California Online Genealogy Records

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California Statewide Online Genealogy Records This table shows links to statewide collections. To find links to collections on the county level, use the county Wiki pages. Some subscription websites listed below can be searched for free at a family history center or FamilySearch affiliate library.
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Vital Records Births 1800-1994: California, County Birth and Death Records Record Collection 2001287 California, County Birth and Death Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1812-1988: California, Births and Christenings at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($) 1849-1980: California, County Birth, Marriage, and Death Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1849-1994: California, County Birth and Death Records at Ancestry; images only ($) 1872-1987: California, Birth Records from Select Counties at Ancestry; images only ($) 1905-1995: California, Birth Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($) Marriages 1809-2011: United States Marriages – California at FindMyPast; index & images ($) 1809-2011: Western States Marriage Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1850-1877: California Marriages at Ancestry; index only ($) 1850-1941: California, Marriage Records from Select Counties at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1850-1945: California, Marriages at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($) 1850-1952: California, County Marriages at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at MyHeritage ($) 1949-1959: California, Marriage Index at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1960-1985: California, Marriage Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at MyHeritage ($) Western States Marriages at BYU Idaho; index only Deaths 1776-2000: California Deaths and Burials at FamilySearch; index only 1800-1994: California, County Birth and Death Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1835-1979: California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records at FamilySearch; index & images 1850-1931: San Francisco Area, California, Funeral Home Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1870-1933: California, Mortuary Records of Chinese Decedents at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1873-1987: California, Death and Burial Records from Select Counties at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1905-1939: California, Death Index at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1935-2014: U.S., Social Security Death Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1936-2007: U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1940-1997: California, Death Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry ($), MyHeritage ($) 1960-1985: California, Marriages at MyHeritage; index only ($) 1962-2014: United States Social Security Death Index at FamilySearch; index only Divorce 1966-1984: California, Divorce Index at FamilySearch; index only; Also at Ancestry; index & images ($) African American See US African American Online Genealogy Records The Negro trail blazers of California at FamilySearch; images only Archives and Libraries California State Archives at California Secretary of State Online Archive of California Biography 1542-1848: California Pioneers at Ancestry; index only ($) 1781-1990: California, Biographical Index Cards at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1790-1950: California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1822-1964: California Biographical Collection: Responses to Vital Record Inquiries at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1928: U.S., Women of the West at Ancestry; index & images ($) Biographical Materials for the State of California at Online Archive of California California Biographies at CA Genealogy Cemetery Records 1801-1932: California, Mortuary and Cemetery Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1850-1960: California Cemetery Transcriptions at FamilySearch; index & images 1895-1985: California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) BillionGraves Index at FamilySearch; index & images California Cemeteries at BillionGraves California Cemetery Records at FindAGrave Census See US Census Online Genealogy Records 1796-1798: California Spanish Mission Censuses at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1852: California, State Census at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1928-1933: California, Index to Census Roll of Indians at Ancestry; index & images ($) Church Records 1864-1985: California, Church Records at FamilySearch; index & images California Online Church Records at The Ancestor Hunt Early California Population Project at The Huntington Compiled Genealogies 1500-2000: North America, Family Histories at Ancestry; index & images ($) Court and Criminal Records Transcripts of court cases in State Archives - State of California at FamilySearch; images only Directories 1889-1891: San Francisco, California Directories at Ancestry; index only ($) California City Directories at Ancestry; index and images ($) History The 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire at Bancroft Library Online Archives of California Immigration Records See US Immigration Online Genealogy Records 1790-1950: California, Pioneer and Immigrant Files at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1882-1947: California, San Francisco Chinese passenger lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1882-1959: California, Passenger and Crew Lists at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1893-1934: California, index to San Francisco passenger lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1893-1943: California, Chinese Partnerships and Departures from San Francisco at FamilySearch; index & images 1893-1953: California, San Francisco Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1893-1953: California San Francisco Register of Chinese Immigrant Court Cases at FamilySearch; index & images 1893-1957: California Passenger Lists at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1896-1921: California, San Francisco Crew Manifests at FamilySearch; index & images 1903-1918: California, customs passenger lists of vessels arriving at San Francisco at FamilySearch; index & images 1903-1944: San Francisco Chinese Exclusion List at Ancestry; index only 1904-1952: California, San Diego Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1905-1923: California, San Diego, Chinese Passenger and Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1906-1935: California, Pioneer Migration Index, Compiled at FamilySearch; index & images 1907-1911: California, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at San Francisco from Insular Possessions at FamilySearch; index & images 1907-1948: California, Los Angeles Passenger Lists at FamilySearch; index & images 1907-1956: California, passenger and crew lists at various ports at FamilySearch; index & images 1912-1946: United States, California, Certificates Surrendered at San Francisco at FamilySearch; index & images 1928-1942: California Immigration Registers of Japanese, Filipinos, and Hawaiians at San Francisco at FamilySearch; index & images 1929-1954: California, San Diego, Airplane Passenger and Crew Lists at FamilySearch; index & images; Also at Ancestry ($) 1930-1936: California, San Pedro, Immigration Office Special Inquiry Records at FamilySearch; index & images	Immigration Records Cont. 1930-1949: California, List of United States Citizens Arriving at San Francisco at FamilySearch; index & images 1936-1949: California, San Francisco Airplane Arrival Card Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1947-1948: California, Airplane Passenger Lists from Honolulu, Hawaii at FamilySearch; index & images 1954-1957: California, San Francisco Passenger and Crew Lists of Vessels Arriving at FamilySearch; index & images Index to the Roster of California Pioneers at Native Daughters of the Golden West Cultural Immigration Groups 1920-1939: Germany, Bremen Emigration Lists at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of California Germans Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of California Italians Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of California Russians Immigrating to the United States at MyHeritage; index only ($); includes those with Destination of California Indigenous Peoples of California See US Native American Online Genealogy Records Research Guide California Native Americans at California State Library Land Records 1784-1868: California, Spanish Archive Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1800-1955: U.S., Bureau of Land Management Tract Books at FamilySearch; index & images 1852-1858: California, Private Land Claim Dockets at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1855-1875: Spanish and Mexican Land Grants at California State Archives 1921-1952: California, Alien Land Ownership Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Maps Atlas of Historical County Boundaries at Newberry Library Maps of California at MapofUS.org Military Nationwide Databases US Military Online Genealogy Records General Records 1858-1923: California, Military Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($) Indian Wars, dates vary See US Military Online Genealogy Records Revolutionary War, 1774-1783 See US Military Online Genealogy Records War of 1812, 1812-1815 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Mexican War, 1846-1848 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Florida War, 1855-1858 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Civil War, 1861-1865 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1861-1867: Records of California men in the War of the Rebellion at Ancestry; index and images ($) Spanish-American War, 1898 See US Military Online Genealogy Records World War I, 1917-1918 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1914-1918: California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI at FamilySearch; index & images 1914-1918: California, Honor Roll of Californians who served in WWI at FamilySearch; index & images 1917-1918: California, WWI Soldier Photographs at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1917-1918: California, WWI Soldier Service Cards and Photos at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1917-1918: United States World War I Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index & images 1917-1918: World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards at FamilySearch; index & images 1918-1921: California, World War I Death Announcements at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1918-1921: California, World War I Soldier Citations at Ancestry; index & images ($) World War II, 1941-1945 See US Military Online Genealogy Records 1914-1918: California, Geographical and Name Index of Californians who served in WWI at FamilySearch; index & images Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II at Ancestry; index only ($) JARDA-Japanese American Relocation Digital Archives at CaliSphere Korean War, 1950-1953 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Vietnam War, 1964-1972 See US Military Online Genealogy Records Naturalization See US Naturalization Online Genealogy Records 1791-1992: U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1794-1995: U.S. Naturalization Records Indexes for California at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1795-1925: U.S. Passport Applications at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1831-1985: California County Naturalizations at FamilySearch; index & images 1840-1957: U.S., Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1843-1999: California, Federal Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1850-1986: California, State Court Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1852-1932: Shasta county, California, Naturalization Records at Ancestry; index only ($) 1852-1989: California, Northern U.S. District Court Naturalization Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1852-1989: US Naturalization Records, Northern California at MyHeritage; index & images ($) 1868-1958: California, San Diego Naturalization Index at FamilySearch; index & images 1868-1958: Naturalization Index Cards from the Superior Court of San Diego, CA at Fold3 ($) 1876-1915: Naturalizations - Naturalization Records of the Superior Court of Los Angeles, CA at Fold3 ($) 1883-1958: Naturalization Records - San Diego, CA at Fold3 ($) 1887-1949: Naturalization Petitions for the Southern District Of California at Fold3 ($) 1906-1946: San Francisco, California, Surrendered Alien Certificates at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1915-1976: California, Southern District Court (Central) Naturalization Index at FamilySearch; index & images Newspapers 1846-2007: California Newspaper Archives at GenealogyBank 1847-2009: California Newspapers at MyHeritage; index & images ($) California Digital Newspaper Collection at UCR.edu California Newspapers at Ancestry ($) Digitized Newspapers at Chronicling America Obituaries 1894-1979: Web: California, Berkeley Public Library Obituary Index at Ancestry; index only ($) 1980-2014: United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries at FamilySearch; index & images Periodicals PERiodical Source Index at FindMyPast; index & images ($) Probate Records 1782-1999: California, Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1833-1991: California Probate Estate Files at FamilySearch; images only ($) 1850-1953: California, U.S., Wills and Probate Records at Ancestry; index & images ($) Early California Wills at Ancestry; index and images ($) Tax Records 1862-1874: U.S., Internal Revenue Assessment Lists at FamilySearch; images only 1866-1910: California, Great Registers at MyHeritage; index only ($) Voting Registers 1866-1898: California, Voter Registers at Ancestry; index & images ($) 1866-1910: California, Great Registers at FamilySearch; index only ($) 1900-1968: California, Voter Registrations at Ancestry; index & images ($)

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