Besides the resources listed on this page, you may obtain Santa Clara County vital records from the County's Office of the Clerk-Recorder website.

Birth Records

Santa Clara County Birth Index Online 1905-1995
http://www.mariposaresearch.net/php/

Death Records

California Death Index Online 1940-1997

California Death Index 1940-1994
Available on microfiche in the California Room

California Death Index 1905-1939

• This item is not owned by the California Room.
• In California you might find this index at a Family History Center.
• To find a nearby Family History Center and its hours: Find a Family History Center Near You.

Social Security Death Index Online
This resource contains 60+ million records of people who have died in the U.S. from about 1962 through recent months.

Obituaries

Obituary Searches

• For a fee, the Pacific Library Partnership will find obituaries that were in the San José Mercury News and San Francisco Chronicle.
   
• You may find some obituaries indexed by name in the California Room Index.

Obituary Indexes

• San José Newspapers Obituary Index 1879-1912
  This index is not available in the California Room.  
• Mountain View Obituary Index Online

Marriage Records

California Marriage Index 1960-1985

• This index is available on microfiche in the California Room.
• You may look up either bride or groom and find out the spouse’s name, marriage date, marriage county, and bride and groom ages.
• This is a master index to marriage licenses on file in the Office of Vital Records in Sacramento, CA. The index does not contain copies of marriage licenses.
• The index is not accessible online.