Databases (Alameda County)

Find more Alameda County records at California/Bay Area

• Alameda County, Biographies (Golden Nugget Library)
• Alameda County, Biographies (USGWarchives)
• Alameda County, Biographies (GenealogyTrails)
• Alameda County, Biographies (OnlineBiographies)
• Alameda County, Biographies (CAGenWeb)
  
• Alameda County, Biographies, 1876 (Oakland Genealogy)
  
• Alameda County, Biographies, 1876, 1883, 1914 (CAGenWeb)
• Pen Portraits, 1878 (Golden Nugget Library)

• Master Index of Local Names (for many books)
• Person Name Indexes (for many books)

• Alameda Business Directory, 1876
• The San Francisco business directory, including Alameda, Berkeley, Oakland, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Healdsburg, Cloverdale, Sonoma, Napa, St. Helena, Calistoga, and Vallejo, 1877
• Physicians, 1877
• Teachers, 1877
• Retail Liquor Dealers, 1885
• Andrews & Olds merchants protective system : account book for San Francisco and Oakland, California area, 1884-1892
• Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1877 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1878 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Attorneys and Bankers Directory, 1908-09 (Golden Nugget Library)

• USGenWeb
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1860
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1870
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1880
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1900
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1920
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1930
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1940

• USGW Archives
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1860
  • Alameda County, Federal Census, 1870

• Alameda County, Federal Census, Murray Township, 1870
  
• Alameda County, Federal Census, Murray Township, 1880
  
• Alameda County, Federal Census Substitute, Oakland, 1890
  
• Alameda County, Washington Township, Federal Census, 1860, 1870, 1880, 1920, 1930, 1940 (Chinese and Japanese surname index, 1930 and 1940.)

• Members of the Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Pioneer Association, 1890 (Golden Nugget Library)
• The Associated Charities, 1896 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Club Women of California, 1915 (Golden Nugget Library)
• The New Society Blue Book, Alamada County, 1921-22 (includes EBELL CLUB, OAKLAND NEW CENTURY, ADELPHIAN CLUBS, BERKELEY TOWN AND GOWN, 20TH CENTURY CLUB, CLAREMONT COUNTRY CLUB, SEQUOYAH COUNTRY CLUB, ATHENIAN-NILE CLUB and CLAREMONT CLUB) (Golden Nugget Library)
• American Association of University Women, California State Division, 1928-1929 (Golden Nugget Library)
• East Oakland High Twelve Club, Masonic Lodge, Oakland, California, 1947 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Official Program, Golden Jubilee of Supreme Council, U. P. E. C. [Portuguese Union of the State of California], 50th Annual Session, Oakland, California, October 11 to 15, 1936 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Grand Army of the Republic, 1886 (The G.A.R. was a group of civil war veterans.)
  • Lyon Post No. 8
  • Joe Hooker Post No. 11
  • Lou Morris Post No. 47
  • Appomattox Post No. 50
  • Lookout Mountain Post No. 88

Find vitals information in Vitals

• A Century of California Post Offices, 1848-1954 (Golden Nugget Library)
• State Asylums, 1891 (Golden Nugget Library)

• California, Voter Register cancellations, 1874
• New Voters, 1877
• Alameda County great register,First Ward-Washington Township, 1902

• Alameda County Recorder records : Land patents, 1857-1892
• California Land Patents Database, 1856 - 1995
• Large Land Owners (Alameda, Brooklyn, Eden, Murray, Washington), 1876

• Alameda County, 1878
• Historic Maps of the Bay Area

• Notaries Public from California Blue Books & Government Rosters, 1886-1909 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Notaries Public from California Blue Books & Government Rosters, 1886-1909 (California Genealogical and Historical Archives)
• Index to the Schellens Papers (17,219 names)
• Excerpts about Murray Township from "History of Alameda County," by M. W. Wood, 1883
• Master index of names associated with the history of eastern Alameda County (132,619 entries)
• Person name indexes, for selected local history books
• Senate List of 1883 Pensioners on the Roll, 1883
• Hotel Oakland Guests, 1925 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Hotel Whitecotton Guests (Berkeley), 1925 (Golden Nugget Library)

• California, Alameda County, war dead, 1919-1995
• World War II Army Enlistees

• Alameda County Recorder records : Mortuary records, 1873-1891
• Callaghan Mortuary Records Transcriptions
  
• Robert Graham Mortuary Records
  
• Robinson's Mortuary (partial list)
  

• California, Alameda County, naturalization records, 1853-1990 (County Clerk)
• Naturalization records, 1880-1931; and index, 1853-1985 (Superior Court)

• California Digital Newspaper Collection (as of Jan 2025)
  • Alameda Encinal (Alameda, 1869-1906)
  • Alameda Post (Alameda, 1869)
  • East Bay Labor Journal (Oakland, 1933-1974)
  • Hillel Call (Berkeley) (Berkeley, 1927-1957)
  • Jewish Radical (Berkeley, 1969-1978)
  • Laney Tower (Oakland, 1957-1964)
  • Livermore Herald (Livermore, 1877-1899)
  • Livermore Journal (Livermore, 1920-1933)
  • Niles Herald (Niles, 1898-1904)
  • Oakland daily times (Oakland, 1869-1877)
  • Oakland Tribune (Oakland, 1874-1992)
  • Washington Press (Niles, 1891-1917)
  • Washington Township News Register (Centerville, 1910-1954)
• Library of Congress
  • List of Historic Newspapers
• Google News Archive
  • Berkeley Daily Gazette, 1911-1946
• Ancestry.com $
  • The Argus (Fremont), 1960-1977 \
  • Oakland Tribune (Oakland), 1895 - 1977
  • Daily Review (Hayward), 1947 - 1977
  • Hayward Review (Hayward, California), 1925 - 1930
  • Sunday Oakland Tribune (Oakland), 1964 - 1975
  • Oakland Daily Evening Tribune (Oakland), 1870 - 1940
  • Saturday Oakland Tribune (Oakland), 1969 - 1974
• GenealogyBank $
  • Alambres de N.E.L. (Oakland, CA) 1975 - 1977
  • Obituaries, various newspapers, 1869-present
• NewspaperArchiv$
  • Oakland Tribune, 1874 - 1977
• Newspapers.com $

• Members of the Alameda & Contra Costa Counties Pioneer Association, 1890 (Golden Nugget Library)

• A Directory of churches and religious organizations in Alameda County, California, 1940 (FamilySearch)
• A Directory of churches and religious organizations in Alameda County, California, 1940 $ (Ancestry.com)
• A Guide to church vital statistics records in California, San Francisco and Alameda Counties, six denominations, May 1942

• Oakland Baptist Churches, 1894 (images) (Golden Nugget Library)
• Oakland Baptist Churches, 1894 (transcription)
  
• Evangelical Lutheran Church of America, Oakland, 1875-1940 $ (Ancestry.com)
• Hinshaw Index to Selected Quaker Records, Oakland Monthly Meeting, 1907-1936
• Oakland First Methodist Church & City History, California 1862-1962 (Golden Nugget Library)
• St. John's Episcopal Church Records, 1850s

• Early Records of the Asbury United Methodist Church, Livermore, California
  
• Early Records of the First Presbyterian Church, Livermore, California
  
• Early Records of the Grace Episcopal Church of Livermore, California
  
• Records of the Presbyterian Church of Pleasanton, California
  

• Directory of Methodist Women's Society, San Leandro, Alameda County, 1952 (Golden Nugget Library)
• Directory of Methodist Women's Society, San Leandro, Alameda County, 1953 (Golden Nugget Library)

• Foreign Pioneers in Oakland before 1870
  
• Overland Arrivals, 1877
  

Find more vitals on-line at California/Bay Area Vitals

The California State Archives has offline records. (Marriage records, 1854-1955)

• Alameda County Government
  • Alameda County Clerk-Recorder : Births, 1880 to current
  • Alameda County Clerk-Recorder : Marriage, 1854 to current
  • Alameda County Clerk-Recorder : Death, 1871 to current
  • Alameda County Superior Court : Probate, 1850 to current
  • Alameda County Superior Court : Divorce
  • Alameda County Clerk of Superior Court : Will, 1850 to current

• FamilySearch
  • Alameda County Recorder records : Births, 1873-1901
  • Alameda County Recorder records : Delayed birth index 1875-1971
  • Alameda County Recorder records : Deaths 1859-1903
  • Alameda County Recorder records : Marriages, 1853-1866
  • California, County Marriages, 1850-1952
  • Probate files, 1880-1961 (Superior Court)
  • Probate records of Alameda County, 1857-1920, and wills received by County Clerk, 1880-1970 (County Clerk)

• Oakland Library History Center
  • Oakland birth and death certificates, 1876-1904

• Vitalsearch-CA
  • Birth index, 1889 - 1901, 1873 - 1971 Delayed
  • Death index, 1860 - 1903
  • Marriage index, 1866 - 1878

• Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society
  • Record of Deaths in Alameda County, California, Book C, 1889-1894
  • Record of Deaths in Alameda County, California, Book D, 1895-1901

• Various newspaper transcriptions (Oakland Genealogy)
  
  • Death notices, 1874, 1876, 1889, 1891, 1895, 1899, 1900
  • Mortality Report, 1874
  • Marriages, 1875, 1877, 1891
  • Personals, 1885
  • Probates and Wills, 1872, 1874, 1890
  • 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic articles
• Various newspaper transcriptions (Oakland Genealogy)
  • Cases of Insanity, 1875
  • Classified Ads, 1854, 1890

• Birth newspaper notices, 1861-1938 (various years)
• Berkeley Library Obituary Index, 1894-1982 (various years)
• Livermore, California, Obituaries (The Enterprise, 1874 to 1876; The Echo, 1883 to 1905; The Livermore Herald, 1877 to 1905)
• Livermore Herald (The Mildred E. Freitas Collection: Genealogical data extracted from The Livermore [California] Herald 1899-1913)
• Oakland Tribune, Miscellaneous Excerpts, 1907
• Oakland, obituaries, 1985-2011 (FamilySearch)
• Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 (FamilySearch)
• Obituaries, various years (USGenWeb Archives)