Research Resources (San Francisco County)

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Includes Genealogy and History Organizations

• Cable Car Museum (general)
• California Historical Society, North Baker Research Library (general)
• California State Library - Sutro (genealogy, history)
• GLBT Historical Society (gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender) (general)
• Golden Gate National Recreation Area Archive and Record Center (general)
• Henry W. Coil Library & Museum of Freemasonry (fraternal)
• Labor Archives and Research Center, J. Paul Leonard Library, San Francisco State University (labor)
• Mechanics' Institute Library (general)
• Museum of Performance + Design (general)
• National Japanese American Historical Society (ethnic)
• Native Daughters of the Golden West (pioneers)
• San Francisco Fire Department Museum (general)
• San Francisco Heritage (architecture)
• San Francisco Law Library (legal)
• San Francisco Maritime Museum Library, J. Porter Shaw Library (maritime) | Genealogy Research
  • “over 35,000 book and periodical titles dating from 1536 to the present, 50,000 pieces of ephemera, over 3000 maps and charts covering the Pacific Basin and the West Coast of the United States dating from 1650 to the present, audio, and video materials in multiple formats.” (2021)
• San Francisco Media Archive (general)
• San Francisco Public Library (general)
• San Francisco State University, J. Paul Leonard Library (general)
• San Francisco Market Street Railway (general)
• Society of California Pioneers (pioneers)
• University of California, San Francisco, Library (general)
• Tenderloin Museum (neighborhood)
• Treasure Island Museum Association (neighborhood)
• Wells Fargo History Museum (banking)
• Western Neighborhoods Project (neighborhood)

(Contact information via Directory of Corporate Archives.)

• Foundation of the American Academy of Ophthalmology
• The Heritage Lab (Gap Inc.)
• International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union
• Levi Strauss & Co.
• Utah International
• Wells Fargo & Company

(Resources without a physical location.)

• African American Genealogical Society of Northern California
• San Francisco Bay Area Jewish Genealogical Society
• Bernal History Project (neighborhood)
• Chinese Whispers (ethnic)
• Guardians of the City (fire, police, sheriff, EMS/paramedic)
• Glen Park Neighborhood History Project (neighborhood)
• Internet Archive (general)
• Irish American Crossroads (ethnic)
• Native Sons of the Golden West (pioneers)
• Online Archive of California (general)
• Potrero Hill Archives Project (neighborhood)
• San Francisco Greek Historical Society (ethnic)
• San Francisco Family History Resources, S F Special Interest Group (genealogy)
• San Francisco History Association (general)
• San Francisco Museum and Historical Society (general)
• Shaping San Francisco (general)
• Telegraph Hill Dwellers (neighborhood)
• Visitacion Valley History Project (neighborhood)
• Yerba Buena Lodge No. 15 - Odd Fellows (fraternal)

• San Francisco Office of the Assessor-Recorder
• San Francisco Office of the County Clerk
• San Francisco Office of the Medical Examiner
• San Francisco Department of Public Health
• San Francisco Planning Department
• San Francisco Department of Public Works
• San Francisco School District
• The Superior Court of California, County of San Francisco

• CATHOLIC
  • Archdiocese of San Francisco (Catholic)
  • Archives of the Archdiocese of San Francisco (Catholic)
  • 1893 map of parishes (Catholic)
  • 2022 map of parishes (Catholic)
• EPISCOPAL
  • Archives
• LUTHERAN
  • Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary