Oakland Newspaper Transcriptions

Newspapers have huge potential to aid you in your genealogy research, as well as enhance your understanding of your own family history.

Following are excerpts and full transcriptions of genealogical interest from various Oakland newspapers, notably The Oakland (Daily Evening) Tribune. We currently have transcriptions in the following areas:

• General History and Transcriptions
• Census and Census Substitutes
• Marriages and Marriage Licenses
• Immigration and Overland Arrivals
• Politics and Elections
• Biographies
• Personals and Local News Items
• Societies, Clubs and Professional Lists
• Illnesses and Diseases
• Churches and Church Records
• Deaths
• Cemeteries
• Probate and Wills

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General History and Transcriptions.

• Early Days of Oakland. Originally published 04 December 1875. Discussed the earliest settlement of Oakland and surrounding areas; the rancho days of the east bay; and the activities of Adams, Moon and Carpentier.
  
  
• Northern Suburbs. Originally published 20 June 1874. Glimpse into the surroundings of Oakland in 1874.
  
  
• Tribune Tuesdays, a weekly transcription of historic newspapers from the Rainy Day Genealogy Readings Blog (offsite)
  
  
• Oakland Genealogy, misc. transcriptions of genealogically-significant tidbits, not falling into a neat category on this site. (offsite)

Census and Census Substitutes
An 1890 Census Substitute. From articles published in The Oakland Daily Evening Tribune.

Marriages and Marriage Licenses.
The Tribune occasionally published accounts of who was receiving marriage licenses. Following are the transcriptions of these small articles:

1875

• The Life Knot. Originally published 02 April 1875. Lists couples issued marriage licenses during March, 1875.
• Marriages During April. Originally published 30 April 1875. Lists couples issued marriage licenses during April, 1875.
  
  1877
  
• Matrimonial Bliss. Originally published 30 January 1877. Lists couples issued marriage licenses during January, 1877.
• Matrimonials, February 1877. Originally published 01 March 1877. Lists couples issued marriage licenses during the month of February, 1877.
• Matrimonial Preliminaries. Originally published 06 March 1877.
• Prospective Partnerships. Originally published 07 March 1877.
• Matrimonials. Originally published 08 March 1877.
  
  1891
  
• Marriage Record, 10 January 1891. List of marriages recorded for the week ending 10 January 1891.
• Marriage Record, 02 May 1891. List of marriages recorded for the week ending 02 May 1891.

Immigration and Overland Arrivals. Information on immigrants and immigration, as well as lists of passengers arriving in Oakland via the overland trains. (Overland arrivels lists include place of residence for each traveler.)

• Foreign Pioneers in Oakland Before 1870.
• Overland Arrivals, January 1877.
• Overland Arrivals, February 1877.
• Overland Arrivals, March 1877.
• Overland Arrivals, April 1877.
• Overland Arrivals, May 1877.
• Overland Arrivals, June 1877.

Politics and Elections.

• The Great Register. Originally published 29 September 1874. Lists immigrants registered in Alameda county during 1866-67 who were going to see their voting rights cancelled if no proof of naturalization was provided.
• New Voters. Originally published 08 March 1877. Lists a few newly registered individuals.
• Registrations. Originally published 05 May 1877. Lists a few newly registered individuals.
• More Voters. Originally published 05 May 1877. Lists a few newly registered individuals.
• Registrations. Originally published 07 May 1877. Lists a few newly registered individuals.

Biographies

• Biographies from Centennial Yearbook of Alameda County, 1876

Personals and Local News Items

• Personals, September-October 1885. From The Oakland Independent Enquirer.
• Local News, September-October 1885. From The Oakland Independent Enquirer.

Societies, Clubs and Professional Lists

• Classified Ads, 13 May 1854. Originally published 13 May 1854, classified ads from The Alameda County Express.
  
• Our M.D.'S. Originally published 02 January 1877. List of practicing physicians in Alameda county who had filed information on their medical practice certificates.
  
• Educational. Originally published 26 February 1877. Complete list of all teachers and principals working in Alameda county.
  
• High License. Originally published 17 October 1885. Lists all individuals and companies holding a liquor license in Oakland.
  
• Classified Ads, 04 January 1890. Originally published 04 January 1890, classified ads from The Oakland Daily Evening Tribune.

Illnesses and Diseases.

• Intellectual Gloom. Originally published 22 January 1876. Listing of all cases of insanity in Alameda County in 1875. Names (including maiden names for women), nativity, age, previous residences, marital status and descriptions of condition given.
  
• Spanish Influenza Epidemic of 1918-Main Page. Main page linking to article, obituary and funeral notice transcriptions occuring during the 1918 international outbreak of Spanish Influenza.

Churches and Church Records.

• St. John's Episcopal Church Records, 1850's. A few vital records from the church's earliest year.

Deaths.

1874

• Mortality Report. Originally published 01 January 1874. Lists all deaths in Oakland for the year 1873.
  
• Death Notices, 1874. January through April, 1874; originally published in the Oakland Daily News.
  
  1876
  
• Death's Doings. Originally published 06 January 1876. List of all deaths investigated by the Alameda County coroner in 1875. Some unknown, some with name, age, and nativity.
  
  1889
  
• Death Records and Necrology, 1889. Includes the "Death Record" and "Necrology" articles from 1889. Items variously include ages, residences, funeral information, causes of death, and nativity.
  
  1891
  
• Death Records and Necrology, 1891. Includes the "Death Record" and "Necrology" articles from 1891. Items variously include ages, residences, funeral information, causes of death, and nativity.
  
  1895
  
• Death Notices, January 1895. Assorted death notices published in the Oakland Tribune in January 1895.
  
  1899
  
• Death Notices, January 1899. Assorted death notices published in the Oakland Tribune in January 1899.
  
• Obituaries, January 1899. Assorted obituaries published in the Oakland Tribune in January 1899.
  
  1900
  
• Death Notices, September 1900. Assorted death notices published in the Oakland Tribune in September, 1900.
  
• Obituaries, September 1900. Assorted obituaries published in the Oakland Tribune in September, 1900.
  
• Death Notices, October 1900. Assorted death notices published in the Oakland Tribune in October, 1900.
  
• Obituaries, October 1900. Assorted obituaries published in the Oakland Tribune in October, 1900.
  
• Death Notices, November 1900. Assorted death notices published in the Oakland Tribune in November, 1900.
  
• Obituaries, November 1900. Assorted obituaries published in the Oakland Tribune in November, 1900.
  
• Death Notices, December 1900. Assorted death notices published in the Oakland Tribune in December, 1900.
  
• Obituaries, December 1900. Assorted obituaries published in the Oakland Tribune in December, 1900.

Oakland Cemeteries
Oakland Cemeteries, 1852-1863.
For more information on these early Oakland cemeteries, see Before Mountain View Cemetery.

• Cemeteries. Originally published 28 April 1874. "Editorial" on the deplorable state of the Webster street cemetery.
  
  
• The Old Cemetery. Originally published 05 April 1875. Transcribes graves and describes the scene at the Webster Street cemetery.
  
  
• A Ghastly Spectacle. Originally published 28 April 1877. Describes the plowing up and grading of the Webster Street cemetery, with resulting disinterment of unrelocated graves.

Oakland Cemeteries, 1863-present.
Includes Mountain View Cemetery and others.

• Soldier Dead In City's Cemeteries. Originally published 29 May 1903. Listing of veterans buried in Oakland cemeteries.

Probate and Wills.

1872

• Probate Court. Originally published 14 December 1872. Probate Court proceedings from 28 October through 07 December 1872.
  
  1874
  
• Probate Court. Originally published 01 January 1874. Lists all wills probated and letters of administration granted by the probate court in 1873.
  
  1890
  
• Derelict Ones. Originally published 02 August 1890. Listing of estates with incomplete filings.
• Estates of the Dead. Originally published various dates, 1889. News from the Superior Court regarding probate and will cases.
• Estates of the Dead. Originally published various dates, 1890. News from the Superior Court regarding probate and will cases.

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