Hi fellow listers, I'm not all that familiar with California but I'm wondering if anybody can tell me what counties are McDowell and Siskon City in? I can't seem to find them on the map anywhere. I have relatives born in 1911, Siskon City, Ca and 1913, McDowell, Ca. Also San Mateo. Thank you in advance Melville Fletcher Tokyo, Japan

I ordered a copy of my wife's uncle's death certificate from San Bernardino county and there was an error in the original, the cemetery name was spelled incorrectly. I also got (may have cost extra, I can't remember) a correction that was filed showing the items changed and the original information and the correct information. You need both so that you have correct information. larry k. ************************************************************ At 07:59 PM 10/21/1999 -0700, Edward A. Black, Sr. wrote: >Received 2 copies of mother-in-law's death certificate today. She died >on Oct 10th. It had 3 errors in it. The mortuary [Chapel of the Chimes >in Hayward, CA] said that they would have to ammend the death >certificate. I sent the incorrect death certificates back to the >mortuary, requesting the ammended ones. Am I to understand that when >one requests an ammended death certificate that what we receive is a >2-page noterized certificate [the incorrect original and a seperate page >with the ammendments/corrections on it]?. The mortuary had filed the >death certificate the day before I was able to send them the correct >info on my mother-in-law. I want to be sure Alameda County records are >correct, which is why I am following up on this. > >I mearly wishing to make sure that the info on the death certificate is >accurate [it is a legal document] so that others requesting it have the >corrected information, not erroneous info. > >Sincerely, > Edward, Sr. > >-- > > > > >==== CAALAMED Mailing List ==== >Alameda County, California CAGenWeb >http://www.katpher.com/alamecty/alamecty.htm > >

Received 2 copies of mother-in-law's death certificate today. She died on Oct 10th. It had 3 errors in it. The mortuary [Chapel of the Chimes in Hayward, CA] said that they would have to ammend the death certificate. I sent the incorrect death certificates back to the mortuary, requesting the ammended ones. Am I to understand that when one requests an ammended death certificate that what we receive is a 2-page noterized certificate [the incorrect original and a seperate page with the ammendments/corrections on it]?. The mortuary had filed the death certificate the day before I was able to send them the correct info on my mother-in-law. I want to be sure Alameda County records are correct, which is why I am following up on this. I mearly wishing to make sure that the info on the death certificate is accurate [it is a legal document] so that others requesting it have the corrected information, not erroneous info. Sincerely, Edward, Sr. --

Hi. I just recently found out my grandmother had a sister who emigrated from Wales to Oakland. Her names was Margaret Dwyer, and she married Jim McDonald in California around 1925. She was born around 1897-1900 from my best guesstimite.I have a few letters and pictures that were sent by her to family in Wales. Most of them seem to be from 1947. The earliest letter is written from Emeryville and the others from Oakland. In these letters she mentions Daughter Delores, Son John (Jack) and the youngest Patricia. Jack was born in 1931, and Delores seems about 6 yrs. older, Patricia 2 yrs. younger in the pictures. It sounds from the letters that her husband has died, but she never speaks of the circumstances or actually states he has died, just that they miss him.Sounds like pretty final grieving. Supposedly the last time she was heard from was 1947. Anyway, my questions, if anyone can give me some help, as I'm very unfamiliar with CA: Were there directories for Emeryville around 1925? Can you obtain a Marriage record search for a woman with only a maiden last name? (Her daughter Delores had a child, but I don't the husband's name) What are the available resources I can check for in Oakland in the 1920s-40s? Were there particular TB hospitals in 1947 in Oakland? (Her daughter Patricia had TB and was in the hospital) Was there a 9th Rte or St in Oakland in 1947? I can't make out the rest of the address on the envelope. What were the Catholic Churches in Oakland in Emeryville in 1925? In Oakland in 1940s? I would be most grateful if someone can help with these questions or lend me some advice or guidance for finding out more about these people. It's very possible I have living relatives in CA, but not much to go on to find them! Thank you for your time. Amy Murphy-DeMeo Ormond Beach, FL -----Original Message----- From: CAALAMED-D-request@rootsweb.com [mailto:CAALAMED-D-request@rootsweb.com] Sent: Sunday, October 17, 1999 8:46 PM To: CAALAMED-D@rootsweb.com Subject: CAALAMED-D Digest V99 #124 << Message: ATT00009.eml (393 bytes) >> << Message: [CAALAMED] SPENCER Family (519 bytes) >>

Dear Listers: I am looking for some information on Louis B. SPENCER and his wife Lucile (HEYDEN) SPENCER. they were living in the Berkeley area in 1920. I am looking for death dates and also any children and where they are buried. Any help with this is greatly appreciated. If there should be any fees please contact me and I will remit immediately. thank you. Jean Payton

Found in CADI: Mary L. Shawk, 553-28-7463, Alameda, 10/27/1981, 130491 William W. Shawk, spouse MC, 553-28-7463, Alameda, 9/13/1970, 109657 The location of death listed above is the COUNTY of death. To determine the CITY of death you will need to order the death certificate. The number following the date of each listing is the state reference number for ordering the death certificate from the state. Here's the info site for CA vital records: http://vitalrec.com/ca.html Check out the SSDI if a soc. sec. number appears in the death listing to see if you can get a birthdate and maybe a last location http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi If you find any of the social security numbers listed in the CADI lookup on the SSDI, please use the Post-em feature to share the information from the CADI lookup so others may have access to it also. For the county in California you're interested in, visit it's website: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/ Help with Lookups - obituaries, city directory information etc. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/californ.htm http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6995/ca72298.html http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html If you need clarification, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø -----Original Message----- From: david bruce <davidb@hartingdale.com.au> To: CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com <CASANFRA-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Saturday, October 02, 1999 9:01 PM Subject: [CASANFRA] Mary SHAWK >Hi fellow genies, >This is my first posting as I joined today. > >I am looking for descendants of a Mary SHAWK and possibly William her >husband. >Mary died October 1981 somewhere in Oakland and William died September >1970 there too. > >I have just located her father's death after 5 years of searching in >Chicago. Mary and I would be cousins and I hope there is SKS who may >have knowledge of Mary. > >Regards, Michele in the year 2000 Olympic city, Australia. > > > >==== CASANFRA Mailing List ==== >List rules, guidelines, and instructions: >http://www.sfo.com/~timandpamwolf/sfmail.htm >

Those are all the details I have access to. I'm in Stanislaus county. You can order the death certificate from the state or the county. Here's the info site for CA vital records: http://vitalrec.com/ca.html You could also contact someone in Marin county that could visit the recorder's office to look at the death certificate (assuming the recorder's office allows public searches, not all do for free) or find a volunteer to look at newspapers for an obit. Here are some sites that you might find Marin volunteers on Find Marin's website here: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/ Volunteers arranged by county: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/californ.htm http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6995/ca72298.html http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html Good luck. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø >Hi Colleen >You really have been a great help! I'm finally have found out which >Harold A. Fletcher I'm looking for, >>Harold A. Fletcher, spouse VF, Marin, 7/26/1951, 56064 >I'm wondering if you could look up the details on him for me. >>Subject: Re: [CAALAMED] FLETCHER CADI >>Sent: 9/8/19 1:53 am >>Received: 9/5/99 6:46 am >>From: Norby Family, norby@ainet.com >>To: ALEMEDA, CAALAMED-L@rootsweb.com >> >>Found in CADI: >> >>Fred N. Fletcher, Alameda, 7/21/1954, 55443 >>Ethel L. Fletcher, 530-03-6958, Alameda, 3/14/1974, 15473 >>Howard F. Fletcher, spouse K, 553-20-5151, Alameda, 3/7/1974 15474 >>Russell Fletcher, spouse MS, 566-66-7278, Marin, 3/7/1984, 19986 >> >>Quite a few possibilities on Harold A. Fletcher. The one you found on the >>SSDI was Harold D. Fletcher according to CADI. >> >>Harold A. Fletcher, 551-12-1799, Orange, 9/2/1953, 73125 >>Harold A. Fletcher, spouse VF, Marin, 7/26/1951, 56064 >>Harold A. Fletcher, sjpouse MH, 547-26-3241, Santa Clara, 4/5/1968 39812 >>Harold A. Fletcher, spouse MC, 331-03-4548, San Diego, 7/7/1978, 93653 > >

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PMin678316@aol.com wrote: > Hello, I am seeking information on Donald Minifie, born in Livermore, > California 1921.Parents- Thomas and Irene Minifie. Can you help me? --

Hi Fred, Well, the Hardin Gilbert listed in the SSDI did not die in CA according to CADI unless it was under a different first or last name. There were no Hardin Gilberts dying in CA 1940-94. It could be that his death benefits went to the son that you found and that's why the SSDI shows Berkeley. Hope the gentleman will provide you with further info. Colleen -----Original Message----- From: Fred Westcott <fredwes@interactive.net> To: Norby Family <norby@ainet.com> Date: Thursday, September 23, 1999 4:42 AM Subject: Re: [CAALAMED] Hardin GILBERT d. 1981 Alemeda Co. - obit? >Hi Colleen, >As luck would have it, yesterday I found a current Hardin GILBERT in CA >through an e-mail directory, He identified himself as a great-grandson of >the first Hardin GILBERT who died 1952 in KS. The current Hardin GILBERT is >likely to be the son of the Hardin GILBERT who died July 1981 Berkeley, >Alameda Co., CA(not Aug. 1981, I goofed). His reply however was short and it >remains to be seen if he wishes to correspond and supply more information. >I sent him the family tree back to 1811 KY. I hope by working forward and >finding living descendants I might find family members who might have >information to get me past my brick wall. >Thanks very much for the information and the offer, but I am not positive >that the Hardin GILBERT d. July 1981 is the one I am looking for, although >it is a unique name and his SSDI birth date Aug. 1931 fits with his parents >marriage "upon graduation from the Military Academy", West Point in 1929. >Genealogy is fun but not easy! >Fred > >>Hardin GILBERT d. August 1981. The SSDI shows him in Alemeda Co., CA. How >>can I get a newspaper obituary for him? >>Thanks for any hints or suggestions! >>Fred >> >>______________________________ > > > >

At 4:03 AM -0700 9/28/99, Jean Day wrote: >Hi Everyone..... > >I live in Nevada County and can't get to Oakland to do my own reseach. Can >anyone tell me if the history section of the Oakland Public Library has >either paid or volunteer researchers that can help me? > As of a couple of years ago the deal was they would do 1/2 hour of research for free--however, I always suggest that people enclose a donation if they can afford it. The Oakland History room is a great resource with a limited budget (so, what else is new in the world of libraries?) --Laurel ============= Warning! Dates in calendar are closer than they appear.

Hi Everyone..... I live in Nevada County and can't get to Oakland to do my own reseach. Can anyone tell me if the history section of the Oakland Public Library has either paid or volunteer researchers that can help me? Thanks, Jean Day jday@foothill.net

Father William Austin Born in Indiana 1927 or 1928. I can get no info from Vital Records because I do not have Birth date Parents names or anything else. This was all that was on my Birth Certificate. Here is all the info I have. My name is Rev. Dennis Keith Austin I am 44 years old my fathers name is William Austin he would be around his early 70's he has a daughter name Twila she would be around 51 to 53 and a son around my age. He had Curly Auburn hair he lived in and around Monterey Park, California. He worked at a gas station. This info is 44 years old. My mothers name is Barbara Ballenger. He was not married at the time he and my mother had a relationship and when she got pregnant he left. My mother saw him again a year after I was born and he was married and had a little baby with him. If you could be of some help it would be a Blessing. Please contact me one way or the other. Thank you and have a Blessed weekend. In His Grace, Rev. Dennis Austin 7577 Margate Court #104 Manassas, Virginia 20109 1-800-650-3238 Toll Free cevm@erols.com ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

I have been trying to get information on the following deaths, hope someone can help me find certificates, location etc. All died in Oakland, CA Florence or Flavia Sousa died abt 1915 George Silva died abt October 1918 Wallace or Walter Silva died abt Sept. 1925 Thanks, JB

Hi Fred, You're more likely to find someone to volunteer to search for an obituary if you have the actual date of death, not just a month. I'd be happy to check for his actual death date from CADI, the CA Death Index. The CADI listing will tell you the county he actually died in, his spouse's initials if a spouse survived him, and the state certificate number for ordering his death certificate. Are you positve that the listing in the SSDI is your Hardin Gilbert because you're sure that the birthdate listed is correct? Once you're sure of the county location of death you can visit one of these sites and see if that county has a volunteer that will search for an obituary for you: http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/californ.htm http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6995/ca72298.html http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html If you need clarification of any point, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø -----Original Message----- From: Fred Westcott <fredwes@interactive.net> To: CAALAMED-L@rootsweb.com <CAALAMED-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 10:23 AM Subject: [CAALAMED] Hardin GILBERT d. 1981 Alemeda Co. - obit? >Hardin GILBERT d. August 1981. The SSDI shows him in Alemeda Co., CA. How >can I get a newspaper obituary for him? >Thanks for any hints or suggestions! >Fred > >______________________________

Found in CADI: 1940-49 Clara Mesplou, spouse JM, Alameda, 10/30/1944, 68108 Victor V. King, Los Angeles, 6/20/1949 46473 Given Clara's spouse's initials, you really need to have someone check pre1940 CADI for the spouse listed. I didn't find a Mesplou in 1940-59 that would match a first name of J. Ordering her death certificate would answer the question also. The location of death listed above is the COUNTY of death. To determine the CITY of death you will need to order the death certificate. The number following the date of each listing is the state reference number for ordering the death certificate from the state. Here's the info site for CA vital records: http://vitalrec.com/ca.html Check out the SSDI if a soc. sec. number appears in the death listing to see if you can get a birthdate and maybe a last location http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi If you find any of the social security numbers listed in the CADI lookup on the SSDI, please use the Post-em feature to share the information from the CADI lookup so others may have access to it also. 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 For the county in California you're interested in, visit it's website: http://www.compuology.com/cagenweb/ Help with Lookups - obituaries, city directory information etc. http://www.rootsweb.com/~tnraogk/californ.htm http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/6995/ca72298.html http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/index.html On line obituaries: http://www.obits.com/others.html http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/obits/OB-CA-001.html http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/obits/index.html http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Bluffs/7748/obit/obituary.htm http://www.king.igs.net/~bdmlhm/obit_links.html Daily Obituary Times http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi If you need clarification, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø -----Original Message----- From: Suzette Estacaille <suzette.estacaille@osg.net> To: CASANMAT-L@rootsweb.com <CASANMAT-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, September 16, 1999 8:45 PM Subject: [CASANMAT] Clara Estacaille and Victor Mesplou (aka Vic King) >Hello everyone. > >Looking for info on the above branch. > >Cecile Claire (Clara) Estacaille born in Aramits, France died 1944. Married >to Victor Mesplou, a musician also known by the stage name Vic King. I'd >like to know if they had any children, Victor's birth/death date, Clara's >death date, when & where they married. The only other info I have is that >they lived in Oakland. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Suzette Estacaille >Estacaille World Index http://www.osg.net/suzette.estacaille/index.html > >

Hardin GILBERT d. August 1981. The SSDI shows him in Alemeda Co., CA. How can I get a newspaper obituary for him? Thanks for any hints or suggestions! Fred

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Barb... You should have the full name of the child, the name of the father, the mother's maiden name and approximate date of birth. City of residence would be helpful, as for many years Berkeley kept their own records in their Dept. of Public Health. If you would send me what information you have, I'll check the records to see what information I can find. Bob Norby Family wrote: > Can someone answer this question posted to NORCAL? > > >Subject: > > Alameda Co Birth Recs > > Date: > > Thu, 09 Sep 1999 00:05:24 -0700 > > From: > > the Grinders <grinder@sbceo.org> > > To: > > NORCAL-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > >Is there anyone who's familiar with Alameda county birth records? What > >information is needed to look up a birth record with the county? Full > >name? Exact birthdate? Exact city of birth? > > > >thanks, Barb > > > > ==== CAALAMED Mailing List ==== > Alameda County, California CAGenWeb > http://www.katpher.com/alamecty/alamecty.htm