Vital Records
Birth
- California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records, 1849-1980 ($) index and images
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 Record Collection 2001287 California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994. Images.
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 Index and images
- California, Births and Christenings, 1812-1988 Index only
- California, Select Births and Christenings, 1812-1988 ($)
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1994, ($). Images.
- California, Birth Records from Select Counties, 1872-1987, ($). Images.
- California, Birth Index, 1905-1995
- California Birth Index, 1905-1995 ($)
- California Births, 1905-1995, index ($)
Marriage
- United States Marriages – California, 1667-2007 ($) index and images
- Western States Marriages
- Web: Western States Marriage Index, 1809-2011 Index ($)
- California Marriages, 1850-1877 Index ($)
- California, Marriages, 1850-1945 Index only
- California, Select Marriages, 1850-1945 Index ($)
- California, County Marriages, 1850-1952 Index only
- California, Marriage Records from Select Counties, 1850-1941, ($). Images.
- California, County Marriages, 1850-1952, index ($)
- California, Marriage Index, 1949-1959, ($).
- California, Marriage Index, 1960-1985
Death
- California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000, index.
- California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994 Index and images
- California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979
- San Francisco Area, California, Funeral Home Records, 1850-1931 ($)
- California, Mortuary Records of Chinese Decedents, 1870-1933, index, incomplete, ($)
- California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties, 1873-1987, ($). Images.
- California, Death Index, 1905-1939 Index and images
- California, Death Index, 1905-1939 ($)
- U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 ($)
- U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007, incomplete, ($).
- California, Death Index, 1940-1997
- California Deaths, 1940-1997, index ($)
- California, Death Index, 1940-1997 ($)
- California, Marriages, 1960-1985, index ($)
- United States Social Security Death Index
Divorce
African American Resources for California
Biographies
- County and Town Histories, with biographies.
- California, Biographical Index Cards, 1781-1990, ($). Index.
- California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950, ($). Index.
- Roster of California Pioneers
- DAR California Pioneers
- Biographical Materials for the State of California
- California Biographies
- California Biographical Collection:Responses to Vital Record Inquiries, 1822-1964 Index and images.
- California Pioneer List
- U.S., Women of the West, 1928, ($). Index.
- Who's who among the women of California, e-book
- California and Californians, Vol. 1, Vol. 2, Vol. 3, Vol. 4, Vol. 5 , e-books
- Personal sketches of California pioneers I have known, e-book
- A history of the new California, its resources and people, V. 1, V. 2
- A memorial and biographical history of the coast counties of central California e-book
- A memorial and biographical history of northern California, e-book
- Early days in California, e-book
- Men of achievement in the great southwest : a story of pioneer struggles during early days in Los Angeles and Southern California, e-book
- A Volume of memoirs and genealogy of representative citizens of northern California, e-book
- A history of California and an extended history of its southern coast counties: also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present, e-book
- The new empire and her representative men; or, The Pacific coast, its farms, mines, vines, wines, orchards, and interests; its productions, industries and commerce, with interesting biographies and modes of travel, e-book
Cemetery Records
Census
Church Records
Compiled Genealogies
Directories
Ethnic, Political, or Religious Groups
Emigration and Immigration Records
- United States Immigration Online Genealogy Records, list of nationwide databases
- California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files, 1790-1950, index, images($).
- California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled 1906-1935, index. Covers earlier years also.
- California Bound Passenger list of those bound from NY to CA for the Gold Rush.
- Native Daughters of the Golden West, Index to the Roster of California Pioneers
- California, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1882-1959 Index and images ($)
- California, San Francisco Chinese passenger lists, 1882-1947, index.
- California San Francisco Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases and Foreign Seamen Tax Cards 1883-1924
- California, San Francisco Passenger Lists, 1893-1953 Images
- California Passenger Lists, 1893-1957, index ($)
- California, index to San Francisco passenger lists, 1893-1934, index
- California, San Francisco Crew Manifests, 1896-1921, index.
- California, Los Angeles, San Pedro, and Wilmington Passenger Lists, 1900-1948, ($). Index.
- California, customs passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco, 1903-1918, index.
- California, San Diego Passenger Lists, 1904-1952
- California, San Diego, Chinese Passenger and Crew Lists, 1905-1923
- California, Los Angeles Passenger Lists, 1907-1948 Images
- California, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco from Insular Possessions, 1907-1911, index.
- California, passenger and crew lists at various ports, 1907-1956, index.
- California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco, 1912-1943
- United States, California, Certificates Surrendered at San Francisco from Aliens Previously at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1912-1946, index.
- California Immigration Registers of Japanese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians at San Francisco, 1928-1942 — index and images
- San Diego, California, Airplane Passenger and Crew List Arrivals, 1929-1954 Index and images ($)
- California, San Diego, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists, 1929-1954
- California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records, 1930-1936 — index and images
- California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco, 1930-1949, index.
- California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index, 1936-1949
- California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving, 1954-1957
- San Francisco Chinese Exclusion List ($)
- California, Airplane Passenger Lists from Honolulu, Hawaii, 1947-1948, Images only.
Genealogical Societies
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History
Hospitals
Land and Property
- California, Spanish Archive Records, 1784-1868, ($) Land records.
- U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books, 1820-1908 Images only
- California, Private Land Claim Dockets, 1852-1858, index and images , ($).
- Spanish and Mexican Land Grants, 1855-1875
- California, Alien Land Ownership Records, 1921-1952, ($) index.
Maps
Military Records
General Records
Indian Wars, dates vary
War of 1812, 1812-1815
Mexican War, 1846-1848
Civil War, 1861-1865
Spanish-American War, 1898
World War I, 1917-1918
- U.S. Federal Military Indexes and Records, list of nationwide databases
- California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918, index.
- California, World War I Soldier Citations, 1918-1921 (Ancestry) ($)
- California, World War I Death Announcements, 1918-1921 (Ancestry) ($)
- World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
- California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI, 1914-1918
- California, WWI Soldier Service Cards and Photos, 1917-1918 (Ancestry) ($)
- California, WWI Soldier Photographs, 1917-1918 (Ancestry) ($)
World War II, 1941-1945
Naturalization Records
- U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925 ($)
- California County Naturalizations, 1831-1985, index.
- California, Federal Naturalization Records, 1843-1999 ($) Index and images
- California County Naturalizations, 1849-1949 Browse only images
- California, State Court Naturalization Records, 1850-1986 ($)
- U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for California, 1851-1928 Index and images ($)
- Shasta county, California, Naturalization Records: 1852 - 1932 ($)
- California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index, 1852-1989
- US Naturalization Records, Northern California, 1852-1989, index ($)
- California, San Diego Naturalization Index, 1868-1958
- Naturalization Index Cards from the Superior Court of San Diego, CA, 1868-1958 ($)
- Naturalizations - Naturalization Records of the Superior Court of Los Angeles, CA, 1876-1915 ($)
- U.S., Naturalization Records - Original Documents, (World Archives Project) for California, 1876-1940 Index and images ($)
- U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) for California, 1876-1940 - District and Superior Courts] index and images,($)
- Naturalization Records in the Superior Court of San Diego, CA, 1883-1958 ($)
- Naturalization Petitions for the Southern District Of California, 1887-1940 ($)
- San Francisco, California, Surrendered Alien Certificates, 1906-1946, ($).
- California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index, 1915-1976
Newspapers
Obituaries
Periodicals
Prison Records
Probate Records
Tax Records
Voting Registers
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