Tales from Colma - Notes for Genealogists Commonwealth Network Notes on San Francisco Genealogy Genealogy. An account of one s descent from an ancestor who did not particularly care to trace his own. I get many requests for information about San Francisco genealogy, particularly given the problem of the 1906 earthquake and fire.
Some records are available.
The exception are the period beginning 1 July 1905 through 31 March 1906. These are kept in the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, Sacramento, California. Though most death records were destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, there are still many available. Only Where the Dead Went San Francisco Cemeteries moved around quite a bit. Still at Mission Dolores San Francisco National Cemetery Closed in 1990.