Your best place to start is the California Death Index, which will list parents surnames if they are on the death certificate. I could not do much for you easily as Valdivia is a common surname and you provided neither the birth years nor birth places of the children, nor whether Pedro and Refugio were married in Mexico or the USA nor when. Here is what looks like the CDI entry for Refugio, age not quite the same as you mentioned: VALDIVIA REFUGIO 07/04/1874 F MEXICO LOS ANGELES(19) 09/14/1946 72 yrs Link to the CDI is: http://vitals.rootsweb.ancestry.com/ca/death/search.cgi On 4/27/12, LEHJDH211@aol.com <LEHJDH211@aol.com> wrote: > Looking for anything on Pedro and Refugio Valdivia and their children. > > Pedro and Refugio were born in Mexico between 1876 and 1884 - according to > > ages in census records. Would like to try to find who their parents were > as well as Refugio's maiden name. > > Children in census records from 1910 to 1930 include: > Cenception > Felix > Petra or Patrice > Juanita > Olive (known as Marcella, married Adolfo Fernandez) > Aristeo > Cruz > Temotol or Timothy > Frances > Michaila >

I've "rescued" an old photograph of Maud Victoria THOMPSON which was taken at the Steckel Studio in Los Angeles, California. The photograph appears to have been taken in the 1890's with Maud appearing to be in her teens at the time it was taken. I'm hoping to locate someone from Maud's family so that this beautiful old photograph can be returned to the care of her family. If you are a member of this family, or you know someone who might be, please contact me. Thanks, Shelley

Thankyou! Found my William Trimble SHAW - have been waiting for this. :) Lyn In Oz. > -----Original Message----- > From: calosang-bounces@rootsweb.com > [mailto:calosang-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of the cohens > Sent: Thursday, 28 June 2012 2:14 PM > To: calosang@rootsweb.com > Subject: [CALOSANG] 1940 Census Name Search for California!! > > They have added name search to 5 states today at > FamilySearch - California, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Washington. > > Here is the direct link to the California search: > > https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/1940-census-california/ > > For information about indexing progress and names searches > for other states, and about the other sites carrying the > 1940 and other censuses for free, see the Census section of > the following page: > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/re > sources.html > > Enjoy!!! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I found this site Archives.com. This has web page has the following states listed by names. http://www.archives.com/1940census Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming Good luck! On Wed, Jun 27, 2012 at 11:14 PM, the cohens wrote: > They have added name search to 5 states today at FamilySearch - > California, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, and > Washington. > > Here is the direct link to the California search: > > https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/1940-census-california/ > > For information about indexing progress and names searches for other > states, and about the other sites carrying the 1940 and other > censuses for free, see the Census section of the following page: > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/resources.html > > Enjoy!!! > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you so much! I just found my mother with her parents, some great-grandparents, etc. It’s going to be a GOOD day! Marilyn From: the cohens Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 9:14 PM To: calosang@rootsweb.com Subject: [CALOSANG] 1940 Census Name Search for California!! They have added name search to 5 states today at FamilySearch - California, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Washington. Here is the direct link to the California search: https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/1940-census-california/ For information about indexing progress and names searches for other states, and about the other sites carrying the 1940 and other censuses for free, see the Census section of the following page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/resources.html Enjoy!!! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

They have added name search to 5 states today at FamilySearch - California, Iowa, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Washington. Here is the direct link to the California search: https://www.familysearch.org/1940census/1940-census-california/ For information about indexing progress and names searches for other states, and about the other sites carrying the 1940 and other censuses for free, see the Census section of the following page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~thecohens/resources.html Enjoy!!!

Thanks Tillie In a message dated 6/19/2012 9:06:31 A.M. Central Daylight Time, tillieholmes71@gmail.com writes: http://sites.google.com/site/ancestryresearchfree

If you're interested, a friend sent me the link to this website the other day and thought I would pass it on. http://sites.google.com/site/ancestryresearchfree/ Also there is a banner about a third of the way down this website that has pictures of burgers, fries, tacos and a hotdog. Just getting home from a long walk and being hungry and seeing this, I clicked on it. I was surprised to see it was a website for fast food coupons. My friend and I had a nice lunch at Quizno's and free sub with the coupon I printed out. Tillie

If you want to see who lived where and when, try the city directories. CA city directories have helped me a lot... Pat Dallas,TX ________________________________ From: GrowingATree <growingatree@hotmail.com> To: "Antunez, Joseph A" <joseph.antunez@csun.edu>; "calosang@rootsweb.com" <calosang@rootsweb.com> Sent: Mon, June 11, 2012 4:14:53 PM Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Death Certificate 1958 and Jewish Genealogy Groups in LA?? Joseph,thanks so much for this! That announcement listing the funeral home was very helpful. I call them today and they were able to tell me that Bella Steinberg (her daughter) arranged the funeral..... Which is exactly what I needed to know! I was hoping to link the two women. May I ask the list.... Sam's first wife Rose likely died in California. I am surprised that she is not buried with him, and instead his second wife is??? Sam and (2nd wife) Amalia are buried in the Jewish section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in LA. Now,to obtain the death records. Would the LDS Family History Library have these records of death (Los Angeles 1958)? Guess I need to look into that. I'd like to get the records for Amalia, her husband Sam, Bella and Morris Steinberg. And, Rose, if possible..... Sam Bleich DOD 29 Mar 1957 Los Angeles Husband of Amalia Bleich Burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Isabel (Bella) Steinberg DOD 21 May 1981 Covina, Los Angeles, CA Wife of Morris Steinberg Burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Morris Steinberg DOD 1983 Los Angeles, CA Husband of Bella Friedner Steinberg Burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Rose Bleich DOD possibly 13 Apr 1956 Los Angeles, CA NOTE: In the 1936 CA Voter Registration rolls, Rose Bleich and her daughter Jean are at one address and Sam Bleich is at another..... might they have divorced? It was so rare at that time... Many kind regards! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

All opinions are welcome here : )   If you order the death certificates from LA Vote.net, they will be in your hands in a couple of weeks.  I have used them more times than I can count, and never found them hard to read.   Joe --- On Mon, 6/11/12, the cohens <the.cohens.in.california@gmail.com> wrote: From: the cohens <the.cohens.in.california@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Death Certificate 1958 and Jewish Genealogy Groups in LA?? To: "GrowingATree" <growingatree@hotmail.com>, calosang@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, June 11, 2012, 2:51 PM On 6/11/12, GrowingATree <growingatree@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Now,to obtain the death records.  Would the LDS Family History Library have > these records of death (Los Angeles 1958)?  Guess I need to look into that. > I'd like to get the records for Amalia, her husband Sam, Bella and Morris > Steinberg. And, Rose, if possible..... The LDS is not likely to have any California Death certificates.  I want to   mention that I have had trouble reading the copies of Death Certificates ordered from LAVote because of the color scheme that they use, so I choose to wait the six months it takes to get them from the State of California instead. The main problem for me has been the watermark or whatever words are printed are in  Black and obscure the information I need to see beneath those words.  The certificates from the State are in thin Red, and much easier to read what is underneath.  Processing time may be a more critical factor for you, but when I needed to figure out what the name was of a Polish town and name of a spouse  written under those Black Letters, it was extremely difficult. In case you want to try the State, the URL is   http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/birthdeathmar/Pages/CertifiedCopiesofBirthDeathRecords.aspx Now, for finding the deaths of your other ancestors, we have a great resource in the California Death Index, which is available at many free sites.  Here is the URL for the one at Rootsweb, sorry the link is so long and ugly: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi?cj=1&o_xid=0000584 If that breaks, Family Search (the LDS site) also has the CDI: https://www.familysearch.org/ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 6/11/12, GrowingATree <growingatree@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Now,to obtain the death records. Would the LDS Family History Library have > these records of death (Los Angeles 1958)? Guess I need to look into that. > I'd like to get the records for Amalia, her husband Sam, Bella and Morris > Steinberg. And, Rose, if possible..... The LDS is not likely to have any California Death certificates. I want to mention that I have had trouble reading the copies of Death Certificates ordered from LAVote because of the color scheme that they use, so I choose to wait the six months it takes to get them from the State of California instead. The main problem for me has been the watermark or whatever words are printed are in Black and obscure the information I need to see beneath those words. The certificates from the State are in thin Red, and much easier to read what is underneath. Processing time may be a more critical factor for you, but when I needed to figure out what the name was of a Polish town and name of a spouse written under those Black Letters, it was extremely difficult. In case you want to try the State, the URL is http://www.cdph.ca.gov/certlic/birthdeathmar/Pages/CertifiedCopiesofBirthDeathRecords.aspx Now, for finding the deaths of your other ancestors, we have a great resource in the California Death Index, which is available at many free sites. Here is the URL for the one at Rootsweb, sorry the link is so long and ugly: http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi?cj=1&o_xid=0000584 If that breaks, Family Search (the LDS site) also has the CDI: https://www.familysearch.org/

Joseph,thanks so much for this! That announcement listing the funeral home was very helpful. I call them today and they were able to tell me that Bella Steinberg (her daughter) arranged the funeral..... Which is exactly what I needed to know!  I was hoping to link the two women. May I ask the list.... Sam's first wife Rose likely died in California. I am surprised that she is not buried with him, and instead his second wife is??? Sam and (2nd wife) Amalia are buried in the Jewish section of Hollywood Forever Cemetery in LA. Now,to obtain the death records.  Would the LDS Family History Library have these records of death (Los Angeles 1958)?  Guess I need to look into that. I'd like to get the records for Amalia, her husband Sam, Bella and Morris Steinberg. And, Rose, if possible..... Sam Bleich DOD 29 Mar 1957 Los Angeles Husband of Amalia Bleich Burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Isabel (Bella) Steinberg DOD 21 May 1981 Covina, Los Angeles, CA Wife of Morris Steinberg Burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Morris Steinberg DOD 1983 Los Angeles, CA Husband of Bella Friedner Steinberg Burial: Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Rose Bleich DOD possibly 13 Apr 1956 Los Angeles, CA NOTE: In the 1936 CA Voter Registration rolls, Rose Bleich and her daughter Jean are at one address and Sam Bleich is at another..... might they have divorced? It was so rare at that time... Many kind regards!

Good info Joseph. Also, at Hollywood Forever, there is a separate Jewish section called Beth Olam.  Several famous people buried there, most notably Bugsy Siegel.   Surprise of surprises...someone added both of your relatives to Find A Grave over 10 years ago.  Here is the info:   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bleich&GSiman=1&GScid=8033&GRid=6660441&   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bleich&GSiman=1&GScid=8033&GRid=6660440&     Joe   --- On Mon, 6/11/12, Antunez, Joseph A <joseph.antunez@csun.edu> wrote: From: Antunez, Joseph A <joseph.antunez@csun.edu> Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Death Certificate 1958 and Jewish Genealogy Groups in LA?? To: "GrowingATree" <growingatree@hotmail.com>, "calosang@rootsweb.com" <calosang@rootsweb.com> Date: Monday, June 11, 2012, 9:50 AM There is a very brief announcement in the June 18, 1958 Historical Los Angeles Times newspaper (I'll send you a copy in a separate email) which states the following: June 18, 1958 Amalia Bleich Malinow and Silverman, directors Malinow and Silverman is still in business (web link is below).  You may wish to contact them to see if they have anything that they can share with you about Amalia. http://malinowsilverman.com/ Joseph Antunez On 6/10/12 1:27 PM, "GrowingATree" <growingatree@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi there, I am new to research in California, with most of my folks having stayed on the East Coast.  I wanted to write to get a sense for what the process is like for obtaining a death certificate? Specifically, it is the certificate for my great-great-grandmother: Amalia (Lubeck) Bleich DOB: 1 Mar 1873 DOD: 16 Jun 1958 Los Angeles, CA Husband: Sam Bleich Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, LA Also, this couple is Jewish.... are there any Jewish Genealogy Groups in the LA area? Many thanks! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

There is a very brief announcement in the June 18, 1958 Historical Los Angeles Times newspaper (I'll send you a copy in a separate email) which states the following: June 18, 1958 Amalia Bleich Malinow and Silverman, directors Malinow and Silverman is still in business (web link is below). You may wish to contact them to see if they have anything that they can share with you about Amalia. http://malinowsilverman.com/ Joseph Antunez On 6/10/12 1:27 PM, "GrowingATree" <growingatree@hotmail.com> wrote: Hi there, I am new to research in California, with most of my folks having stayed on the East Coast. I wanted to write to get a sense for what the process is like for obtaining a death certificate? Specifically, it is the certificate for my great-great-grandmother: Amalia (Lubeck) Bleich DOB: 1 Mar 1873 DOD: 16 Jun 1958 Los Angeles, CA Husband: Sam Bleich Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, LA Also, this couple is Jewish.... are there any Jewish Genealogy Groups in the LA area? Many thanks! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

errrrr Jewish Genealogical Society of Los Angeles http://jgsla.org/ On 6/10/2012 3:31 PM, Joy Fisher wrote: > Jewish Genealogical Society of America > > http://jgsla.org/ > > Also don't overlook > > http://www.jewishgen.org/ > > On 6/10/2012 1:27 PM, GrowingATree wrote: > >> Hi there, >> I am new to research in California, with most of my folks having stayed on the East Coast. I wanted to write to get a sense for what the process is like for obtaining a death certificate? Specifically, it is the certificate for my great-great-grandmother: >> >> Amalia (Lubeck) Bleich >> >> DOB: 1 Mar 1873 >> DOD: 16 Jun 1958 Los Angeles, CA >> Husband: Sam Bleich >> Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, LA >> >> Also, this couple is Jewish.... are there any Jewish Genealogy Groups in the LA area? >> >> Many thanks! >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> >> >> >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Jewish Genealogical Society of America http://jgsla.org/ Also don't overlook http://www.jewishgen.org/ On 6/10/2012 1:27 PM, GrowingATree wrote: > Hi there, > I am new to research in California, with most of my folks having stayed on the East Coast. I wanted to write to get a sense for what the process is like for obtaining a death certificate? Specifically, it is the certificate for my great-great-grandmother: > > Amalia (Lubeck) Bleich > > DOB: 1 Mar 1873 > DOD: 16 Jun 1958 Los Angeles, CA > Husband: Sam Bleich > Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, LA > > Also, this couple is Jewish.... are there any Jewish Genealogy Groups in the LA area? > > Many thanks! > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > >

Its very very easy.  It costs $14 and you can download the forms from www.lavote.net.  Make sure to say you want an 'INFORMATIONAL COPY ONLY' as the form is rather confusing and implied you need a notarized form.  You only need those for certificed copies.  It takes about 3 weeks from the time you mail it till the time it comes back. I always encloses a SASE and it is always sent back in it.   Joe --- On Sun, 6/10/12, GrowingATree <growingatree@hotmail.com> wrote: From: GrowingATree <growingatree@hotmail.com> Subject: [CALOSANG] Death Certificate 1958 and Jewish Genealogy Groups in LA?? To: "CALOSANG@rootsweb.com" <CALOSANG@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, June 10, 2012, 1:27 PM Hi there, I am new to research in California, with most of my folks having stayed on the East Coast.  I wanted to write to get a sense for what the process is like for obtaining a death certificate? Specifically, it is the certificate for my great-great-grandmother: Amalia (Lubeck) Bleich DOB: 1 Mar 1873 DOD: 16 Jun 1958 Los Angeles, CA Husband: Sam Bleich Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, LA Also, this couple is Jewish.... are there any Jewish Genealogy Groups in the LA area? Many thanks! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hi there, I am new to research in California, with most of my folks having stayed on the East Coast.  I wanted to write to get a sense for what the process is like for obtaining a death certificate? Specifically, it is the certificate for my great-great-grandmother: Amalia (Lubeck) Bleich DOB: 1 Mar 1873 DOD: 16 Jun 1958 Los Angeles, CA Husband: Sam Bleich Buried: Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Hollywood, LA Also, this couple is Jewish.... are there any Jewish Genealogy Groups in the LA area? Many thanks!

Amen...a lot of the older generation are getting involved with genealogy & don't have computer expertise. I even find that many younger people do not know how to use search engines to get the needed information. Given enough time and experimentation with search engines most folks will learn on their own the best methods to obtain what they need. In the meantime, we should be here to help those along the path. I'm thankful for all of those kind folks that have given me a step up. -----Original Message----- From: calosang-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:calosang-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of the cohens Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:47 AM To: calosang@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Robert Edwin GHERSON, LA Telephone Directory Lookup,Please! On 6/6/12, Joe Walker <joe_walker_2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for that Mr/Mrs Cohen. When I read that inquiry, I thought to > myself...Does my Google work better than their's? : ) Folks, 99% of the > stuff you need is on line if you just look. You are right, Joe, but a lot of people do not know how to get google to give them what they are looking for. People need to be taught how by giving them the steps we use (including the URLs of the sites we used) when we answer their queries. Googling for information is a skill that needs development, and if someone has a hard time surfing pages of bad hits, then it can be overwhelming. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

You bet it's hard and takes time to learn to search. But, I am so very grateful to all the people who have helped me in my search. BTW, it isn't all online, but most who can help with that isn't here are also online. Fine bunch of people. Most of the researchers I know are "older"... especially in Genealogical societies. Pat Dallas,TX ________________________________ From: Jay Kubik <jayghkub@coastalnet.com> To: calosang@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, June 7, 2012 11:05:51 AM Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Robert Edwin GHERSON, LA Telephone Directory Lookup, Please! Amen...a lot of the older generation are getting involved with genealogy & don't have computer expertise. I even find that many younger people do not know how to use search engines to get the needed information. Given enough time and experimentation with search engines most folks will learn on their own the best methods to obtain what they need. In the meantime, we should be here to help those along the path. I'm thankful for all of those kind folks that have given me a step up. -----Original Message----- From: calosang-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:calosang-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of the cohens Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2012 11:47 AM To: calosang@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Robert Edwin GHERSON, LA Telephone Directory Lookup,Please! On 6/6/12, Joe Walker <joe_walker_2000@yahoo.com> wrote: > Thanks for that Mr/Mrs Cohen. When I read that inquiry, I thought to > myself...Does my Google work better than their's? : ) Folks, 99% of the > stuff you need is on line if you just look. You are right, Joe, but a lot of people do not know how to get google to give them what they are looking for. People need to be taught how by giving them the steps we use (including the URLs of the sites we used) when we answer their queries. Googling for information is a skill that needs development, and if someone has a hard time surfing pages of bad hits, then it can be overwhelming. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CALOSANG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message