Hello Janet, In case you don't have the exact dates, try this website http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/ There is another California Death Index, but it's from 1940 to 1997. http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi Once you have the county of death, you can write to that county courthouse for a death certificate. You can find the addresses, fee, and probably form on http://vitalrec.com/ . The state turned over their records to the individual counties at the first of the year. Anyone can get a death certificate for anyone. It will be stamped across the front "INFORMATIONAL - NOT A VALID DOCUMENT TO ESTABLISH IDENTITY" . This is in open block letters, so you can read everything on the certificate. - You may want to telephone the county to see if their fees are current. I sent for one awhile back and their fee went up $1.00, so I had to re-send. The burial place should be on the death certificate. I suggest you then go to the yellow pages to find a library near the place of death to obtain an obituary. I hope this helps. Bev ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 5:03 AM Subject: [CAPLACER] GRANT of Newcastle > > Hi Listers, > > Can some kind soul tell me how to find the deaths and/or burials of the > following who lived in Newcastle? > > Doritha (Dorthy/Dora) GRANT (Dressmaker) died 1934. > > James W. DELAMATER, her brother-in-law (fruitgrower) died before 1910. > > Thank you, > > Janet > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >