>From the CA Death index: BRUMMETT VERA VICTORIA dob 09/30/1919 mother's maiden name LITKIN father's name SHIROKOFF bp RE (outside US and territories) died Los Angeles 09/05/1997 ss549429282 age 77 The location of death listed above is the COUNTY of death. To determine the CITY of death you will need to order the death certificate or find a volunteer to transcribe the information at the county recorder's office. Here's the info site for CA vital records: http://vitalrec.com/ca.html The death certificate will also tell you the cemetery where she's buried, the funeral home that handled the arrangements (their records might show if an obituary was published and they might have a copy), the informant's name and address and the cause of death. Make sure you visit the link for the county of death listed - it is easier to deal with Los Angeles county for a copy of the death certificate than it is with the state. If you do order from the state, fax your order. It's the fastest way to get the certificate and you can order up to 5 certificates for the $7.00 credit card surcharge. PLEASE check out the SSDI if a soc. sec. number appears in the death listing above http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/ssdi.cgi If you find a social security number listed that matches, PLEASE use the Post-em feature in the right column to share the information from the CADI so others may have access to the data also. You can leave any other information at this site and maybe someone will contact you. (The password is something you create so no one can edit your entry) Volunteers - vital records, obituaries, city directories, cemeteries, etc. by county location http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~angels/ca.html http://raogk.rootsweb.com/californ.htm http://posom.com/hl/usa/ca.shtml http://members.aol.com/sjhcamp/volca.html http://www.expage.com/page/genealogylookup Check this site to see if an obituary was indexed by a volunteer... Daily Obituary Times (obituaries from 1995 on) http://obits.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/obit.cgi Obituary Central at <http://www.obitcentral.com/obitsearch/other.htm> If you need clarification on any point, please include the previous message in your response. Colleen Norby Rootsweb sponsor ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø*°´°*ø,¸¸,ø -----Original Message----- From: Sonia <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Date: Sunday, May 07, 2000 9:09 AM Subject: [CAYUBA] shirkoff >Posted on: Yuba County, California Query Forum >Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ca/Yuba?read=341 > >Surname: sohrakoff >------------------------- > >My grandmothers name was Vera Victoria Shirokoff. She was >born in Minusinsk, Siberia, Russia. She was born on 30 Sept 1919. She passed >away recently and told the story of how her Mother walked with her and >the other children to Germany when the red russians burned all the churches. >Her husband was in the military and she never heard from him again. His >name was Victor Shirkoff. Her mothers name was Luber Victoria Litkin. We >don't know much of anything else and have had a hard time documenting what >we do have. I am not sure about any of the spellings and when I see names >that could be similar in English I have no idea how they are pronounced >in Russian. If you have any ideas let me know. >