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From: Sunni Bloyd <>
Subject: FWD: RE Gustav Elkmann
Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 18:33:13 -0700

ubject:
{not a subscriber} Re: Gustave Elkmann
Date:
Tue, 11 May 1999 18:09:58 -0700 (PDT)
From:
"T.KENNETH SMALLWOOD" <>
To:
<>, "Sandra Harris" <>,
<>
CC:
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If the funeral director is listed, I could do a lookup in my Yellow Book
for an address. These records can be very helpful in learning more
about
an ancestor who died in the 20th century. Be sure to ask in which
cemetery
he was buried. Then you can get their records, too. However, both the
cemetery (I believe) and the funeral home (I know) are not required to
give
you copies of their files, though they will say that they took care of
the
person, when he was born and died, and where he was buried or prepared
for
burial. By all means, try to get those records.

You can also get the original application from Social Security. Since
you
have the number, it will cost $7.00 instead of a higher fee for those
records. I found the name of a birth father and where the son was born
by
obtaining social security records of the son and his sister.

There should be a city directory for Santa Ana. By following it year by
year, you can tell how long he was living there, if he was married (or
at
least living with someone), who that person was, his occupation, for
whom
he worked, his address, his neighbors (if there is a reverse directory
in
the back - and some of these neighbors may be relatives). I've found a
year-by-year search of city directories very useful.

A quick look at the California Death Index will give you his spouse's
initials, but not any more than you already have. However, you may wish
to
look there for any family members who are no longer appearing in the
city
directories. Some decades even give birth dates (1950-59 and 1970-79, I
believe).

Look at the 1920 census before looking for immigration records. It
should
give the year of immigration and the year of naturalization (bingo!
another record to find).

If you find an obituary, you may find what church he belonged to. By
all
means, contact the church. There is a good chance he was Lutheran.
They
keep good records, as do Catholics, if he was Catholic. Even if he was
a
member of another denomination, check with the local church. If you
find a
church, I'd look up the church and the minister in the city directory,
as
well. You may find a clue or at least some interesting material.

Good luck,
Virginia Sholin Smallwood
<>
--
Sunni Bloyd
CaGenWeb County Coordinator,Fresno County, California
http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/fresncty.htm
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http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/orangcty.htm
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~txjack/
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