Yearbooks from high school or college are one of the most fun set of records for a genealogist to search. It provides you with a ton of story-like information about your ancestor's life. What their interests were, what sports and clubs they participated in, and often some goofy snapshots of them before they settled into being an adult. And of course, you get to see what they looked like.
Here are a few articles that may convince you to research these gems:
- Using Yearbooks For Genealogical Research
- A Genealogy Education is in School Yearbooks
- Genealogy 101: School Yearbooks
And here is an article providing information on where else you can find online yearbooks; some need a subscription and some do not:
Below is a list of links to free online yearbooks from the state:
Please note that some of the yearbooks are not searchable but are an image of each page in the yearbook.
Please note that there may seem to be duplicates. If there are, that means that there are multiple sites where the same schools yearbooks are available online.
(Updated September, 2020)
- Alameda - United States. Navy. Air Transport Squadron 2; Alameda Naval Air Station
- Albany - Albany High School
- Alhambra - Alhambra High School
- Alhambra - Mark Keppel High School
- Arcadia - Arcadia High School
- Arcata - Humboldt State University
- Arroyo Grande - Arroyo Grande High School
- Azusa - Citrus Union High School
- Azusa - Gladstone High School
- Bakersfield - Bakersfield College
- Bakersfield - California State University, Bakersfield
- Bakersfield - East Bakersfield High School
- Bakersfield - Garces Memorial High School
- Bakersfield - Kern County Union High School
- Banning - Banning High School
- Berkeley - Berkeley High School
- Beverly Hills - Beverly Hills High School
- Brentwood - Liberty High School
- Brentwood - Liberty High School
- Burbank - Burbank High School
- Camarillo - Adolfo Camarillo High School
- Carpinteria - Cate School
- Carson - California State University, Dominguez Hills
- Centerville - Centerville Elementary School
- Chico - California State University, Chico
- Chula Vista - Marian Catholic High School
- Chula Vista - Mater Dei Catholic High School
- Claremont - Pomona College
- Claremont - Claremont High School
- Claremont - Scripps College
- Cloverdale - Cloverdale Union High School
- Clovis - Clovis Union High School
- Coalinga Union - Coalinga Union High School
- Corona - Auburndale Junior High School
- Corona - Corona High School
- Corona - Garretson Elementary School
- Corona - Washington Elementary School
- El Centro - Central Union High School
- Escalon - Escalon Union High School
- Escalon - Escalon Union High School
- Eureka - Eureka Senior High School
- Fairfield - Armijo Union High School
- Fillmore - Fillmore Union High School
- Fort Ord - Fort Ord Army Base
- Fremont - Fremont High School
- Fremont - Robertson High School
- Fremont - Washington High School
- Fresno - California State University, Fresno
- Fresno - California State University, Fresno
- Fresno - Fresno Christian Schools
- Fresno - Fresno State College
- Fresno - Fresno State College
- Fresno - Theodore Roosevelt High School
- Fruitvale - John C. Fremont High School
- Fullerton - Fullerton College
- Fullerton - Fullerton District Junior College
- Fullerton - Fullerton Junior College
- Fullerton - Pacific Bible Seminary
- Garden Grove - Garden Grove High School
- Grossmont - Grossmont High School
- Hanford - Hanford Union High School
- Hawthorne - Hawthorne High School
- Hayward - California State University, East Bay
- Hayward - California State University, Hayward
- Healdsburg - Rio Lindo Adventist Academy
- Hemet - Hemet Union High School
- Hollywood - Hollywood High School
- Huntington Park - Huntington Park Union High School
- Inglewood - Inglewood High School
- Irvine - University of California, Irvine
- Irvington - Irvington Elementary School
- Irvington - Irvington Elementary School
- Irvington - Irvington High School
- Irvington - Kennedy High School
- La Habra - Whittier Christian High School
- La Mirada - Bible Institute of Los Angeles
- La Mirada - Biola University
- La Mirada - Biola University
- Laguna Beach - Laguna Beach High School
- Lakewood - Lakewood High School
- Lakewood - Lakewood Senior High School
- Lawndale - Leuzinger High School
- Lennox - Lennox High School
- Lincoln - Lincoln High School
- Livingston - Livingston High School
- Lodi - Lodi Union High School
- Long Beach - David Starr Jordan High School
- Long Beach - Long Beach Polytechnic High School
- Long Beach - Polytechnic High School
- Long Beach - Woodrow Wilson High School
- Los Angeles - Abraham Lincoln High School
- Los Angeles - Audubon Junior High School
- Los Angeles - California Christian College
- Los Angeles - Chapman College
- Los Angeles - Chapman College
- Los Angeles - Dorsey High School
- Los Angeles - Franklin High School
- Los Angeles - Granada Hills High School
- Los Angeles - John C. Fremont High School
- Los Angeles - LIFE Bible College
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles County General Hospital School of Nursing
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles High School
- Los Angeles - Los Angeles Junior College
- Los Angeles - Loyola Marymount University
- Los Angeles - Loyola Marymount University
- Los Angeles - Loyola University of Los Angeles
- Los Angeles - Lutheran High School
- Los Angeles - Manual Arts High School
- Los Angeles - Mount Saint Mary's University
- Los Angeles - Mount Saint Mary's University
- Los Angeles - Occidental College
- Los Angeles - Pepperdine College
- Los Angeles - Roosevelt High School
- Los Angeles - State Normal School
- Los Angeles - University High School
- Los Angeles - University of California
- Los Angeles - University of California, Los Angeles
- Los Angeles - University of Southern California
- Los Angeles - University of Southern California
- Los Angeles - University of Southern California Dentistry
- Los Angeles - University of Southern California Naval Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- Los Angeles - University of Southern California ROTC
- Los Angeles - University of Southern California, Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps
- Los Angeles - World Mission University
- Los Gatos - Los Gatos Union High School
- Malibu - Pepperdine University
- Manteca - Manteca Union High School
- McFarland - McFarland High School
- Merced - Merced High School
- Modesto - Modesto High School
- Monterey - Santa Catalina School
- Monterey - Seaside High School
- Moraga - St. Mary's College
- National City - National City High School
- National City - Sweetwater Union High School
- North Highlands - Highlands High School
- Northridge - California State University, Northridge
- Palm Springs - Palm Springs High School
- Palo Alto - Palo Alto High School
- Paramount - Paramount Senior High School
- Pasadena - John Muir High School
- Pasadena - Pasadena College
- Pasadena - Pasadena Junior College
- Pasadena - Pasadena University
- Pasadena - Southern California Bible College
- Pasadena - Southern California Bible College
- Patterson - Patterson High School
- Petaluma - Petaluma High School
- Piedmont - Piedmont High School
- Placentia - El Dorado High School
- Pomona - Pomona High School
- Ramona - Ramona High School
- Redondo Union - Redondo Union High School
- Reedley - Immanuel Academy
- Reseda - Grover Cleveland High School
- Riverside - La Sierra Academy
- Riverside - La Sierra College
- Riverside - La Sierra College
- Riverside - La Sierra University
- Riverside - La Sierra University
- Riverside - Loma Linda University
- Riverside - Riverside City College
- Riverside - Riverside College
- Riverside - Riverside Junior College
- Riverside - Riverside Polytechnic High School
- Riverside - Southern California Junior College
- Riverside - University of California, Riverside
- Riverside - University of California, Riverside
- Rolling Hills Estates - Rolling Hills High School
- Rosemead - Rosemead High School
- Sacramento - Sacramento State College
- Sacramento - Sacramento State College
- Sacramento - American River Junior College
- Sacramento - Encina High School
- Sacramento - Sacramento City College
- Sacramento - Sacramento City College
- Sacramento - Sacramento High School
- Salinas - Hartnell College
- Salinas - Hartnell College
- Salinas - Salinas Junior College
- Salinas - Salinas Junior College
- Salinas - Salinas Union High School
- San Bernardino - California State University, San Bernardino
- San Bernardino - Pacific High School
- San Bernardino - San Bernardino High School
- San Bernardino - San Gorgonio High School
- San Diego - Mission Bay High School
- San Diego - San Diego College for Women
- San Diego - San Diego State College
- San Diego - San Diego State University
- San Diego - United States Naval Training Center
- San Diego - United States. Naval Training Center
- San Diego - University of San Diego
- San Diego - University of San Diego, College for Men
- San Francisco - Abraham Lincoln High School
- San Francisco - Army School of Nursing
- San Francisco - Galileo High School
- San Francisco - George Washington High School
- San Francisco - High School of Commerce
- San Francisco - High School of Commerce
- San Francisco - Lick-Wilmerding High School
- San Francisco - Lowell High School
- San Francisco - Mission High School
- San Francisco - Mountain College
- San Francisco - Salesian School
- San Francisco - San Francisco College for Women
- San Francisco - San Francisco State College
- San Francisco - San Francisco State Teachers College
- San Francisco - San Francisco State University
- San Francisco - Sarah Dix Hamlin School
- San Francisco - University of California Training School for Nurses
- San Francisco - University of California Training School for Nurses
- San Francisco - University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry
- San Francisco - University of California, San Francisco School of Dentistry
- San Francisco - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
- San Francisco - University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
- San Francisco - University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy
- San Francisco - University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy
- San Francisco - University of San Francisco
- San Francisco - University of San Francisco
- San Jose - Del Mar High School
- San Jose - James Lick High School
- San Jose - San Jose High School
- San Jose - San Jose High School
- San Jose - San Jose State College
- San Jose - San Jose State Teachers College
- San Jose - San Jose State University
- San Luis Obispo - California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo
- San Mateo - Junipero Serra High School
- San Pedro - San Pedro High School
- San Rafael - Dominican College of San Rafael
- Sanger - Centerville Elementary School
- Santa Ana - Santa Ana High School
- Santa Barbara - San Marcos High School
- Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara High School
- Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara Junior College
- Santa Barbara - Santa Barbara State Teachers College
- Santa Barbara - University of California, Santa Barbara
- Santa Barbara - Westmont College
- Santa Clara - Santa Clara High School
- Santa Clara - Santa Clara University
- Santa Clara - Woodrow Wilson High School
- Santa Fe Springs - Lake Center School
- Santa Monica - Santa Monica City College
- Santa Monica - Santa Monica High School
- Santa Paula - Santa Paula Union High School
- Santa Rosa - Santa Rosa High School
- Santa Rosa - Santa Rosa Junior College
- Santa Rosa - Santa Rosa Junior College
- Sebastopol - Analy High School
- Sonoma - Sonoma Valley High School
- South Gate - South Gate High School
- South San Francisco - South San Francisco High School
- Stanford - Stanford University
- Stanford - Stanford University
- Stockton - Edison High School
- Stockton - Stockton College
- Stockton - Stockton College
- Stockton - Stockton High School
- Sutter Creek - Sutter Creek Union High School
- Taft - Taft Union High School
- Temple City - Temple City High School
- Thousand Oaks - California Lutheran College
- Thousand Oaks - California Lutheran University
- Tulare - Rankin Aeronautical Academy
- Union City - Logan High School
- Upland - Beulah College
- Vacaville - Vacaville Union High School
- Vacaville - Vacaville Union High School
- Vacaville - Willis Jepson School
- Vallejo - California Maritime Academy
- Vallejo - California State University Maritime Academy
- Vallejo - Vallejo High School
- Walnut - Mt. San Antonio College
- Wasco - Wasco High School
- Whittier - Whittier College
- Whittier - Whittier High School
- Whittier - Whittier Union High School
- Wilmington - Phineas Banning High School
- Woodland - Woodland High School
To see free online yearbooks from other states. please visit the Yearbooks page.
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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