California Genealogy Links & Records

California may only be the third largest state (after Texas and Alaska), but it is the most populated state in the union. California can be broken down into 58 counties.

Many of these counties have their own genealogy webs set up to help people find vital records, obituaries, and more.

Below are some links to web sites to help you too!

California Birth Records

• Birth Records
• California Birth Records
• Mariposa County Early Birth Records

 

California Cemeteries

• California Cemeteries, Burial& Death Records
• California Cemetery Records
• Cemetery Records at Archives.com
• El Cajon Cemetery Records
• Elsinore Valley Cemetery Tombstone Pictures
• Find A Grave
• Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery (Military)
• Fresno Catholic Cemeteries
• Fresno County Cemeteries
• Golden Gate National Cemetery (Military)
• Interment.net (California Cemeteries)
• Los Angeles National Cemetery (Military)
• Mariposa County Cemeteries
• Orange County Catholic Cemeteries
• Orange County Cemetery Records
• Riverside National Cemetery (Military)
• Riverview Cemetery (Brawley)
• San Francisco National Cemetery (Military)
• San Joaquin Valley National Cemetery (Military)
• Temecula Cemetery (Eagle Scout Project)

 

California Census Records

• 1850 Mariposa County Census
• 1880 Fresno County Census
• 1900 Madera County Census (Township 1)
• 1900 Madera County Census (Township 3)
• 1900 Madera County Census (Township 4)
• 1900 Madera County Indian Census
• 1910 Madera County Indian Census
• 1928 Madera County Indians
• 1930 U.S. Federal Census!

 

California Church Records

• California Church Records (FamilySearch.org)
• California Indian Missions
• Methodist Episcopal Church (San Luis Obispo)
• San Juan Capistrano Mission
• St. James Cathedral Register (Dec. 1879 - Nov. 1900)
• St. Patrick's Cathedral Record of Internments (1877-1908)
• St. Stephen's Episcopal Church

 

California Death Records

• California Death Index Project (Pre-1905)
• California Death Index (1940-1997)
• California Death Records (California State)
• California Death Records (RootsWeb)
• California Death Records (Archives.com)
• California Fetal & Still Birth Records
• Fresno Death Records (1873 - 1904)
• Los Angeles County Death Records (Jun 1849 - May 1850)
• Los Angeles County Death Index (1873)
• Mission Mortuary Records (Formerly Le Cheminant Morturary)
• Pasadena Mortuary Records (1887 - 1910)
• RootsWeb SSDI (Social Security Death Index)
• San Diego Public Library Death Index (1851-1915)
• Social Security Death Index (Ancestry.com)

 

California Marriage Records

• California Marriage & Divorce Records
• Divorce Records (Archives.com)
• Marriage Records (Archives.com)
• Marriage records of Shasta County, California, 1852-1904
• Marriage records of San Joaquin County, California

 

California Military Records

• Military Records (Ancestry.com)

 

California Obituaries

• Auburn Journal
• Bakersfield Californian
• Barstow Desert Dispatch
• Berkley Daily Californian Obituaries
• Big Bear Grizzly
• Blythe Palo Verde Times
• Butte County Obituary Records
• California Newspapers
• Chico Enterprise Record
• Crescent City Daily Triplicate
• Davis Enterprise
• Elk Grove Citizen
• Escondido North County Times
• Eureka Times Standard
• Fairfield Daily Republic
• Hemet - San Jacinto Obituary Project
• Historical Newspaper Collections (Ancestry.com)
• Lassen County Obituaries
• Mariposa County Obituaries
• National Obituary Archive
• North County Times Obituaries
• Obituary Collection (Ancestry.com)
• Obituary Records (Archives.com)
• Orange County Register Obituaries
• San Jose Mercury Obituaries
• Siskiyou County Obituary Index
• Siskiyou Daily Obituaries

 

California Genealogical Societies & Research Links

• Antelope Valley Genealogical Society
• California African American Genealogical Society
• California GenWeb
• Chula Vista Genealogical Society
• Chula Vista Genealogy Cafe
• Computer Genealogy Society in San Diego
• Conejo Valley Genealogical Society
• Corona Genealogical Society
• Escondido Genealogical Society
• Fresno County Genealogical Society (FCGS)
• Hi-Desert Genealogical Society
• Immigrant Genealogical Society
• Imperial County Research
• Lake Elsinore Genealogical Society
• Los Angeles County Research
• Los Angeles County U.S. Gen Web
• Los Angeles Family History Library
• Los Angeles Jewish Genealogy Society Records
• Los Angeles West Side Genealogical Society
• Mendicino County Indexes
• Morongo Basin Genealogical Society
• North Orange County Genealogical Society
• North San Diego Genealogy Society
• Orange County Genealogical Society
• Orange County Research
• Pomona Valley Genealogical Society
• Questing Heirs Genealogical Society
• Riverside County Research
• Riverside Genealogical Society
• San Bernardino County Research
• San Bernardino Valley Genealogical Society
• San Diego Genealogical Society
• San Diego County Research
• San Diego Jewish Genealogy Society
• San Diego Online Historical Directories
• San Fernando Valley Genealogical Society
• San Luis Obispo Genealogical Society
• Society of Hispanic Historical & Ancestral Research (SHHAR)
• South Orange County Genealogical Society
• Southern California Chapter of Professional Genealogist
• Southern California Genealogical Society
• Temecula Genealogical Society
• Ventura County Genealogical Society
• Whittier Area Genealogical Society
• Yucaipa Valley Genealogical Society

 

California Vital Records

• Butte County Vital Records (1854-1897)
• California Department of Public Health
• California Records (Ancestry.com)
• Mendicino County Indexes
• Vital Records (Archives.com)

 

Misc. California Links

• California Archives Project
• California Biography Project
• San Diego Genealogy Records
• San Luis Obispo County Records
• Madera County GenWeb
• Mariposa Naturalized Citizen Records (1854-1906)
• Native American Genealogy
• US Biography Project