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Databases (California/Bay Area)

Biographies

Books

Business

Census

Clubs

Ethnic

  • Chinese Genealogy information
  • National Archives - Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (with California Records)
    • Records for Passengers Who Arrived at the Port of New York During the Irish Famine, created, 1977 - 1989, documenting the period 1/12/1846 - 12/31/1851 - Collection CIR
    • Records About Japanese Americans Relocated During World War II, created, 1988 - 1989, documenting the period 1942 - 1946 - Record Group 210
    • Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Italians to the United States, created, ca. 1977 - 2002, documenting the period 1855 - 1900 - Collection CIR
    • Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Germans to the United States, created, ca. 1977 - 2002, documenting the period 1850 - 1897 - Collection CIR
    • Data Files Relating to the Immigration of Russians to the United States, created, ca. 1977 - 2002, documenting the period 1834 - 1897 - Collection CIR

Government

Find vitals information in Vitals

People

Miscellaneous

Reference

Court Records

  • National Archives - Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (with California Records)
    • National Register of Scientific and Technical Personnel Files, created, 1954 - 1970, documenting the period 1954 - 1970 - Record Group 307
    • Records of Deceased, Wounded, Ill, or Injured Army Personnel, Including Dependents and Civilian Employees, created, 1/1/1961 - 12/1981, documenting the period 1/1/1961 - 12/1981 - Record Group 407
    • Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Files, created, ca. 2001 - 3/16/2009, documenting the period 6/28/1950 - 12/31/2006 - Record Group 330
    • Defense Casualty Analysis System (DCAS) Extract Files, created, ca. 2001 - 4/29/2008, documenting the period 6/28/1950 - 5/28/2006 - Record Group 330
    • Records on Trading of Securities by Corporate Insiders, created, 7/11/1978 - 3/12/2001, documenting the period 7/11/1978 - 3/12/2001 - Record Group 266
    • Records About the Proposed Sale of Unregistered Securities by Individuals, created, 1/4/1972 - 9/29/2000, documenting the period 1/4/1972 - 9/29/2000 - Record Group 266

Great Registers

Hospitals

Hotel Guests

Immigration

Land

For pre-1850 land records, look in California-Spanish Land

Maps

Maritime

Miscellaneous

  • California Information File II (California State Library)
    • “The California Information File II database continues the California Information File, which was closed and microfiched in 1985. It contains over 100,000 references to California people, places, events, and subjects as they appear in the California History Section’s collections. Though this database began in 1986, many of the items indexed in it are over 100 years old.”

Military

  • National Archives - Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (with California Records)
    • World War II Army Enlistment Records, created, 6/1/2002 - 9/30/2002, documenting the period ca. 1938 - 1946 - Record Group 64
    • Records of World War II Prisoners of War, created, 1942 - 1947, documenting the period 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 - Record Group 389
    • Records on Korean War Dead and Wounded Army Casualties, created, 1950 - 1970, documenting the period 2/13/1950 - 12/31/1953 - Record Group 407
    • Records of Military Personnel Who Died as a Result of Hostilities During the Korean War, created, ca. 1977 - 11/1979, documenting the period 1/1/1950 - 2/7/1957 - Record Group 330
    • Records on Military Personnel Who Died, Were Missing in Action or Prisoners of War as a Result of the Vietnam War, created, 1/20/1967 - 12/1998, documenting the period 6/8/1956 - 1/21/1998 - Record Group 330
    • Records with Unit Information on Military Personnel Who Died During the Vietnam War, created, ca. 1983 - 12/18/2005, documenting the period 6/8/1956 - 10/10/2003 - Collection COFF

Mortuaries

Naturalization

For more information on local naturalization records, take a look at L Naturalization Documents at the National Archives - Pacific Region (San Bruno).

Newspapers

  • California Newspaper Project (CNP)
    • A database of newspapers and their locations. The project was “to identify, describe and preserve California newspapers. Throughout the 1990s and early 2000s CBSR staff visited over 1,400 repositories throughout the state, inventorying close to 9,000 California newspapers.”

Orphans

Pioneers

Prisons

See also Alcatraz Prison, Folsom Prison, and San Quentin Prison.

Religious

Schools

Tax Assessment

Transportation

Vitals

Vital records in California have been kept by the state registrar of vital statistics since 1 July 1905. Pre-1905 vital records were recorded in the county where the event took place and may be sparse.

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