It takes about 2 weeks to get them from LA County. I always enclose a SASE when I order them to speed it along.   Joe ________________________________ From: Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen <gailjmom@gmail.com> To: calosang@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:40 PM Subject: Re: [CALOSANG] Obits needed getting a death cert is $16, how much is the transcription cost? Thanks, Gail ~ Gail Schinnerer Jorgensen ~ On Thu, Mar 20, 2014 at 8:55 AM, Joyce Finch <joycef14@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Pam, > The Los Angeles Times only has obits for famous people.  So you would need > to know where in Los Angeles County that person lived so you could check in > one of the city newspapers (of which there are many).  I would get someone > on the list to transcribe the death record for you.  (I just paid someone > to do that).  Then you would know where the person lived so you could > contact the local newspaper. > Joyce > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 20, 2014, at 8:40 AM, <ssshoe@cox.net> wrote: > > > Thanks everyone for the suggestions on finding obits. > > > > These 2 individuals are not on Find A Grave (already checked).  Not sure > if the library closest to me has Pro Quest. > > I do not know where they lived - other than according to the CA Death > Index they died in Los Angeles. > > > > The two people I am trying to find obits for are as follows: > > > > 1.  Robert Knox Pierson - D/O/D - 12-17-1949 - Los Angeles > > > > 2.  Katherine Elizabeth (Evans) Boyle - D/O/D - 1-26-1952 - Los Angeles > >    (Katherine was the mother of the well known writer and novelist Kay > Boyle!) > > > > I do understand that one needs to know where a person lived to write to > that library - but I do not have that info, and thus my confusion about > where to write to for the info.  Los Angeles seems to be quite difficult in > that respect.  Usually one writes to a local genealogy society for help in > getting obits...but that doesn't seem to be the case in Los Angeles?  Not > that easy. > > I tried looking in City Directories as well-couldn't find them..but I > believe both of them may have been living with other relatives. > > > > Thank you for any help! > > > > 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