Databases (San Mateo County)

Find more San Mateo County records at California/Bay Area

• San Mateo County Biographies
  
• San Mateo County Biographies (CAGenWeb)
  

• History of San Mateo County, California, 1883
• A Little Journey to San Mateo County, 1915
• Stories of San Mateo County: Written for Boys and Girls, 1938
• South from San Francisco ; San Mateo County, California, its history and heritage, 1963
• Crossroads, People and Events of The Redwoods of San Mateo County, 1973
• San Mateo! : a sketchbook tour of the San Francisco Peninsula's past, 1989
• Exploring Half Moon Bay and the San Mateo Coast, 1992

• Attorneys and Bankers Directory, 1908-09
  

• L1860 Federal Census Transcription (includes Belmont, Redwood City, Searsville, Woodside)
  
• L1870 Federal Census Transcription (includes Belmont, Half Moon Bay, Menlo Park, Pescadero, Redwood City, San Mateo, School House Station, Searsville)
  

• County Wide
  • Club Women of California, 1915
  • LSan Mateo County Chapter American Red Cross Membership, 1918
    
  • The New Society Blue Book, 1921-22
    
• Half Moon Bay
  • L Freemasons, Hayward Lodge, 1882
    
• Menlo Park
  • L Menlo Country Club, Officers & Members, 1924
    
• Pescadero
  • L Freemasons, Pescadero Lodge, 1882
    
  • L 1882 Freemasons, San Mateo Lodge
    
  • L Native Sons of the Golden West, Redwood Parlor No. 66, Officers & Members, 1935
    
• Redwood City
  • American Association of University Women, California State Division, 1928-1929
• San Mateo
  • L Beresford Country Club (San Mateo), Officers and Members, 1924
    
• Woodside
  • L Woodside Brownie Troop 484, 1956
    

Find vitals information in Vitals

• L San Mateo County & Township Officers (CA State Government), 1870
  

• Inventory of the county archives of California, San Mateo County (Redwood City), 1938 (FamilySearch)

• San Mateo County Genealogical Society (SMCGS)
  • Court & Criminal Records
    • Early Court Records
    • Appeals & Venue Changes
    • Lis Pendens Index
    • Jury Lists 1908-1932
    • Sheriff's Office Booking Registers
  • San Mateo County Recorder's Office Records
    • Miscellaneous Records
      • Sole Traders
      • Official Bonds & Election Certificates
      • Professional Registers
      • Cancelled Architects who had practiced in San Mateo County
      • Brands - Other County
      • Index to Abstracts of Judgement
      • Index to Mechanic's Liens
  • Institutional Records
    • Record of Orphans, Half-Orphans, etc.
    • List of Indigents
    • County Poor Farm Reports 1903-1905
    • County Poor Farm Employees
    • Sources for County Poor Farm Records
    • Index to County Poor Farm Contracts 1912-1917
    • County Poor Farm Income & Expense Reports 1916-1920
    • County Poor Farm Inmate List

• California, San Mateo County records, 1851-1991 (FamilySearch)
  • Coroners' reports, 1865-1991 / County Clerk
  • Deed records, 1856-1967 / County Clerk
  • Land records, 1851-1924 / County Recorder
  • Marriage records, 1927-1943 / County Clerk
  • Naturalization records, 1856-1947 / Superior Court
  • Service discharge records, 1856-1965 / County Clerk
  • Camp Fremont naturalization index, 1918-1919

• San Mateo County Great Register, 1873
• San Mateo County Great Register, 1888

• San Mateo County, Great registers, 1867-1869, 1871-1872, 1875-1877, 1879-1880, 1882, 1884, 1886, 1890, 1892, 1894, 1896, 1898 (FamilySearch)

• Baden
  • Great Register San Mateo County Baden Precinct, 1896
  • Great Register San Mateo County Baden Precinct Book, 1898
  • Precinct Register, Baden No. 1 Precinct, San Mateo County, 1906
  • Precinct Register, Baden No. 2 Precinct, San Mateo County, 1906
• San Bruno
  • L San Bruno Great Register of Voters, 1890
  • L San Bruno Precinct Register, 1908
• Searsville
  • L Searsville Great Register of Voters, 1890

• L San Mateo County Poor Farm & Hospital
  

• LBLM Land Patent Records List (for San Mateo County)
  
• San Mateo County Genealogical Society
  • Land and Maps
    • Land Records
    • Sheriff's Sales, Executions and Attachments 1856-1929
    • Sales by the County Tax Collector 1857-1894
    • Homestead Index
    • Name Index to Unrecorded Maps
    • Water Appropriation Applications
    • Lease Index 1856-1921
• California, San Mateo County records, 1851-1991
  • Deed records, 1856-1967 / County Clerk
    
  • County Recorder Land records, 1851-1924 / County Recorder
    

• County of San Mateo
  • Many maps, including various Homesteads, Ranchos, Tracts, Towns, and Subdivisions.

• Inventory of the County Archives of California #42 San Mateo County
  

• Colma
  • L Colma Chapter, Native Sons of the Golden West, 1911 Officers
    
  • L Personnel of Colma Volunteer Fire Department, 1944
    
  • L Personnel of the Colma Volunteer Fire Department, 1976
    
  • L Personnel of the Colma Volunteer Fire Department, 1983
    
  • L Mayors of the Town of Colma, 1924 - 2004
    
• Daly City
  • L Signers to the Petition for the Incorporation of Daly City, 1910
    
• Millbrae
  • L Millbrae Highlands Brochure circa 1939
    
  • L Millbrae American Legion Officers 1958
    
• Other
  • L California Academy of Medicine Members, 1930
    
  • Notaries Public, 1866-1909
  • Clipping File of articles about San Mateo County residents
  • Schellens Clipping Collection Index

• LWorld War II Honor List of Dead and Missing, 1946
• World War II, Honor List of Dead and Missing Army and Army Air Forces Personnel from California, San Mateo County, 1946 (Genealogy Trails)
• California, San Mateo County records, 1851-1991
  • Includes military service discharge records, 1856-1965

• San Mateo County Genealogical Society
  • James Crowe Register of Deaths : 1880s – 1920s
  • Layng & Tinney Mortuary File
  • Mortuary Files of Valente, Marini, Perata & Co
• Crowe Mortuary Burial Index

• San Mateo County Genealogical Society
  • Naturalization and Electoral Records
    • Naturalization Prior to 25 Sep 1906
    • Naturalization 1907-1925
    • Naturalization 1926-1945
    • Naturalization 1946+
    • Camp Fremont Naturalization Records
    • Naturalized Voters
• California, San Mateo County records, 1851-1991
  • Camp Fremont naturalization index, 1918-1919
    

• California Digital Newspaper Collection (as of Jan 2025)
  • Coast Side Comet (Montara, 1910-1923)
  • Daily News Leader (San Mateo) (San Mateo, 1889-1924)
  • Enterprise Journal (South San Francisco, 1972-1979)
  • Pacifica Tribune (Pacifica, 1954-2013)
  • San Bruno Herald (South San Francisco, 1976-1979)
  • Skyline View (San Bruno, 1969-2020)
  • Times Gazette (Redwood City, 1859-1903)
  • Woodside World (Woodside, 1959-2009)

• Newspaper Abstracts Project
  
• San Mateo Times $ (NewspaperArchive)
  

• Ancestry.com $
  • Post (January 1960 to June 1963, incomplete)
  • San Mateo Times (July 1925 to January 1928, incomplete)
  • Times (January 1927 to September 1977, incomplete)
  • San Mateo Times And Daily News Leader (July 1928 to April 1959, incomplete)

• San Mateo County, Various Newspapers, various dates (GenealogyBank.com) $
  
• San Mateo County, Various Newspapers, various dates (NewspaperArchive.com) $
  
• San Mateo County, Various Newspapers, various dates (Newspapers.com) $
  

• Tanforan (San Bruno) (June 1942)

• Early San Mateo County Families
• Fritz and Louisa Meyer: 1880 Pioneers to San Mateo County
• Historic Union Cemetery Pioneers

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

• San Mateo County Genealogical Society
  • Birth & Marriage
    • San Mateo County Marriage Index : 1853-1948
    • San Mateo Times Gazette Index : 1859-1899
    • Index to San Mateo County Births Earliest to 1918
  • Death Records and Substitutes
    • Index to San Mateo County Deaths - Earliest to 1920
    • Index to SMC Coroner's Records 1856-1984
    • Public Administration Reports
    • Index to San Mateo County Obituaries

• FamilySearch (California, San Mateo County records, 1851-1991)
  • Coroners' reports, 1865-1991 / County Clerk
    
  • Marriage records, 1927-1943 / County Clerk
    

• San Mateo County Obituary Index
  
• San Mateo Times Gazette Vitals Index