To All: There is no fee when using the public library site. I would look at any local city/county library and ask them about their online resources, or go the library and use their computers. Hope this helps. Mike Taylor On Mar 19, 2014, at 5:12 PM, Laura Edgar <laura30@cox.net> wrote: > Mike - that was extremely helpful.....apparently need a library card - and > is there a fee for ProQuest? being able to research from home is great.... > thanks again............. > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Taylor > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 3:41 PM > To: Julie ; calosang@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Help finding obits - LA neigborhood map > > To All: > > The only thing I can suggest to to subscribe to ProQuest. This is a search > site that will search newspapers as far back as the 1700’s in the USA. I > use the Los Angeles City Public Library web site to access ProQuest. Hope > this will help. > > Mike Taylor > > > On Mar 19, 2014, at 3:18 PM, Julie <juls92627@yahoo.com> wrote: > >> it's not that we are ignoring you, we just don't know, and everyone seems >> to post asking for obits! >> you have Brentwood, which is considered LA, and Westwood & Hollywood, >> still LA, but West Hollywood is it's own city >> >> unfortunately we are really bad out here for placing obits. It could be >> the price, $350 a couple of years ago, I don't know. >> >> I found this off of Wikipedia on the county : Los Angeles County also >> includes two offshore islands, San Clemente Island and Santa Catalina >> Island. The county is home to 88 incorporated cities and many >> unincorporated areas. At 4,083 square miles (10,570 km2), it is larger >> than the combined areas of the states of Rhode Island and Delaware. >> >> and this really cool map on the Neighborhoods of LA county and inside Los >> Angeles >> http://maps.latimes.com/neighborhoods/ >> >> This website talks about how the map was made and mentions censuses: >> http://maps.latimes.com/about/ >> >> That being said, if you give me the name of your people, I will see if I >> can find them on the historic LA times. >> >> If they are not on there, then you will need to figure out the closest >> library to them and ask. >> >> good luck >> Julie >> tustin, calif >> >> >> From: Linda Holley <ljholley@gmail.com> >> To: calosang@rootsweb.com >> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:23 PM >> Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Help finding obits >> >> >> I have asked this same question a few times on this list and have found no >> one to help me. I think one problem is the number of papers which covers >> the area. >> >> Linda Holley >> On Mar 19, 2014, at 4:19 PM, <ssshoe@cox.net> wrote: >> >>> I am trying to locate 2 obit's and am very confused about where I need to >>> write to to get them. >>> >>> One date of death is 1-26-1952 and the other is 1-17-1949 - both in Los >>> Angeles. >>> >>> I would assume the obit's would be the day or two after. >>> >>> Does anyone on this list have access to the newspapers for those dates or >>> can you suggest where I write to get them? >>> >>> Thank you! >>> >>> Pam >>> >>> ------------------------------- >>> 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 >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 > > > > ------------------------------- > 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