berkeley Obituaries, 1894-1982, some missing years
- Alameda County: Berkeley Public Library Obituary Index, 1894-1979
- Alameda County: Oakland, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 — FamilySearch.org
- Butte County: Obituaries, 1855-2013
- El Dorado County: Placerrville, Mountain Democrat, The – Ancestry.com
- Fresno and Napa Counties: Obituaries, 1974-1997 — FamilySearch.org
- Humboldt County: Obituary Search Service
- Lassen County: Obituary and Newspaper, scroll down
- LA Times Obituary Database Search (Soundex): Southern California Genealogical Society
- LA Times Obituaries & Death Notices – Los Angeles Times – latimes.com
- Los Angeles Times: Archives
- Los Angeles County: Covina Newspaper Archive – Search Old Newspaper Articles Online
- Los Angeles County: Oviatt Library Digital Archives
- Los Angeles County: Long Beach Obituary Request
- Los Angeles County: Torrence, Historic Newspapers and Directories, 1913-1969
- Los Angeles County: Obituary Index LAPL Indexes
- LA times – thru Mult Co. Lib.
- LA times – thru Mult Co. Lib.
- LA Daily News: Archive Search
- Los Angeles County: Whittier Public Library Digital Archives
- Marin County: Marin Independent Journal
- Marin County: The Mill Valley Historical Society
- Mendocino County: Ukiah Daily Journal Newspaper Archive
- Merced County: MercedSun-Star.com
- Monterey County: Herald Obituary Index, 1995-2017
- Napa and Butte Counties: Obituaries, 1866-1992 — FamilySearch.org
- Riverside County: Obituaries_Hemet San Jacinto Genealogical Society – Area Deaths
- Sacramento Bee newspaper 1859, Obituaries, Marriages, Births – Ancestry.com
- Sacramento Bee: The Bee’s online archives – Online Features – The Sacramento Bee
- San Francisco: Chronicle thru Mult Co. Lib
- San Francisco: Obituary Search Request Form :: San Francisco Public Library
- San Joaquin County: Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991 — FamilySearch.org
- San Joaquin County: Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991
- Santa Clara County: Mountain View, obituary database
- Shasta County: Fall River Mills- Mountain Echo Homepage
- Shasta County: Redding Record Searchlight
- Siskiyou County: Obituaries, Daily News – Yreka, CA – Siskiyou Daily News
- Siskiyou County: Obituaries
- Tehama County: Newspaper Index
- Tulare County: Sequoia Genealogy Society
- Ventura County: Thousand Oaks Newspapers
- Ventura County: Obituary Index, 1916-1996
Cemeteries
- Cemetery Lists – ROOTS-L California Data
- California, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960 — FamilySearch.org
- Fresno County: Roman Catholic Diocese of Fresno
- Imperial County: Riverview Cemetery District – Brawley
- Los Angeles County: Forest Lawn Memorial-Parks and Mortuaries – Interment Locator
- Los Angeles County: Green Hills Memorial Park :: Burial Search
- Los Angeles County: Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuaries 3888 Workman Mill Road – Rose Hills
- Los Angeles County: City of Downey – Cemetery District Records (link in left search box)
- Riverside County: Cemetery_Hemet San Jacinto Genealogical Society – Cemetery Records
- Sacramento City Cemetery Index, 1849-2000.pdf
- Sacramento County: Fair Oaks Cemetery District – Fair Oaks CA – A Public Cemetery District
- San Francisco Area: Colma Cemetery Index Search
- San Mateo County: Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011 — FamilySearch.org
- San Mateo County: Redwood City, Historic Union Cemetery
- Santa Clara County: City of Santa Clara : Mission City Memorial Park
- Santa Clara County: Santa Clara Mission City Cemetery Index
- Siskiyou County: Cemeteries Central
- Ventura County: Ivy Lawn Memorial Park & Funeral Home
- Ventura County: St. Mary’s Cemetery Records – City Clerk
- Yolo County: Davis Cemetery District
Genealogical Records (Other)
- California: Genealogy, Census, Vital Records
- Cyndi’s List – United States – California
- California | Learn | FamilySearch.org
- California – Digital State Archives
- California Genealogical Society and Library
- California Genealogical Society & Library
- California Genealogy Resources – The Ancestor Hunt
- California State Archives | California Secretary of State
- California State Genealogical Alliance
- CALIFORNIA State Information
- California State Library
- California USGenWeb Project Page
- California State Census, 1852 – Ancestry.com
- California, State Census, 1852 — FamilySearch.org
- Online Archive of California
- Southern California Genealogical Society
County
Immigration & Naturalization
- Alien Files (A-Files) at the National Archives at San Francisco
- Angel Island Imigration Station
- California County Naturalizations, 1849-1949 — FamilySearch.org
- California Immigration Registers of Japanese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians at San Francisco, 1928-1942 — FamilySearch.org
- California, Naturalization Records, 1843-1999
- California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989 — FamilySearch.org
- California: Southern District Court Naturalization Index, 1915-1976
- California, State Court Naturalization Records, 1850-1986
- Los Angeles Passenger Lists, 1907-1948 — FamilySearch.org
- San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958 — FamilySearch.org
- San Francisco Area: Passenger Lists, 1893-1953 — FamilySearch.org
Military
- California, Military Registers, 1858-1923
- San Francisco Area: World War I Enemy Alien Registration Affidavits, 1918 — FamilySearch.org
Maps
Native American
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