Thanks for this, but what I'm trying to find out is whether or not there is a friendlier place to view the original records. If they're available at several different facilities, then I'm guessing they're not the originals. Maybe it's impossible to view original records. I had looked this up and it sounds very restrictive in Norwalk. It might be difficult to fulfill my assignment. Most of my research has been done in New England, even though I live in California. Sometimes you can actually look through the original books. Again... That might be impossible here in California, but I thought I'd see if anyone has had a good experience. Thanks for the warning about doing my homework before heading out. It must have been very frustrating to have the offices/libraries closed. Also, I'm not planning to go to Compton. I grew up there, but I'm well aware that it has changed. The records aren't there anyway. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Joy Fisher" <jfisher@sdgenweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2011 6:26 PM To: <calosang@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Original Marriage Records > From the county web site: > > http://www.lavote.net/recorder/bdm_records.cfm > > _*Viewing Vital Records:*_ > > The Department of Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk is located at 12400 > Imperial Highway in Norwalk . The following will provide you with the > procedure for viewing vital records. Certificates and indexes of birth, > death and marriage records not exempt from public inspections may be > examined at the Office of the Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk between 8 > a.m. and 4:30 p.m. , Monday through Friday, except holidays. In addition > to certificates on file, there are indexes of birth, death and marriages > available for public inspection as follows: Births prior to 1905 and > from 1964 to the present; Deaths from 1877 to the present; and Marriages > from 1852 to the present. Records of confidential marriages performed > pursuant to Family Code Section 500 are not available for public review. > Certificates and indexes may be examined at no charge unless a deputy is > requested search and/or retrieve more than five records. Random searches > of the indexes or the certificates are _*not*_ allowed. An application > is required for each record searched. Information sufficient to identify > the requested record must be provided. > > The application is here: > http://www.lavote.net/recorder/PDFS/viewMarriage.pdf > > Specifically note the part about "random searches" and needing to fill > out one of those applications for each record you want to see. > > > On 9/8/2011 5:20 PM, Christine Pettit wrote: >> I'm taking a class through the National Genealogical Society. We are >> being asked to visit a repository to view marriage records. We have to >> write a report describing the collection that is held there. >> >> I believe the closest Los Angeles County repository to where I live now >> is in Norwalk, but I'd like to go wherever I would have the best chance >> of viewing marriage records in their original state or wherever they have >> the best collection. >> >> My family is from Compton, Los Angeles, California. My father was born >> there in 1922 and there were several related families in the area, so >> this would be an interesting adventure. I'd like to have access to birth >> and death records too. >> >> Can anyone point in the right direction? Any tips? >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >