For your information !!! Thought this was just too good to ignore SANDRA TYLER DUNCAN in Sacramento,CA admin for [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ http://www.progenealogists.com/genealogysleuthb.htm All my outgoing mail scanned by Norton so as to be virus free!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Yvonne O. Bowers" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 7:03 PM Subject: LISTMOM: Los Gatos Records > >Date: Wed, 24 Apr 2002 13:46:55 -0700 > >From: "Root Genealogy Services" <[email protected]> > >To: [email protected] > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > >Subject: I have access to all the Los Gatos Funeral Director Records > >Content-Type: text/plain; > > charset="iso-8859-1" > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >Dear Norcal Members > > > >I am posting this information, not to drum up business, but to notify you of > >the existance of thousands of records that until yesterday were unknown! > > > >I am now responsible for 'computerizing' the records of all the funeral > >directors that used to be in Los Gatos. The records range from 1900 - 1970s > >(need to clarify most recent record dates) and HAVE NOT been filmed by the > >Mormon church .... and WILL NOT be filmed by them. They are contained in > >70-100 large books. Some records date back to the 1870s and 1880s - they > >must not have known where to file them. I have spent 2 hours this morning > >familiarizing myself with them and here is what they contain: > > > >Funeral director files of burials, cremations, and cremations where no > >burial were made > >Removal permits to have bodies brought to the area for burial when the > >person died away from hom > >Removal permits to send bodies of locals back to families for burial > >Death Certificates > >Newspaper clippings back to the early 1900s - most attached to funeral > >records > >Photographs > > > >These records are ORIGINAL. I am the only person permitted to look through > >them and index them. > > > >They are absolutely fascinating. They record what type of coffin, last > >wishes, some general correspondence, wills, jewellery records, burial > >clothes ... etc, etc, etc. Most death certificates refer to parents of the > >deceased and where they were born .. taking their ancestry immediately back > >to the 1850s and sometimes the early 1800s. > > > >Very few people know of the existence of these records and I pleased to be > >able to reveal to you their existence. > > > >There is a charge to lookup individuals throughout these books, but I will > >list charges here at Rootsweb (I know the rules). Instead, if there is > >anyone who needs these records .. please contact me off-line at > >[email protected] > > > >Sue > > Sue, > > I'm replying on-list for the benefit of the other NORCALERs so there > is no confusion. > > The rules are that you CANNOT advertise commercially on a Rootsweb > list (which means saying there are charges but not listing them is > still a violation.). If there is a charge, you cannot post - period. > > Listers, please do not continue a thread on this message and if > interested, contact Sue off-list. > > Thanks. > > -- > Yvonne Oliver Bowers > Listmom, Board Admin, WebMom > California: NORCAL, SOCAL, CA-GOLDRUSH, CA-EARTHQUAKE-L ,CA-CORNISH-L > NORCAL Library: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/norcallib.html > NORCAL Genealogy Index: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~yvonne/NORCAL%20index/ > > > ==== NORCAL Mailing List ==== > To contact Yvonne Bowers, Listmom, send email to <[email protected]> >