Birth, Marriage and Death records have been kept by the State California since 1 July 1905, but some earlier vital
records are available for Santa Clara County.
Vital events were recorded beginning in 1777 by the Mission Santa Clara de Asis. The Family History Library and the
Bancroft Library at the University of California at Berkeley have large collections of early vital records. The
California Room at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Library in San Jose also maintains early vital records collections.
The following death records are available FREE online:
Early California Population Project - California
Mission birth, marriage, death records
California Death Records, 1905 - 2000 -
free with guest pass
California Death Index 1940-1997 -
hosted by RootsWeb.com
Social Security Death Index 1962-current -
hosted by RootsWeb.com
FamilySearch.org - LDS Genealogy, records, family trees
There are also records available by paid subscriptions through Ancestry.com.
Death Records:
Certified Death Records (Death Certificates) may be purchased from the Clerk-Recorder for deaths that occurred in Santa
Clara County after the year 1873. If you order a death certificate and the requested certificate is not found, you will
receive a Certificate of No Record, and the fee will be retained as a search fee. To order a death record from the County,
you must establish you are authorized to receive the record. See the Application for Certified Copy of Death Record
(provided below) and/or the County Clerk-Recorder web site for additional information and fees. Recent death certificates
are usually available six weeks after the event. If you need a death certificate earlier than six weeks after the event,
you may contact the Santa Clara County Health Department at (408) 885-2010. To order a copy of a death record:
Santa Clara County Clerk-Recorder
East Wing, First Floor
70 West Hedding Street
San Jose CA 95110
Application for Certified Copy of Death Record (pdf file - fill out form then print)
To order a copy of a death record online use VitalChek
The Santa Clara Family History Center has the following microfilms on site:
Santa Clara Family History Center
875 Quince Ave
Santa Clara, California
Phone: (408) 241-1449
Hours: T-F 9am-4pm, 7pm-9:30pm; Sat 12pm-4pm
California (Santa Clara Co.) Death Register Index, 1873-1905
California (Santa Clara Co.) Death Records for Persons Buried in Madronia Cemetery (Saratoga, California)
The following microfilms are available through any Family History Center:
Death records, 1873-1905 (Santa Clara County, California)
Santa Clara County (California). Recorder (Main Author)
Death records v. A-B 1873-1904 - FHL US/CAN Film 1302029
Death records 1899-1905 FHL US/CAN Film 1302030
NOTE: Microfilm of original records in the County Recorder's Office, San Jose, California.
Index register of deaths of Santa Clara County, 1873-1905
Santa Clara County (California). Recorder (Main Author)
Index register of deaths of Santa Clara County, 1873-1905 - FHL US/CAN Film 1468515
NOTE: Microfilm of records located in the Santa Clara County Recorder's Office, San Jose, California.
Contains an abstract of death records of Santa Clara county. Contents: item 4. Vol. A, 1873-1896 -- item 2. Vol. B,
1897-1904 -- item 3. Vol. C, 1889-1905.
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