Links

Statistics

U.S. Census Bureau: Fact Finder
Just enter your street address to get the 2000 Census results for your community.

STI Pop Stats: Ethnic Makeup

San Francisco Population

Maps

San Francisco District Maps

News Articles

NewsBank
This is a database of periodicals that SFUSD pays for. You can search it for many newspapers and magazines by the topic your are researching. Please ask the library media teacher for the password you will need.

SF Gate: The San Francisco Chronicle online

Chronicle: Neighborhood Archives

Photographs

San Francisco History Association
Provides links to map and photo web sites.

San Francisco Memories
Pictures of San Francisco

Pictures of San Francisco

San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection
The San Francisco Historical Photograph Collection, located in the San Francisco History Center, contains photographs and works on paper of San Francisco and California views from 1850 to the present.

History

San Francisco Museum and Historical Society
Click on Neighborhoods for links to particular neighborhoods in San Francisco.

San Francisco Museum and Historical Society: Research Tips

SF Gov San Francisco: San Francisco Historical Information

The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
History by Subject

San Francisco Cemeteries

San Francisco History Index
Provides links to famous places, people, neighborhoods, and events.

Encyclopedia of San Francisco
Links to photos, articles and more.

The Library of Congress: American Memory

NARA's Pacific Region: San Francisco
Information and statistics about immigrants to San Francisco

Indian American History

San Francisco Encarta History

Race Through Time
An Anecdotal History of the Area's Racial Evolution

Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods Archive: S.F. Gate

Neighborhoods Online
An online resource center for people workig to build strong communities throughout the United States. The site includes issue guides, community development resources and more.

SF Gate: San Francisco Neighborhood Guide

Let's Go San Francisco Neighborhoods

Castro

SF Gate: San Francisco Neighborhood Guide

KQED: The Castro

Chinatown

KQED Chinatown

SF Gate: San Francisco Neighborhood Guide

San Francisco Chinatown.com

San Francisco Chinatown

Tour San Francisco: Chinatown

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco

Angel Island: Immigrant Journey of Chinese Americans

Angel Island: The Pacific Gateway

Fillmore

The Fillmore Museum

The Fillmore: PBS

KQED: The Fillmore

Hunters Point

Hunters Point: History

Wikipedia Hunters Point

Japantown

The Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
Internment of San Francisco Japanese

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
Relieving the Japanese and the Chinese

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco: Evacuation Order
Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
This is a portion of Lt. Gen. J.L. DeWitt's letter of transmittal
to the Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, June 5, 1943, of his
Final Report; Japanese Evacuation from the West Coast 1942.

Marina

The Marina

Mission

SF Gate: San Francisco Neighborhood Guide

Inside San Francisco's Mission District
National Geographic.com

Murals of the Mission

Via: The AAA's Travel Companion
The Mission District: San Francisco's Heart and Sol

KQED: The Mission

Virtual Museum of the City of San Francisco
The Mexican War