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From: "Paula Hinkel" <>
Subject: LA County Burial Permits 1870-1892
Date: Mon, 2 May 2005 09:02:51 -0700

The Southern California Genealogical Society has recently added searchable
databases to its redesigned website at www.scgsgenealogy.com The data is
free and available to all researchers who are tracing ancestors in Los
Angeles County.

One important database lists Los Angeles County Burial Permits from 1870 to
1892, which documents deaths that occurred long before the state required
that death records be maintained. Data was extracted by Southern California
Genealogical Society and Family Research Library volunteers from burial
permits on file at the Los Angeles County Vital Records Department, now
located in Norwalk, California.

The permits cover the years 1870 through 1892 for persons who died in Los
Angeles County. They were signed by Catholic priests, ministers, doctors,
pastors, medical attendants, health officers or Justices of the Peace of Los
Angeles County who took the information about the deceased or were in
attendance when the person died.

Those listed here may not be all the permits prepared during this period of
time. Some of the records were hard to read because of the handwriting and
faded ink

I hope you find one of your long-losts!

Paula

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