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From: Joe Walker <>
Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] How to find Los Angeles obits
Date: Sat, 4 Nov 2000 09:04:13 -0800 (PST)


We should save a copy of this and send it to everyone
who asks for L.A. obits. It helps explain things VERY
well...

Joe
--- Dee A Grimsrud <> wrote:
> [This information was sent to <genealib>, a list for
> librarians serving
> genealogists, in response to a query.]
>
> Following is our standard reply regarding
> obituaries:
>
> The Los Angeles city newspapers generally publish
> obituaries only for
> celebrities. Death notices, which are paid
> announcements, appear more
> frequently. These vary in length but many give only
> the name of the
> decedent and the name of a mortuary. There is no
> general index to obituaries
> and death notices. They can be found only by
> searching the full text of the
> newspaper. Due to the size of the Los Angeles area,
> the city in which the
> death occurred and the city in which the decedent
> resided should be known
> before undertaking a search. This information can
> be obtained from the
> death certificate.
>
> Obituaries, as opposed to death notices, are found
> more frequently in the
> suburban community newspapers. There are 88 cities
> in Los Angeles County.
> Many of these communities have their own newspaper
> and back files of those
> papers are generally held by the public libraries in
> those communities and
> also in the California State Library. A few
> neighborhoods within the city
> of Los Angeles had their own newspapers. These can
> also be a source of
> obituaries. Obituaries for Los Angeles
> residents who were born and raised in other parts of
> the Untied States,
> particularly in small and medium sized communities,
> are often found in their
> home town newspapers.
>
> Michael Kirley
> Los Angeles Public Library
>
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