San Francisco County, California Public Records

To begin, add a county public record or view a list of county record locations and resources for San Francisco county records and the state of California.

Now San Francisco is known as a city where you can find anything you’d like, and where you can be whomever you’d like to be. Back in the day, however, those people who lived in San Francisco County were part of one of two classes: rich, or not. Those who were rich were often rich from the gold rushes that were all around the area, or from banking or from real estate. Those who were not were often the servants of the rich, doing whatever they had to do in order to make money and to survive. This is why there are a number of people, from all walks of life and from all different nationalities, who can trace their relatives back to San Francisco County.

Those who are looking for records that will prove that their ancestors lived in this area may have a bit of a search ahead of them, as there are a variety of places that the information may be, and this is also hoping that the information was not lost in the great San Francisco fires. But you may want to start your search at San Francisco County Assessor-Recorder, on 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, #190, right in San Francisco, CA.