There were once quite a number of cemeteries inside San Francisco's city limits. Since the entire San Francisco City and County consists of only forty-nine square miles, land began to become more and more scarce as the population grew in the early 1900s. About that time, work began to move most of these cemeteries to locations south along the peninsula, primarily to Colma. By about 1940, all but two cemeteries (Mission Dolores and Presidio) and one crematorium (Columbarium) had been moved outside of San Francisco.
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SAN FRANCISCO (current)
Grace Cathedral Columbarium
Mission Dolores
San Francisco Columbarium
San Francisco National Cemetery (Presidio)
| Beth Olam, Bush Street, Caledonian, Calvary, Chinese, City, First Street, French Benevolent, German Benevolent, Golden Gate, Giboth Olam, Golden Gate, Grand Army of the Republic, Greco Russian, Greek, Green Oak, Home of Peace-New, Home of Peace-Old, Hills of Eternity, Indian, Italian Protestant, Japanese, Knight's of Pythias, Laurel Hill, Lone Mountain, Master Mariners, Masonic, Masons, Colored, Navai Shalome, Nebraska Street, North Beach, Odd Fellow's, Old Friends, Peaceful Abode, Potter's Field, Powell Street, Red Men, Russian Hill, Sailor's, Salem, Sansome Street, Scandinavian, Slavonic-Illyric, St. Andrew's, St. Michael's, Telegraph Hill, Yerba Buena, Yerba Buena Island |
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| Bai Ling Yuan (see Skylawn Memorial Park) | |
| Belmont City Cemetery (see Harrington Cemetery) |
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| Chinese Cemetery (aka Chinese Six Companies) 4650 Callan Blvd. Daly City, CA 94015 650.992.4581 Latitude: 37.4004, Longitude: -122.2819 |
Find A Grave |
| Chinese Christian Cemetery
between Serramonte Blvd. and Hickey Blvd. Daly City, CA 94015 |
Find A Grave |
| County
Poorhouse & Farm Belmont, CA 94002 |
San Mateo County Poorhouse & Farm includes maps, photographs, history, and interment list. |
| Cypress Lawn Memorial Park 1370 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.755.0580 Mailing address: Latitude: 37.4014, Longitude: -122.2723 |
cypresslawn.com
cypresslawnheritagefoundation.com Established 1892. Received 35,000 interments from Laurel Hill, San Francisco. TOC |
| Dennis Martin Cemetery | "located in the hills behind Stanford University, near Searsville Lake, probably in San Mateo County" |
| Eternal
Home Cemetery 1051 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.755.5235 Mailing address: Latitude: 37.6799, Longitude: -122.4616 |
Established 1901.
Online Database of partial tombstone transcriptions by Dayna Chalif. Interment.com partial list of burials. |
| Gan Hazikaron-Garden of
Rememberance Jewish Cemetery Highway 92 at Skyline Blvd. San Mateo, CA 650.341.7701 |
Find A Grave |
| God's Acre 444 King's Mt Road Woodside, CA |
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| Golden Gate National-United States
Government Cemetery 1300 Sneath Lane San Bruno, CA 94066 650.761.1646 Latitude: 37.6325, Longitude: -122.4333 |
Nationwide
Gravesite
Locator by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Alphabetical List by CA Tombstone Transcription Project (12 June 2006) Alphabetical List by Interment.net (02 July 2000) |
| Golden Hills Chinese
Cemetery (see Golden Hills Memorial Park) |
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| Golden Hills Memorial Park (aka Golden Hills Chinese Cemetery) 2099 Hillside Blvd. Colma, CA 94014 650.755.1133 Latitude: 37.6765, Longitude: -122.4454 |
Established 1994. |
| Grace Cathedral Columbarium
1100 California Street San Francisco, California 94108 |
Established 1985.
Find-a-grave lists 583 interments as of July 2008. |
| Greek
Orthodox Memorial Park 1148 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.755.6939 Mailing Address: Latitude: 37.6785, Longitude: -122.4606 |
Established 1935. |
| Greenlawn
Memorial Park 1100 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.755.7622 Mailing Address: Latitude: 37.4037, Longitude: -122.2745 |
Established 1903.
Received 26,000 interments from Odd Fellows Cemetery, San Francisco. TOC |
| Harrington Cemetery (historic
family cemetery) (aka Belmont City Cemetery) Belmont, CA Latitude: 37.5033, Longitude: -122.3239 |
This cemetery is located on a hill
overlooking Interstate 280 and Crystal Springs Reservoir to the
west and the city of Belmont to the east.
Interment.com database of tombstone transcriptions. |
| Hills of Eternity Memorial Park
Jewish Cemetery & Mausoleum 1301 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.756.3633 Office: Latitude: 37.4036, Longitude: -122.2706 |
Established 1889.
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| Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery
1500 Old Mission Road Colma, CA 94014 650.756.2060 Mailing Address: Latitude: 37.6697, Longitude: -122.4464 |
Established 1887.
Online database (1887-2007). Received 39,307 interments from Calvary Cross, San Francisco. TOC |
| Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery 1100 Santa Cruz Menlo Park, CA 94025 650.323.6375 Latitude: 37.4478, Longitude: -122.1876 |
Online database (A-J)
and database (K-Z)
of tombstone transcriptions by Fred Kemmerle. Includes names of
the 24 moved from St. Denis Cemetery.
Information can be requested from the offices of the Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Colma. Alphabetical List at Interment.net by Fred Kemmerle. |
| Home of Peace Cemetery &
Emanu-El Mausoleum Jewish Cemetery 1299 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.755.4700 Latitude: 37.4041, Longitude: -122.2271 |
Established 1889.
Received 13,000 interments from Home of Peace, San Francisco. TOC |
| Hoy Sun
Memorial Chinese Cemetery 2101 Hillside Blvd Colma, CA 94014 650.757.7892 Office: Latitude: 37.677, Longitude: -122.444 |
Established 1988. |
| Hoy Sun Ning Yung Cemetery between Serramonte Blvd. & Hickey Blvd. Daly City, 94015 Records kept at: Latitude: 37.66670, Longitude: -122.46033 |
Find A Grave |
| Independent Order of Oddfellows
Cemetery (I.O.O.F.) Highway 92 (east of Highway One) Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 Latitude: 37.469, Longitude: -122.426 |
Online Database of
tombstone transcriptions by Dayna Chalif.
Online database at Interment.net by Dayna Chalif. |
| Italian Cemetery (Societa' Italiana di Mutua Beneficenza) 540 F Street Colma, CA 94014 650.755.1511 Records
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Established 1899.
FamilySearch: daily log books, Index cards to names. Received 8,000 interments from City Cemetery, San Francisco. TOC
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| Japanese
Benevolent Society-Jikeikai 1300 Hillside Blvd Colma, CA 94014 650.755.3747 Office: Latitude: 37.4103, Longitude: -122.2272 |
Established 1901.
Received interments from Laurel Hill and Masonic Cemeteries, San Francisco. TOC
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| Jardines Del Recuerdo Hispanic
Cemetery (see Skylawn Memorial Park) |
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| Mission
Dolores 3321 16th Street (at Dolores Street) San Francisco, CA 94114 415.621.8203 |
Established 1776.
Find-a-grave lists 293 interments as of July 2008. Please note: Mission Dolores cannot answer research questions regarding their original records. All such requests will be referred to the Archdiocesan Archives or the Oakland Family History Center. |
| Mount Hope Cemetery Stage Road (near North Street) Pescadero, CA 94060 650.879.1831 Latitude: 37.2589, Longitude: -122.3819 |
next to St. Anthony's Cemetery |
| Mount Olivet (see Olivet Memorial Park) |
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| Ning Yung Cemetery Sutton Ave. and Junipero Serra Blvd Daly City, CA 94015 650.982.6060 |
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| Northern
California Korean Cemetery (see Skylawn Memorial Park) |
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| Odd Fellows Cemetery Associated with Greenlawn Memorial Park Colma Blvd (south side, between Home Depot and UA Theater) Colma, CA 94014 |
This is a mass burial site for many who were removed from Odd Fellows Cemetery in San Francisco. There are no individual headstones or markers. A list of interred can be viewed at the Greenlawn Memorial Park office. |
| Old Half Moon Bay (Hwy. 92) P.O. Box 1142 Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 650.321.2109 |
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| Old Sailor & Seaman's Cemetery
Golden Gate National Recreation Area Presidio, San Francisco, CA |
Alphabetical list by Gary Barnes |
| Olivet Memorial Park (aka Mount Olivet) 1601 Hillside Blvd. Colma, CA 94014 650.755.0322 Latitude: 37.4104, Longitude: -122.2715 |
Established 1896. San Francisco Call newspaper article, 30 July 1896.
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| Orange Cemetery (historic) West Orange Avenue South San Francisco, CA Latitude: 37.6542, Longitude: -122.4258 |
Find A Grave |
| Orthodox Memorial Park 1148 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.755.6939 |
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| Our Lady of Pillar (aka Nuestra Señora del Pillar Cemetery) 980 Miramonte Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 650.726.4674 Latitude: 37.4605, Longitude: -122.4236 |
Online Database of
tombstone transcriptions by Dayna Chalif.
Online Database of tombstone transcriptions by the CA Tombstone Project Online database at Interment.net by Dayna Chalif. |
| Pilarcitos (Catholic) Cemetery Main St. & Rt. 92 Half Moon Bay, CA 94019 650.726.4674 Latitude: 37.2807, Longitude: -122.2541 |
Established 1820, Closed to burials 1923.
Online Database of tombstone transcriptions by Dayna Chalif. Photograph by Ron Filion History by National Park Service Online database at Interment.net by Dayna Chalif. |
| Presidio Cemetery see San Francisco National Cemetery |
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| Purissima Cemetery San Mateo County, CA Latitude: 37 24 15N -122 24 45W |
Online
Database of tombstone transcriptions by Dayna Chalif.
Pictures by Dayna Chalif. Online database at Interment.net by Dayna Chalif. |
| Redwood City Cemetery | Family History Library: Redwood City Cemetery records |
| Russian Sectarian Cemetery Hickey and Langford Colma, CA Latitude: 37.668, Longitude: -122.462 |
Established in 1932.
Online Database of tombstone transcriptions by Nancy Poppin Posey California Tombstone Project tombstone transcriptions by Nancy Poppin Posey |
| Saint Anthony’s Cemetery Stage Road (near North Street) Pescadero, CA 94060 650.879.1831 Latitude: 37.2589, Longitude: -122.3819 |
next to Mount Hope Cemetery |
| Saint Denis Cemetery Near Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA Larry Witham has determined the coordinates of this cemetery was at Latitude: 37.4136, Longitude: -122.2204
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"St. Denis Church and Cemetery. One
half mile south of this site [a bronze marker standing off of Sand
Hill Road, accessible from the entrance to 3000 Sand Hill Road]
stood the first church in San Mateo County dedicated in 1855...On
a hill about 300 feet from the church, the St. Denis cemetery was
laid out. The first burial was that of Patrick Martin, 86,
father of Dennis."-How
We
Got Here
"In operation from 1853 to 1890. In 1953, 24 out of an alleged 174 graves from Saint Denis Cemetery were moved to Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery in Menlo Park."-Find A Grave.com |
| Saint John's Cemetery 910 Oregon Ave San Mateo, CA 94402 650.375.0587 Latitude: 37.5483, Longitude: -122.3358 |
Online Database
(A-K) and Database
(L-Z) of tombstone transcriptions by Tim Conroy.
California Tombstone Project tombstone transcriptions by Tim Conroy. Family History Library: St. John's Cemetery records Online database at Interment.net by Tim Conroy. |
| Salem Memorial Park & Garden
Mausoleum (Jewish) 1711 El Camino Real Colma, CA 94014 650.755.5296 Office: Latitude: 37.6792, Longitude: -122.4558 |
Established 1891.
Received 696 interments from City Cemetery, San Francisco. TOC |
| San Francisco Columbarium Research Tips 1 Loraine Court San Francisco, CA 94118 415.752.7891 |
Cremated Remains only. |
| San Francisco National
Cemetery (aka Presidio Cemetery, Post Cemetery) Golden Gate National Recreation Area Lincoln Blvd. and Funston Avenue Presidio, San Francisco, CA 415.561.2008 37.7941, Longitude: -122.4653 |
Established 1884.
Nationwide Gravesite Locator by U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Alphabetical
List at CA Tombstone Transcription Project (15
June 2006) Alphabetical List by Interment.net (02 July 2000) |
| San Mateo Memorial Park 9500 Pescadero Creek Road Loma Mar, CA 94021 |
Find A Grave |
| Santo Nino Filipino-American Cemetery
(see Skylawn Memorial Park) |
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| Serbian Cemetery 1801 Hillside Blvd. Colma, CA 94014 650.755.2453 Latitude: 37.4048, Longitude: -122.27 |
Established 1901.
Received interments from Laurel Hill Cemetery, San Francisco. TOC |
| Skylawn Memorial Park (includes: Bai Ling Yuan, Jardines Del Recuerdo Hispanic Cemetery, Northern California Korean, and Santo Nino Filipino-American Cemetery) Skyline Blvd. & Highway 92 San Mateo, CA 94401 650.349.4411 Latitude: 37.4914, Longitude: -122.3719 |
Pictures from Gan Hazikeron portion by Dana Chalif. |
| Sunset View
Cemetery Colma, CA Records kept at the Colma Historical Association |
Established 1907.
"Closed in 1951. This was the potter's field where indigents, amputations, used cadavers, and still-born from San Francisco were buried. The headstones have been removed and the site is covered over by the Cypress Hills Golf Course."-Find A Grave.com |
| Tung Sen Cemetery Sutton Ave. and Junipero Serra Bl. Daly City, CA 94015 650.397.2834 |
Find A Grave |
| Union Cemetery
316 Woodside Rd. (at El Camino Real) Redwood City, CA 94061 Latitude: 37.2826, Longitude: -122.132 |
Includes burials from 1859 to 1963.
California State Historical Landmark No.816 Family History Library: Union Cemetery records Union Cemetery-Partial list of Headstone Transcriptions by Kay King |
| West Union Cemetery "some 5 miles north of Woodside" |
"Years ago a little cemetery was located at West Union some fives miles north of Woodside...Only one body has been removed from the cemetery...Alexander MacDonald...The land has come into possession of some Italians who desire to use the property as part of a vineyard."-San Mateo County Times Gazette, 11 December 1886 [see also San Mateo County Times Gazette, 8 March 1885]. |
| Woodlawn Memorial Park 1000 El Camino Real Daly City, CA 94014 650.755.1727 Latitude: 37.6794, Longitude: -122.4661 |
Established 1904.
Received interments from Masonic Cemetery, San Francisco. TOC |
