County Records
San Luis Obispo County California
This site is meant to be an “Entry Point” for San Luis Obispo County Records.
These Historical & Genealogical Records are primarily the result of the diligent efforts of The San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society.
Please note: This section is undergoing some major maintenance.
Some of the links below will take you to another page with even more links. The links on those other pages may be broken or directing you to an email address that is no longer active.
Please send an email to slocgscontact@gmail.com to report the broken/misdirected link and for further assistance.
Cemeteries
Headstone Photos from all the SLO Cemeteries are available as an attachment to an email.
The Sites below contain information and Indexes.
Adelaida ~ Arroyo Grande District Cemetery ~ Cambria ~ Canet Family Cemetery ~ Cayucos-Morro Bay ~ Chapel of the Roses ~ Creston ~ Estrella ~ Halcyon ~ Los Osos Valley Memorial Park ~ Old Mission ~ Paso Robles District Cemetery ~ Pine Mountain ~ Pleasant Valley ~ Pleyto ~ Pozo ~ San Luis Cemetery ~ San Miguel ~ Santa Margarita ~ Santa Rosa Catholic ~ St Patrick’s ~ Shandon ~ Templeton ~ Willow Creek
“Mystery Graves”
Howe Family Graves – Hwy 41
Recorded by Lillian R Hooks
Data discovered by Martha A Crosley Graham
Civil Court Cases, Land & Tax Records
Mexican Land Grants
Land Patents / Ranchos ~ 1859 – 1923
Civil Court Cases ~ Index
Vital Records
Vital Records – Transcriptions [Off-Site]
Old Birth Records ~ Delayed Birth Certificates
Early Death Index [1850 > 1905]
Marriage Miscellany
Marriage Index 1850 > 1930
Marriage Book, Arroyo Grande Gen Library
Obituaries – SLO Gen Library Archives
Obituaries – Additional
Obituaries [Off-Site]
Mortuaries
Wood ~ Voakes & Wood Mortuary
1873 > 1905 Mortuary Records
Great Registers & Voter Affidavits
Census Records:
1850 Index [USGW Archives]
1860 Index
1870 Index and Abstracs
Historical SLO News Gleanings
Newspaper Abstracts ~ Off Site
“100 Years Ago – Today”
Historical News Articles:
“Times Past”
Deaths, Obituaries & Accidents
Churches – Vital Records
St Patrick’s Record of Interments ~ Arroyo Grande
St Patrick’s Record of Confirmations
St Stephen’s Episcopal Church – San Luis Obispo
Methodist Episcopal Church ~ Arroyo Grande
Huntington Library
Early California Population Project
Use the link above, click on the left “Go to Database”
Second step: Login
Third Step: Add Name, email address & Password, accept terms, Log in.
Miscellaneous
Spanish American War Veteran Burials
Diaries ~ Family Remembrances
The Family of Hiram Cornelius Powell
There are two versions:
‘In Hiram’s own words” ~ Edited by Aunt Iva
Margaret L Shuey Huston
Biographies – SLO County
Rufus Demming
Los Californiaños
This Site belongs to the San Luis Obispo County Genealogical Society