May 2, 2014 First settled in 1776, San Francisco’s population exploded in 1849 when the California Gold Rush began. “The City by the Bay” has remained a thriving cultural and financial center—not just of California but of the entire United States—ever since.
Are you researching your family history from San Francisco? GenealogyBank’s online SF newspaper archives contain 33 titles to help you research your genealogy in this important California city, providing news coverage from 1849 to Today.
Dig in and search for obituaries and other news articles about your ancestors in these historical and recent San Francisco newspapers online:
Search San Francisco, California, Newspaper Archives (1849-1972)
Search San Francisco, California, Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1985-Current)
Here is our complete list of online San Francisco newspapers, divided into two collections: Historical Newspapers (complete paper) and Recent Obituaries (obituaries only). Each San Francisco newspaper title in this list is an active link that will take you directly to that paper’s search page, where you can begin searching for your ancestors by surnames, dates, keywords and more.
Discover a variety of genealogy records and news stories in these 31 San Francisco historical newspapers to explore your ancestry:
- Alaska Appeal 3/6/1879 – 4/15/1880
- Alta California 6/1/1850 – 6/21/1861
- California Chronik 4/28/1866 – 11/3/1866
- California Farmer and Journal of Useful Sciences 1/23/1857 – 9/21/1876
- California Journal und Sonntags-gast 1/14/1872 – 12/30/1877
- Centro America 2/20/1921 – 8/25/1921
- Cronica 12/15/1854 – 2/28/1855
- Daily Commercial News 1/1/1885 – 12/31/1888
- Daily Globe 1/1/1857 – 8/14/1858
- Daily Placer Times and Transcript 6/28/1852 – 12/4/1855
- Eco del Pacifico 4/9/1857 – 4/9/1857
- Elevator 5/5/1865 – 6/11/1898
- Free Angela 5/1/1971 – 11/8/1971
- Grafico Internacional 2/1/1937 – 4/1/1937
- Hispano America 6/16/1918 – 12/5/1931
- Imparcial 11/20/1931 – 2/1/1935
- Jalamate 12/1/1971 – 6/9/1972
- Mefistofeles 3/9/1918 – 7/20/1918
- Mercantile Gazette and Prices Current 10/2/1863 – 10/18/1867
- Mirror of the Times 12/12/1857 – 12/12/1857
- Nueva Mission 11/27/1967 – 10/1/1969
- San Francisco Abend Post 1/3/1871 – 12/30/1876
- San Francisco Bulletin 10/8/1855 – 12/31/1891
- San Francisco Chronicle 1/1/1937 – 12/31/1942
- San Francisco Evening Journal 5/31/1852 – 5/13/1854
- San Francisco Vindicator 5/2/1887 – 2/16/1889
- Seminario Imparcial 8/13/1938 – 11/12/1938
- Voz de Chile y de las Republicas Americanas 10/11/1867 – 5/26/1868
- Voz del Nuevo Mundo 3/27/1865 – 9/23/1884
- Weekly Alta California 10/5/1850 – 12/30/1854
- Weekly Pacific News 12/31/1849 – 5/15/1851
Search recent obituary records for your relatives in these 2 San Francisco newspapers:
- Bay Citizen 6/1/2010 – Current
- San Francisco Chronicle 1/1/1985 – Current
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