Los Angeles County, California

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       Welcome:
My name is Martha
I am your new host for 'all things Los Angeles''
I no longer live in Los Angeles, but have roots deep in her soil, having arrived at the Inglewood Bassinet in 1939.
While I am unable to do local 'on the ground research'
I am an excellant online researcher
and
might be able to help you locate that missing piece of your "Ancestral Pie"

Contact for Questions: Martha

Table of Contents
History ~ Biography ~  Maps ~ What's New ~ Family Search: Books & Films ~ Lookups ~ Queries
Vital Records ~ Military ~ Odds & Ends
Cemeteries ~ Funeral Homes and Mortuaries  ~ Obituaries

Cemeteries ~ Funeral Homes and Mortuaries  ~ Obituaries

As mentioned above: Los Angeles County is huge...
So, it stands to reason that it's "Final Resting Places" are also large and varied in location and scope.
My Father, Paternal Grand Parents, Maternal Grand Father, 3 Uncles and an Aunt all rest in the Inglewood Park Cemetery.
The Volunteers who work on Requests and Photo Shoots for F~A~G do a great job.
Additionally, there are quite a few older Cemetery and Burial Records in the FS Catalog

First, there are 'Specific Location' Cemetery and Burial Records:
Norwalk: Film # 2118262, Item 1 "Public Cemetery Book" 1869-1888, Images: 4 - 95, No Index, but in Chronological Order
Anaheim Cemetery:
1867 - 1928 [Burial Registers]
Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory: 1884 - 1976
Bell: 1940 - 1967
Chatsworth: Oakwood Cemetery Imgs 64-370 [Pub 1956]
Chatsworth ~ Compton, Woodlawn Memorial Park ~ La Verne Evergreen Cemetery, Imgs 899-1037 [Cem's and Burial Registers]
Compton, Woodlawn: 1871 - 1951 Imgs 371-559 [Includes some Bios]
Compton, Woodlawn, Film 005277167 Bk 2, 1910-1929, Imgs 560-898

"Cemetery Records of California" [Includes Los Angeles]
Evergreen Cemetery [Larger Collection of Records]
Inglewood Park Cemetery
Los Angeles [City] There are 300 or so files here: Various Dates [Includes Evergreen Cemetery]
Los Angeles [City] Burial Records and Indexes
Los Angeles [City] 1875 - 1975 [Burial Records and Indexes]
Los Angeles [City] 1919 - 1958 [Burial Registers]
Newhall: 1850 - 1997 [Burial and Cemetery Records]
Newhall: Eternal Valley Memorial Park, 1851 - 1997
North Hollywood: 1939 - 1943 [Cemetery, Grave Registers, Reinterments]
Reseda: 1884 - 1975 [Burial Records]
San Fernando: 1850 - 1960 Imgs 1039-1042 [Burial Register]
San Gabriel Cemetery Association 1872 - 2003 [Large Collection]
San Marino: ? - 1879 [Cemetery]
Santa Clarita: 1851 - 1997 [Burial Indexes]
Venice: 1816 - 1928 [Cem Inscriptions]
Whittier:: 1818 - 1974 [Cemetery, Burial, Hdstn Trans]
Whittier, Mt Olive & Broadway [Publications]
Various Los Angeles County Cems / Anaheim, Garden Grove, Whittier [Trans by Orange Co., Gen Soc]


FS Film #558291, Vol 17
There are three Los Angeles County Cemeteries on this Film.
The first one [Alhambra Cemetery] only has one page and is comprised of an article in
a newspaper [Dec 24 1898, Alhambra Advocat]. In looking for more information, it appears to have been absorbed by the
San Gabriel Cemetery.
This is the link for Image 957

The Second Cemetery is the Fairmont Cemetery in Azuza.
The images are really hard to read;
Images 958-963 are here

The Third Cemetery is the El Monte Cemetery.
Here is the first page and description which is very faint text.
The rest of the images follow the above First Page: 964-980

and...

"California's Old Burial Grounds"
"Some Small Abandoned Cemeteries, CA"

Federal Mortality Schedule: 1850 - 1880
'Born in Los Angeles County, CA'
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Funeral Home and Mortuary Records
B E Dayton, Mortuary> Beverly Hills, 1933 - 1942
Dubois Carter Cram Mission Chapel, San Gabriel, CA: 1982-1985
Godeau & Martinoni Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Los Angeles, CA: 11936 - 1984
Lee R Hill Mortuary: Temple City, 1982 - 1991
Halverson, Stone and Meyers Mortuary, Torrance, California, 1950 - 1980
Pierce Brothers Mortuary, Hollywood: Two Films: 1916 - 1944a> / 1925 - 1949
Pierce Brothers Simone Dubois Mortuary, San Gabriel, California: 1928 - 1981
Pierce Bros. & Co. Funeral Directors, Los Angeles, CA;  1898 - 1991 [Includes 3 below]
Pierce Brothers Cunningham & O'Connor Mortuary, Los Angeles, CA
Pierce Bros. Jones and Hamrock Mortuary, Los Angeles, CA
Pierce Bros. Lincoln Heights Mortuary, Los Angeles, CA
Pierce Brothers Godeau & Martinoni Funeral Directors, Los Angeles, CA
Pierce Brothers Crane and Eberlee Mortuary, Los Angeles, CA: 1940 - 1945
North Hollywood Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park and Cemetery: 1922 - 1927 [Ownership Rec's]
More Pierce Bros, Valhalla, and an [Interment Bk]
North Hollywood, Valhalla Memorial Park. Burial Records 1928-1937, Cremation Records 1959-1964
North Hollywood, Valhalla Memorial Park, Cremation Records: - 1900 - 1970
This File is another almost full page of Pierce Brothers Records. [Clickable links to the FS Catalog]
Further, There are oodles of films for the Pierce Brothers Mortuaries in the FS Historical Image Section and Here
Wil A Reynolds, Mortuary: H: : Hollywood, 1929 - 1950
New>>> Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002

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Obituaries
Heritage Hub Obituaries: Some Cities of Los Angeles County.
Below is just a sample of the abundant Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection.


Los Angeles Local Newspapers: Heritage Hub
Samples... Obituary Lists Created...
Alhambra Source , Alhambra, LA, CA, 2010-2020
Altadena Point, Altadena, LA, CA, 2008-2015
Argonaut, L A, CA, 2005 - 2023

Beach Reporter, The (Manhattan Beach, CA) 2004-2023
Beverly Hills 90210 (CA, 2004-2010
Beverly Hills Weekly (CA), 2003-2023
Burbank Weekly (CA), 2005-2006

California Courier, The (Glendale, CA)1987-2007 & 2007-2023
Compton Bulletin, The (CA), 2005-2023
Culver City Observer (CA) 2005-2023
LA Weekly [Culver city] 2007-2021

Daily Breeze, Torrance, LA, CA, 2006-2023

Additional Resources ~ Just a Sample:
Daily News of Los Angeles (CA) 1985-2023
Del Rey News (Marina Del Rey, CA), 2006 - 2007
Downtown Gazette, The (Long Beach, CA) 2001 - 2010
Easy Reader (Hermosa Beach, CA), Available on HH
California Digital Newspapers: Linked PDF
Newspapers in CA - Wiki List, pdf - Current: Daily & Weekly, Defunct


Lookups Available
or find HH at your local Public Library

Obituary Indexes from the Legacy Collection of Jose Rivera Nieves
 Here is the Index for Los Angeles County

Here is the Index for all of California
Here is the Index for the United States
Here is an index for Countries of the World

Also... Be sure and check Los Angeles' Neighbors:
There are Indexes for Kern ~ Orange ~ San Bernardino & Ventura Counties

Note:

Many of the Obituaries might be found using Heritage Hub Digital Newspaper Collection
which is available in many local Public Libraries.
Check your local Library under 'Resources' - Access requires a Library Card


Los Angeles Times: 1969 - 1989 Obituary Extracts: FS Catalog Films

California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection, 1985-2011 [FS Search]
Use this link for the films for the Oakland Newspapers
FS Historical Images Section, 1969 - 2011: Los Angeles Obituaries [Film]

 Lookup: Resource
I have access to the following Subscription
Databases [Library Editions] ~ HeritageHub
My Heritage
Lookups: Contact Martha


This Site has a great collection of CA Digital Newspapers: Use this Link
Chronicling America ~ Google News Archives
Century Past ~ Illinois Digital Collection
Historical Newspapers: Indexed by State [Some Free]



"The Fine Print"

County Coordinator: Martha A C Graham
State Coordinator:  Bob Jenkins

Assistant State Coordinator: Karen De Groote
For information about adopting a California County, please contact Bob
Please see the requirements for adopting a California County

All materials, images and data contained herein may be used as a personal Genealogical or Historical resource, please give Credit where it is due, Thank You.
All data will stay with the CAGenWeb Project when and if the Coordinator resigns: Future contributions or donations will be returned to the Submitter upon request. Although believed to be correct as presented, any corrections, changes or additions or invalid links should be brought to the attention of the Webmaster.
Site Updated: 25 March 2024
Online Continuously since 1997
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