California, San Francisco, Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1981
This project was indexed in partnership with the California Genealogical Society and Library. Name index and images of funeral home records from the Halsted N. Gray - Carew & English Mortuary Collection, located at the San Francisco Public Library. Images for all years in collection can be browsed, but name index currently covers only years 1896-1931. Collection includes a number of different funeral homes acquired over time by the Halsted N. Gray - Carew & English Mortuary company, most from the San Francisco area, but also including some from Burlingame, Stockton, and Sacramento. The collection includes funeral register books, burial registers, account books, case books, etc. Indexes appear at the beginning of some volumes.
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California, San Francisco, Area Funeral Home Records
What is in This Collection?
This set is a collection of various records maintained by several San Francisco funeral homes, including:
- N. Gray and Co., (records of the Burlingame and San Francisco branches)
- Halsted and Co. Undertakers
- H.F. Suhr and Co.
- Godeau Funeral Service, (branches in San Francisco and Stockton)
- George H. Clark Funeral Home (Sacramento)
- Clark and Booth Funeral Directors (Sacramento)
- Kremple and Halsted-Undertakers
- W.P. Peterson and Co.
- H.W. Gantner (Gantner Bros.)
Several different types of records were created. The collection includes records from 1835 to 1979. The indexes are arranged alphabetically by surname, grouped by type of record. Some indexes will index the names of the deceased, others will index the persons making the funeral and financial arrangements, and others will index both. Some indexes refer to only the name and page number. Others may also include death and/or burial dates, the age at time of death, birth place, residence, cause of death, grave site, cemetery name, and the persons making funeral and financial arrangements. Some page numbers were incorrectly transcribed when the indexes were created and such records are usually found within a page or two of the page given.
Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.
To Browse This Collection
| You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for California, San Francisco Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1979. |
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
- Name of the deceased
- Age of deceased
- Date of death
- Place of death
- Cause of death
- Name of physician
Collection Content
Sample Image
1852 Funeral Home Record
Collection Details
Location of Original Records
San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History and Archive Center
"California, San Francisco, Area Funeral Home Records, 1835-1981." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 12 June 2025. San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco History and Archive Center.
