Golden Nugget Library's
Alameda County
Genealogy Databases

Church

1894 Baptist Church Directories of Oakland, Cal.
Cry of the West-The Mighty Struggle for Religious Freedom in California  (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor-Thanks!)
Directory of Methodist Women's Society, San Leandro, Alameda County - 1952
Directory of Methodist Women's Society, San Leandro, Alameda County - 1953

Deaths

Sacramento Bee Vitals 1857 (by Sandra Harris - Thank You!)
Death Records On The Pacific Coast-1872  (From the Overland Monthly - Including States: NV., OR., MT. & WA.)
Native Sons of the Golden West - Deaths  (1885-1940 Some years missing.)
California Death Index 1940-1997 (FamilySearch.org)

Directories

Link: 1876 Alameda County Gazetteer ***Updated Link*** (Images by donslist.net)

1880-81 McKenney's Pacific Coast Directory - All California Counties (Business Directory - Images)
Link: 1880-1 Bishop's: Oakland & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1884-85 Polk-Husted: Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1887 Husted-McKenney's: Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1889-90 Husted's: Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1891 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1892-3 Husted: Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1893 Pacific Telephone* (Alameda pgs 109-110; Berkeley pgs 112-113; Oakland pgs 128-143 at sfgenealogy.com)
1898 (March) California Telephone Directory* (Images)
Link: 1894 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1895 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1896 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1897 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1898 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1899 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1900 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1901 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1902 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1903 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1904 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1905 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1906 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1906 Relief Business Directory, San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and Emeryville. (Bancroft Library)
Link: 1907 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1907 Fry's San Francisco-Oakland, Directory. (Internet Archives/Google)
1908-09 California's Attorneys & Banker's Directory (by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
Link: 1908 Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1909 Husted's: Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1910 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1911 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1912 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1913 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1914 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1915 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1916 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Googles Books)
1916 Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, & Palo Alto Telephone Directory
Link: 1917 Polk-Husted Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1921 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1921 Oakland City Directory (DistantCousin.com)
Link: 1922 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1923 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1924 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1925 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1926 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1927 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1928 Polk's Oakland City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1930 Polk's Oakland City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1933 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1934 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1935 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1937 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City & Piedmont Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1938 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City & Piedmont Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1938 San Francisco & Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley & San Leandro Telephone (Internet Archive on page 883)
Link: 1939 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City & Piedmont Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1940 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City & Piedmont Directory. (Internet Archives)
1940 Counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo, Santa Clara & Sonoma Telephone Directory*  (Images)
Link: 1940 Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley & San Leandro Street Address Telephone Directory (Internet Archive)
Link: 1941 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City & Piedmont Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1944 Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley & San Leandro Telephone Directory (Internet Archive)
Link: 1945 San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory (Internet Archive)
Link: 1946- 47-49 San Francisco and Oakland Chinese Telephone Directory (Internet Archive)
Link: 1949 Chinese San Francisco and Oakland and East Bay Directory (Internet Archive)
1950 Oakland, Alameda, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, El Cerrito & San Lorenzo Telephone Directory
Link: 1967 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City & Piedmont Directory. (Internet Archives)
Link: 1969 Polk's Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville City & Piedmont Directory. (Internet Archives)

Educational Institutions

San Jose State Teachers College Graduates 1862-1928 by Estelle Greathead (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
University of California Directory of Graduates 1864 - 1905 (Published by UC Berkeley 1905)
Berkeley Gymnasium 1885-1886 (Including earlier Class Lists-Pdf files}
University of California Directory of Graduates 1923 (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
University of California the Class of 1886 in 1926
Link: Oakland High School Memorial Pages (by Beverly Shulster)
Roosevelt High School Commencement Program 1937 - Oakland, CA. (Transcribed by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)

Gold Rush!

Argonauts Of California - Pioneer Assns. & 1849 Passenger Lists   (by C. W. Haskins 1890)

Government

A Century of California Post Offices 1848-1954 by Walter N. Frickstad (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1877
Central Pacific Railroad Accident Report for 1878
Notaries Public* (1886-1909 Elected Office--all counties)  
California State Asylum, Stockton, Napa, Agnews, Mendocino & Oakland 1891 - Employes (California Blue Book)

Lookups

(Free Lookups)
Directories  [email protected]
1916 Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Francisco & Counties Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, San Mateo & Palo Alto Exchange Telephone Directory  (Now Online)
1927 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley & Alameda City Directory
1933 Polk's Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda, Emeryville & Piedmont City Directory
1936 San Francisco & Bay Counties Telephone Directory listing Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Leandro, Albany, El Cerrito, Elmhurst, Emeryville, Fruitvale, Melrose, Orinda, Piedmont & San Lorenzo.
1940 San Francisco & Bay Counties Telephone Directory listing Oakland, Alameda, Berkeley, San Leandro, Albany, El Cerrito, Emeryville, Piedmont & Parts of El Cerrito & San Lorenzo.

Marriages

Sacramento Bee Vitals 1857 (by Sandra Harris - Thank You!)
Marriage Records On The Pacific Coast-1872  (Overland Monthly - Including States: NV., OR., MT. & WA.)

Military

Link: California Men in the War of the Rebellion 1861-67 (Internet Archives - Ebook)
Link: California Men in the War of the Rebellion 1861-67 (California Genealogy & History Archives - Thanks!)
National Guard of California - 1871* (Donated by Betty Loose - Thanks!)
California National Guard Report 1891-92 (PDF file - Militia, Officers & Retirement lists)
California Military 1899 (Sally Kaleta - Thanks You!)
Link: Register of Officers of the National Guard and Naval Militia of CA 1917* (by sfgenealogy.com - TAG TEAM )
The Roll Call - ROTC Roster, Ft. Worden, WA. 1932 (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)

Newspapers

Pardons & Commutations - 1871 (Donated by Betty Loose - Thanks!)
National Guard of California - 1871 (Donated by Betty Loose - Thanks!)
Marriage Records On The Pacific Coast-1872  (Overland Monthly - Including States: NV., OR., MT. & WA.)
Death Records On The Pacific Coast-1872  (Overland Monthly - Including States: NV., OR., MT. & WA.)

Organizations

Link: NDGW - Index to the Roster of California Pioneers  (Native Daughters of the Golden West)
Members of the Alameda & Contra Costa Pioneer Association  (From "The Argonauts of California" 1890)
State Agricultural Society - 1868  (Organizers of the State Fair)
Stockholders of the San Francisco and San Joaquin Valley Railway Co.  (1895)
City of Oakland's The Associated Charities Monthly Journal - 1896
Alameda Social Register - 1899  (by Elaine Sturdevant - Thanks!)
Berkeley Social Register - 1899  (by Elaine Sturdevant - Thanks!)
Oakland Social Register - 1899  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
Marine Engineers' Beneficial Assn 1900
1901-1902 California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Roster (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
San Francisco Social Register 1909 - Including Alameda & San Mateo Cos. (Transcribed by Sharon Walford Yost - Thanks!)
Woman's Athletic Club 1917 (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thank You!)
Yeoman Shield US Death Claims - 1919  (Transcribed by Jeanne Taylor - Thanks!)
San Francisco Social Register 1919 - Including Alameda & San Mateo Cos. (Transcribed by Sharon Walford Yost - Thanks!)
Who's Who Among The Women of California - 1922*  (Images - 60,000 names)
Who's Who Among The Women of California - 1922  (Text - 60,000 names)
1921-22 San Francisco Blue Book - Oakland Register   (Donated by SFgenealogy.com) (Transcribed by Betty Vickroy - Thanks!)
1923-24 Masters, Mates & Pilots' Review  (Pdf file)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Alameda Register  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Oakland Register  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Hotel Oakland Guests  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Piedmont Register  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Berkeley Register  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Hotel Whitecotton Guests - Berkeley (by Sally Kaleta-Thanks!)
1925 San Francisco Blue Book - Claremont Register  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1926 Live Oak F. and A. M. Lodge 61, Oakland, CA.  (by Sally Kaleta - Thanks!)
1927 San Francisco Social Register
1928 Directory of the California Medical Association  (Transcribed by Jeanne Sturgis Taylor - Thanks!)
Link:California Academy of Medicine Membership Roll-Jan 1930 (by Pamela Storm)
Oakland U.P.E.C. 50th Annual Session - 1936
1939 Fiftieth Annual Session of the Grand Court of California Foresters of America
1940 Fifty-first Annual Session of the Grand Court of California Foresters of America
East Oakland High Twelve Club Roster - 1947
California Writer's Club Roster 1953
Home Builders Yearbook 1960 - Associated Home Builders of the Greater EastBay, Inc. [Pages 1-32] [Pages 33-64] [Pages 473-480]

Photo Album & Maps

Map of San Francisco Bay Area 1895  (Santa Clara Co Resources San Jose Mercury 1895)
San Francisco Postcard Map 1915
San Francisco Bay Area Map 1936 Part 1 Part 2

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