Databases (San Mateo County)
Find more San Mateo County records at California/Bay Area
Biographies
Books
Business
Census
- L1870 Federal Census Transcription (includes Belmont, Half Moon Bay, Menlo Park, Pescadero, Redwood City, San Mateo, School House Station, Searsville)
Clubs
- County Wide
- Half Moon Bay
- Menlo Park
- Pescadero
- Redwood City
- San Mateo
- Woodside
Ethnic
Government
Find vitals information in Vitals
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- 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
Great Registers
- Baden
- San Bruno
- Searsville
Hospitals
Hotel Guests
Immigration
Land
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- 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
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- Deed records, 1856-1967 / County Clerk
- County Recorder Land records, 1851-1924 / County Recorder
Maps
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- Many maps, including various Homesteads, Ranchos, Tracts, Towns, and Subdivisions.
Maritime
Miscellaneous
- Colma
- Daly City
- Millbrae
- Other
Military
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- Includes military service discharge records, 1856-1965
Mortuaries
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- James Crowe Register of Deaths : 1880s – 1920s
- Layng & Tinney Mortuary File
- Mortuary Files of Valente, Marini, Perata & Co
Naturalization
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- Naturalization and Electoral Records
- Naturalization Prior to 25 Sep 1906
- Naturalization 1907-1925
- Naturalization 1926-1945
- Naturalization 1946+
- Camp Fremont Naturalization Records
- Naturalized Voters
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- Camp Fremont naturalization index, 1918-1919
For more information on local naturalization records, take a look at L Naturalization Documents at the National Archives - Pacific Region (San Bruno).
Newspapers
- 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)
- 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)
- Tanforan (San Bruno) (June 1942)
Orphans
Pioneers
Religious
Tax Assessment
Transportation
Vitals
Find more vitals on-line at California/Bay Area Vitals
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- 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
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