Databases

An index of the San Mateo County Marriage Certificates from the earliest times to the end of 1948 when the state index begins.

This collection currently includes over 57,000 indexed and scanned obituaries as well as a large collection of obituaries that are indexed elsewhere. Included are the Redwood City/ Peninsula Times Tribune Obituary Morgue (1969-1992); The SMCHA obituary Collection which includes obituaries culled from the historical societies biographical files; The Daily Post; The Daily Journal; The Daily Post; The San Mateo County Times (assorted); San Mateo County Residents in the SF Examiner (1906-1959); Veteran's Memorials; and a collection of obituaries of former San Mateo County residents from other papers. The scanned images also include the Pacifica Times Tribune and the San Mateo Times from 1999, which were indexed by Chris Havanar on The Obituary Daily Times The original index was created by the SMCGS Computer Club and images are available in the SMCGS Library. See research to obtain digital copies of those as well as the added obituaries.

Index to the Layng & Tinney Mortuary File Collection housed in the San Mateo County Genealogical Society Library. Contact SMCGS Research to obtain a copy of the contents of a file.

Papers Concerning Appeals from Justice Courts and Change of Venue to San Mateo County Superior Court 1882-1930 which is located in drawer 32 of cabinet RC5B1.

Found in Drawer RC5B1‐31 The lists in this drawer are a combination of Certified Lists created by the Board of Supervisors at the request of various court judges and lists created to show that the jury summons had been delivered. When both existed for the same time and court, double entries were eliminated. There are many gaps in the lists. Some lists name the court that has requested jurors, others do not. Some lists give a residence address others do not.

These certificates are located in Drawers 19-24 in the San Mateo County Record Repository. Types of Documents include: Sheriff's Certificate of Sale (names include sheriff and purchaser of land (p) and if found name of original land owner (o) a plaintiff is also often listed as in the case of a lawsuit the land is sold to satisfy it. In a tax delinquency the plantiff is the people); Sheriff's Certificate of Sale on Foreclosure Specific to mortgage holders; Sheriff's Certificate of Redemption; Copy of Writ of Attachment ( a court order to "attach" or seize an asset. It is issued by a court to a law enforcement officer or sheriff. The writ of attachment is issued in order to satisfy a judgment issued by the court.); Copy Writ of Execution (a court order granted to put in force a judgment of possession obtained by a plaintiff from a court.[1] When issuing a writ of execution, a court typically will order a sheriff or other similar official to take possession of property owned by a judgment debtor. Such property will often then be sold in a sheriff's sale and the proceeds remunerated to the plaintiff in partial or full satisfaction of the judgment.); Release of Attachment; Sale on Execution (a sale of property by the sheriff under authority of a court's writ of execution in order satisfy an unpaid obligation; Constable's Sale (sold at township rather than county level) ; Sale by City Treasurer (usually for non payment of improvement bonds, most were redeemed); and Conveyance of Real Estate for Delinquent Taxes

Index to volumes 1-4 San Mateo County Homesteads, covering the years 1860 through 1913. There are also references to homesteads filed in Deeds. Images of the Homestead volumes are available on FamilySearch.

Index to the Naturalization Records of San Mateo County. Includes Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen, Petitions and Certificates. These records are available unindexed on FamilySearch.

Index to the Naturalization Records of San Mateo County. Includes Declaration of Intention to Become a Citizen, Petitions and Certificates. These records are available unindexed on FamilySearch.

An index to volumes 1-7 of San Mateo County Miscellaneous Registers. Miscellaneous records include builders contracts, leases, assignments, mortgages, lis pendens and much more. Copies are available from the San Mateo County Recorders Office.

Before taking office, elected officials were required to file bonds. Election Certificates were documents signed by the county clerk, verifying the election. These bonds and certificates are located in the county record center in one of the small drawer cabinets (SM - RC5B1 - 15 - 21) You will find original signatures on many of the documents.

From lists found in the Miscellaneous Drawers in the County Recorders Record Facility. Use as a pointed to death, retirement or leaving the area.

Covering the years 1910-1915, this ledger of Orphans, Half-Orphans and others receiving public support payments is located in the San Mateo History Museum Archives ( # 15-182-5 // #5 H2 16).

These clippings were attached to the last sheet of the Day book showing cash paid out from 1897-1929

A list of Sources used for indexes to County Poor Farm records and for SMCGS Blog posts concerning the Poor Farm.

Every name index to the San Mateo County Volumes of Richard Schellen's Collection of Historical Materials. After his retirement, San Mateo County resident Richard N. Schellens dedicated his life to collecting genealogical and historical information from throughout the state of California. The original collection is housed in the Redwood City Main Library’s History Room. A copy of the entire collection is available in the SMCGS Library. There are nearly two hundred binders of material covering San Mateo County, San Francisco, California in General, the Other State Collection and one or two binders on every county in California. You will find indexes to all but the other county collections here. Members of the California State Genealogical Alliance indexed those volumes. Some are available online or in printed form, the entire index is available in the Members Section of the CSGA Website.

Every name index to the California Volumes of Richard Schellen's Collection of Historical Materials

Every name index to the San Francisco Volumes of Richard Schellen's Collection of Historical Materials

An index to Saloons mentioned in the San Francisco Volumes of Richard Schellen's Collection of Historical Materials

Cases involve land claims, land sales, mining claims, mortgages, lands in San Mateo, San Francisco (many water lots), Santa Clara, and Alameda counties and others in Northern California, patent infringement (telegraph, crushing quartz to get gold, gold digger fork, self-rising flour, mould grooving machine, boxes for axles & gudgeons, rice hullers), cutting down trees, ferries in San Francisco Bay, people like John Charles Fremont, Maria Bernal de Bereyesa, Wm T Sherman, James Phelan, Samuel F B Morse as plaintiffs and defendants. RG 21 - Arranged in 3 groupings: Private cases (boxes 1-12 - cases 1-116), Southern District case 2 (Farnham v. Russell)(box 13) and U.S. cases (box 14 cases 1-4).

An index to more than 2000 case files, in 63 boxes and two docket books. Criminal cases heard in Federal Court include tax cases, civil rights cases, admiralty cases and other violations of federal laws.