California Genealogy Records Directory

Search California State library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, journals, and magazine articles. These resources are available to California state government officials and employees and to all visitors in our reading rooms.

Search California obituary records by name of deceased, date of death or obituary keyword. Searches can be filtered by California cities.

Search the California Veterans Registry for names of Californians in military service from the California Veterans Memorial in Sacramento by name, branch of service, or era of service. Results include name of veteran, branch of service, rank, occupation, and dates of service.

Search a catalog of available California Archive records. Results include summary descriptions of the records maintained by the California State Archives including state constitutions, governor's records, legislative resources, state agencies and constitutional officers records, family history resources, Spanish and Mexican land grants, Robert F. Kennedy assassination investigation records, local government records, Supreme and Appellate Court records, oral histories, photos, maps, and political campaigns records.

Search the City of Berkeley public library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, newspapers, and general reference materials. Some databases are only available from inside library locations. A Berkeley Public Library is required to access some of these resources.

Search the City of Livermore library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazine and newspaper articles, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Livermore Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Oakland library databases including genealogy resources and information about requesting genealogy research, health and wellness, newspaper articles, and general reference materials. An Oakland Public Library card is required to access these databases, and some of these databases can only be accessed from the library.

Search the City of Pleasanton library databases including genealogy resources, health and wellness, magazines, newspapers, and reference books. A Pleasanton Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View Alameda County genealogy records including cemetery burial records, tombstone transcriptions, mortuary records, obituaries, death records, church records, biographical and historical data, census records, and school records.

Search Alameda County library genealogy and family history databases. An Alameda County Library card is required to access these resources.

Search Amador County archives collection including local county government, mining, naturalization, probate, inquests, local families, newspapers, oral histories, a wide assortment of maps, and photographs.

Search Butte County library databases including birth, death, and marriage index, obituaries, historical city directories, magazine articles, health information, and encyclopedias. A Butte County Library card is required to access some of these resources.

View information about requesting genealogy research from the Contra Costa County Library as well as links to local genealogical and historical resources.

View Contra Costa Historical Society's index of naturalization records from 1850 to the 1980s. The names are organized alphabetically. Photocopies of the naturalization documents can be purchased for a fee.

Search El Dorado County online library databases including genealogy resources, current and archived newspapers, magazine articles, language learning, and general reference books. An El Dorado County Library card is required to access these resources.

Search Fresno County library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, consumer reports, and general reference materials. A Fresno County library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search Humboldt County library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, reference books, and periodicals. A Humboldt County Public Library card is required to access most of these resources.

Search Kern County library databases including full-text newspaper, magazine, journal, and encyclopedia articles, and genealogy resources. Home access to these databases is available with your library card and PIN.

Search Kern County veterans registry by name. Details include name, year of birth, and branch of service.

Search the City of Arcadia library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. An Arcadia Public Library card is required to access these databases.

Search for the City of Downey Cemetery District's burial records by name. Occupant's full name, date of birth, date of death, and burial location are provided.

View information about the City of Glendale Public Library genealogy collection and list of local genealogy resources.

Search the City of Inglewood online library databases including genealogy resources, health and medical journals, magazines, newspapers, and general reference materials. Access to some of these databases requires a library card.

Search the City of Long Beach library databases including obituaries, local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Long Beach Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the City of Pasadena online library databases including genealogy and local history resources, historical newspapers and consumer information. A valid Pasadena Public Library card is required to access some of these databases.

Search the City of Torrance online library databases, including local history and genealogy resources, obituaries, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Torrance Public Library card is required to access these resources.

View the City of West Covina war veterans memorials for World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War.

View Madera County historical and genealogical records including war memorials, census records, naturalizations, registered voters, births, marriages, deaths, cemetery burials, biographies, and more.

Search the City of San Rafael library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, newspapers, and general reference books. A San Rafael Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search Marin County library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, and reference books. A Marin County Library card is required to access some of these resources.

View information about ordering certified and informational copies of Monterey County birth certificates in person, by mail or online, and obtaining certified copies of military discharges by mail.

Search Monterey County Library databases including genealogy records.

Search Napa County library databases including genealogy resources, newspaper and magazine articles, consumer information, and reference books. A Napa County Library card is required to access these resources.

Search Nevada County library databases including genealogy resources, historical newspapers, periodicals, and reference databases. A Nevada County library card is required to access these databases.

Search the City of Anaheim online library databases including historic photos and local history resources, newspaper and magazine articles, and general reference. An Anaheim Public Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the City of Huntington Beach library databases including genealogy and local history resources, consumer information, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Huntington Beach Public Library card is required to access these resources.

Search the City of Newport Beach library databases including genealogy resources, current and historical newspapers, magazines and journal articles, and general reference materials. A valid NBPL library card is required to access most of these databases.

Search the City of Orange library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspaper articles, and periodicals. An OPL Library card required to access these databases.

Search the City of Lincoln library databases including newspapers, journals, magazines, genealogy resources, and reference books. A Lincoln Public Library card is required to access these databases.

Search the City of Roseville library databases including genealogy resources, magazines, newspapers and reference books. A valid library card is required to access these databases.

View Placer County index of transcribed oral histories and information about the genealogy and historical records located in the Archive Center.

Search the City of Palm Springs library databases including genealogy and local history resources, obituaries, consumer information, magazine and newspaper articles, and general reference materials. A City of Palm Springs Library card is required to access these databases.

View the City of Temecula Cemetery burial records and gravestone photos.

View the City of Sacramento Old City Cemetery burial index for the years 1849 through 2000.

View the City of Rancho Cucamonga local historical documents, interactive maps, photos, oral histories, stories, and landmarks.

View the City of Redlands Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery interment records from 1886 through 2012.

Search the City of Carlsbad library databases including local history and genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. These online resources are available to patrons with a valid Carlsbad City Library card.

View historic photo archives and historical information about the City of Chula Vista.

View the City of Escondido Public Library's digital archive of historical photos and stories, genealogy resources research links, and information about requesting obituary and local history research.

Search the City of San Diego online library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, journals, health and wellness, and general reference materials. A San Diego Public Library card is required to access these databases.

View the City and County of San Francisco genealogy records including births, deaths, cemetery lists, census records, marriages, divorces, newspaper indexes, and more.

Search the City and County of San Francisco library databases including local history and genealogy resources, historical photos, magazine and newspaper articles, consumer health, and general reference materials. A San Francisco Public Library card and PIN are required to access these databases.

Search the City of Stockton library databases including genealogy resources, consumer health, magazines, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Stockton Public Library card is required to access these databases.

View San Luis Obispo County Genealogy Society's historical and genealogical data including birth records, land plats, naturalization records, probate extracts, cemetery burials, census records, obituaries, marriage records, and historical news articles.

Search the City of Redwood City library databases including genealogy resources, newspaper and magazine articles, consumer resources, and general reference materials. A Redwood City Library card is required to access some of these databases.

Search San Mateo County library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, journals, and general reference materials. A San Mateo County Library card is required to access most of these databases.

Search Santa Barbara Genealogical Society's online databases including marriage indexes, cemetery burials, mortuary records, death indexes, newspaper extracts, notaries, military veterans, and nationalization indexes.

Search Santa Barbara library databases including historic maps, oral histories, historic photos, magazine and journal articles, newspapers, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Santa Barbara Public Library is required to access most of these databases.

Search the City of Mountain View library databases, including obituaries, newspapers, magazines, career, consumer health, and general reference databases. A Mountain View Public Library card is required to access some of these databases.

Search the City of Palo Alto library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, magazines, journals, and consumer information. A Palo Alto City Library card is required to access these databases.

View the City of Santa Clara Mission City Memorial Park burial index from 1864 to 1997.

Search the City of Santa Clara library databases including genealogy and local history resources, the San Jose Mercury News historical archive (1886-1922), magazine and newspaper articles, consumer information, and general reference materials. A current Santa Clara City Library card is required to access some of these resources.

Search the City of Sunnyvale library databases including genealogy and local history resources, newspapers, consumer reports, and general reference materials. A valid Sunnyvale Public Library card is required to access most of these resources.

Search Santa Clara County index of historical documents that are located at the Archives, including coroner inquests, map books, naturalization index, photos, probate cases, surveys, wills, property records, militia enrollment, oaths of office, register or dentists, and register of doctor's certificates.

Search Santa Clara County library databases including local history and genealogy resources, magazines, journals, newspapers, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Santa Clara County Library card is required to access some of these databases.

Search the City of Watsonville library databases including genealogy and local history resources, journals, magazines, newspapers, and general reference materials. A Watsonville Public Library card is required to access some of these databases.

Search Santa Cruz County library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazines, newspapers, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Santa Cruz library card and a PIN are required to access most of these databases.

Search Siskiyou County Library online databases including obituary index, gold mining index, cemetery index, pioneer index, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Siskiyou County Library card is required to access some of these databases.

Search Solano County library databases including genealogy and local history resources, election and voter information, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Solano County Library card is required to access these databases.

Search Sonoma County library databases including genealogy and local history resources, magazine and newspaper articles, and general reference materials. A Sonoma County Library card is required to access these databases.

View family histories, historical photos, maps, postcards and notes from the special collections of the Sonoma County Library.

Search Tehama County online library databases including biography and genealogy master index, consumer health information, career resources, and general reference materials. A Tehama County Library card is required to access these databases.

Search the City of Tulare library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Tulare City Library card is required to access these databases.

Search the City of Camarillo library databases including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. Registration is required.

Search the City of Thousand Oaks library databases including genealogy resources, obituaries, magazines, newspapers, consumer information, and general reference materials. A Thousand Oaks Library card is required to access these databases.

View records from Ventura County Genealogy Society including cemetery burials, biographies, historical photos, maps, naturalization records, baptisms, census records, obituaries, marriage record indexes, military records, voter registrations, and death records.

Search Ventura County library databases, including genealogy resources, newspapers, magazines, and general reference materials. A Ventura County Library card is required to access these databases.

View Yuba County genealogical and historical records including bible records, births, deaths, cemetery burials, census records, marriages, military records, civil war records, wills, obituaries, and voting records.