CA has a death index 1905-1995. A volunteer from the CA help list could probably take a look for your William Martin and then with the actual death date you can order his death certficate which would tell you his burial location. CADI lookup volunteers from the CA Helplist: http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml Anderson, George gwa@ccnet.com 1905-1990 Michel jeunmichel@home.com 1905 - 1993 Carl Bradshaw cjbrad@svpal.org 1905-1988 Laurel laurele@hooked.net 1905 - 1992 Ron Stone blueoak@ix.netcom.com from 1905 Myrna Atwood atwood@lemoorenet.com 1906 - 1987 Tami cnstars@earthlink.net 1930-1994 (LA GenWeb volunteer) Have you visited this site? It is an index of all the names in the CA county biographies published and available at the CA Room of the state library. There's a search feature and it tells you how to order copies if you find one of your names. http://www.compuology.com/cpl/cpl_bio.htm Learn all about resources available for California research at these two sites: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/toc.shtml http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html (volunteers for book lookups) Follow the link her to visit the Placer county website: California county websites: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/ Volunteers - vital records, obituaries, city directories, cemeteries, etc. by county location http://raogk.rootsweb.com/californ.htm http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml Obituary volunteers: http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html Colleen ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø -----Original Message----- From: Anita Wills <alani2@worldnet.att.net> To: CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com <CA-GOLDRUSH-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, December 02, 1999 4:24 PM Subject: [GOLDRUSH] Diary >I am seeking information on my ancestor William Martin who was a miner in >Placer County. I gather that I will have to go and search the records >myself to find information on him. He died about 1925 and is buried >somewhere in Placer County. William was born in Pennsylvania and came to >California after the Civil War. He wrote that he had a gold mine and needed >someone to help him with it. I do not believe he was married, but his >obituary was probably in one of the Newspapers. > >Anita L. Wills >alani2@worldnet.att.net > > >==== CA-GOLDRUSH Mailing List ==== >Automatic Administrative Reminder: >Rootsweb no longer accepts HTML coding, Enriched text, or Attachments on >email messages. Your cooperation will help save Rootsweb equipment to >serve us all another day. >