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City of San Diego Public Library
820 E Street
San Diego, CA
92101-6478
Phone: (619) 236-5800
Branch Libraries

California State Library

NARA's Pacific Region
Guide to Archival Holdings at NARA's Pacific Region - Laguna Niguel, CA

USGenWeb Archives
San Diego County California Archives

Family History Centers
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FamilySearch.org

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Alpine California
2425 Tavern Road
Alpine, CA 91901
Phone: 619-445-2087

Carlsbad California
1981 Chestnut
Carlsbad, CA 92008-2714
Phone: 760-434-4941

El Cajon California
1270 South Orange Avenue
El Cajon, CA 92019
Phone: 619-588-1426

Escondido California
2255 Felicita Road
Escondido, CA 92029
Phone: 760-745-1662

Jamul California
14808 Lyons Valley Road
Jamul, CA 91935
Phone: 619-669-1759

Penasquitos California
12835 Black Mountain Rd
San Diego, CA 92129
Phone: 858-484-1729

Poway California
15750 Bernardo Heights Pkwy
San Diego, CA 92128
Phone: 858-487-2304

San Diego CA Sweetwater
3737 Valley Vista Way
Bonita, CA 91902
Phone: 619-472-1506

San Diego California
4195 Camino del Rio South
San Diego, CA 92108
Phone: 619-584-7668

San Diego California East 6767 51st Street
San Diego, CA 92120-1262
Phone: 619-582-0572

Vista California
1310 Foothill Drive
Vista, CA 92084-4048
Phone: 760-945-6053

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Historical & Genealogical Societies are a great resource for local genealogical records and history of the area.

North San Diego County Genealogical Society
P.O. Box 581
Carlsbad, CA
92018-0581

San Diego County Genealogical Society
PO Box 422
Ramona, CA 92065
Phone: (760) 789-2534

San Diego Genealogical Society
1050 Pioneer Way,
Suite E
El Cajon, California 92020-1943
Phone: (619) 588-0065

San Diego Historical Society
PO Box 81825
San Diego, CA
92138-1825
(619) 232-6203 ext 102

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San Diego County
California Genealogy & Family History Resources
Cities, Towns, Villages & Communities:
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Established: February 18, 1850
Original County
County Seat: San Diego

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California State Vital Records Office of Vital Records
304 'S' Street
Sacramento, California 95814
Phone: (916) 445-1719
Fax: (800) 858-5553
New Law Effective July 1, 2003, the California Health and Safety Code Section 103526 will permit only authorized individuals to receive certified copies of birth or death records. Those who are not authorized by law to receive a certified copy will receive a certified copy marked "INFORMATIONAL, NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY."

San Diego County California Vital Records
San Diego County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk
[ Birth & Death | Marriages ]
1600 Pacific Hwy, Rm 260
P.O. Box 1750
San Diego, CA 92112-4147
Phone: (619) 237-0502
Superior Court [ Divorce Records ]
San Diego County, State of California
Family Court Building
1555 Sixth Avenue
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone: (619) 531-3244
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San Diego County Pre-1905 Calif Death Index
California Pre-1905 Death Index
VitalSearch-Ca.com
California Birth Index
California Death Records
9,366,786 records from 1940 thru 1997
Free California Marriage Records
USGenWeb Archives Marriage Records Project
Social Security Death Index
The Social Security Administration Death Master File contains information on millions of deceased individuals with United States social security numbers whose deaths were reported to the Social Security Administration. This file now contains over 89 million death records.

Census Links - San Diego County, California
CensusLinks.com
Links to Online Census Records San Diego Co., California
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San Diego County, California Federal Census Index
US-Census.org
Search the United States Indian Census 1885-1940
Ancestry.com ~ The Indian Census schedules are census rolls usually submitted each year by agents or superintendents in charge of Indian reservations, as required by an act of 4 July 1884 (23 Stat. 98).
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Cemeteries and Memorial Sites of Politicians in San Diego County
The website that tells where the dead politicians are buried
Cemeteries of San Diego County California
Interment.net
San Diego County California Tombstone Transcription Project
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San Diego County California Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project
AHGP Cemetery Transcription & Photo Project

Obituary Collection
This database is a compilation of obituaries published in U.S. newspapers, collected from various online sources. ~ Ancestry.com
Read Historic Newspapers Online
Ancestry.com: Read history as it was happening in more than 16 million pages from over 1000 different newspapers across the US, U.K. and Canada dating back to the 1700's.

Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s
Updated annually, this database is an index to passengers who arrived in United States and Canadian ports from the 1500s through the 1900s. It contains listings of approximately 4,588,000 individuals and references thousands of different records compiled from everything from original passenger lists to personal diaries. For each individual listed, you may find the following information: name, age, year and place of arrival, and the source of the record.

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1895 San Diego County California Map
This atlas was originally printed in 1895 by the Rand McNally Corporation. ~ LivGenMi.com
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Land Patent Search For California Land Records
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California Land Record
Family Maps™ Land Patent Maps
County by county, state by state maps for original settlers whose purchases are indexed in the U.S. Bureau of Land Management databases

San Diego County Assessor-Recorder-Clerk
Recorded Documents Index

San Diego County California Genealogy Sites
CyndisList.com
San Diego County California GenWeb Project
Part of the California GenWeb Project
San Diego County California Genealogy Resources
GenDir.com
San Diego County California Genealogy Links
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San Diego County California Biographies
California Biographies Project

Chronology of the Indigenous Peoples of San Diego County
Compiled by Nancy Carol Carter University of San Diego
Black Genesis: A Resource Book for African-American Genealogy
Genealogical Pubishing Company
Finding Your Hispanic Roots
Genealogical Publishing Company

San Diego County California Local History
American Local History Network [ALHN]

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