SFgenealogy

04/15/2026

AI slop? What do you think?

What Was Life in San Francisco in 1800 Really Like ? Life in San Francisco in 1800 was not the glamorous story many people imagine today. It was a fragile b...

01/18/2026

As seen at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View (https://computerhistory.org), the Hollerith punch card and tabulating machine. Why is it interesting? It was used to tabulate the 1890 census statistics, the first time a machine was employed for this purpose.

12/27/2025

Fascinating!
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11/17/2025

https://smcgs.org/event-6162474
The History and Architecture of San Francisco’s Chinese American Neighborhoods
Speaker: Grant Din

The Chinese American Historic Context Statement, written for the San Francisco Department of City Planning by Grant Din with Eric Mar and the Chinese Historical Society of America, documents the expansive story of the Chinese American experience throughout San Francisco. It discusses initial

11/09/2025

St. Francis Museum @ The Westin St. Francis San Francisco on Union Square, 335 Powell Street.

11/05/2025

In 2006, the founders of SFgenealogy heard that Halsted N. Gray-Carew & English Funeral Home (the oldest mortuary in SF at the time) were looking to clear out their old paper records. Of course, in spite of no money, we jumped at the opportunity. We were given the majority of the records (the SF Public Library took the oldest ones), and with the help of FamilySearch were able to digitize them. They are now available at FamilySearch, with partially indexed collections at Ancestry.com and SFgenealogy.org . One major shout-out to our friend Dane Stanley (formerly of Halsted N. Gray) who made it all happen!

10/28/2025

10/21/2025

https://www.paloaltoonline.com/neighborhoods/2025/10/20/peninsula-history-on-oct-18-1957-two-teens-stumble-across-wyatt-earps-stolen-tombstone-on-a-rural-road-in-san-mateo-county/

On Oct.18, 1957, two Peninsula teens out on an evening joyride in San Mateo County crashed straight into a piece of Wild West history. Their car, they told police, struck something as they were driving along Crystal Springs Road. When they climbed out to inspect the damage, they discovered a massive...

10/19/2025

Family History Month concludes with an Open House at our library the weekend of Oct. 24-25, 9 AM-4 PM! We'll have docents and historic displays and videos by Los Californianos, an organization founded to preserve the heritage of early Hispanic settlers in Alta California. Admission is free. Special presentations each day: on Friday, Elizabeth Winslow offers a guide to creating your own family legacy book. On Saturday, Linda Harms Okazaki discusses "Two Case Studies," sharing the journeys of two California immigrants. Full details at https://www.californiaancestors.org/family-history-month-2025/

10/17/2025

San Francisco snow, January 21, 1962. Found this wonderful video at an antique store (videographer unknown).

10/12/2025

https://www.sfchronicle.com/projects/2025/san-francisco-street-names/

We analyzed 554 streets and found mysteries, criminals and very few women