There is another site to view these records. If you go to vitalrec.com, I think that is the site. I go to google and put in california birth index and it comes up first in the results. It takes a minute to get to the right page, but still allows searches.

Not what John is looking for as an answer, but I've got 1960/1970 marriage records for my surname from a microfiche at our local LDS FHC in Santa Fe, NM. I'd suggest a check at the local FHC and check their catalog for other records first. For instance I know that the death records for CA from 1905-1992 were available at 10c a ufiche; there were about 600 from what I remember. Also, I've got my surname's records for that period so know it WAS available. Don't know about now. It's a fantastic source. A typical line is: NICKELL,Elizabeth J sp's initials=JMH(*) d.age:88 co:70(LA) d.1/3/28 CA DC#: 993 (*)His full name was Joseph Mackel Haney NICKELL. I've found various files at the local FHC back to 1900 with marriage information, but I seem to remember it was pure luck and not any official CA registry. At one time I heard there was an "unofficial" copy at the San Jose, CA Special Collections Library that listed parents of the deceased. I'd have given my right arm for that but could never find anyone that could verify it; I might have flown out from Santa Fe, NM to zerox it!!! ;-) Don "D. Stussy" wrote: > > In CA, marriage records need not be public. For those that are, a trip to the > marriage filing desk at the courthouses (Superior Court) will probably be > needed. > > On Wed, 16 Jan 2002, J. A. Rea wrote: > >Yes, but also, how can I find LA area Marriage records for the 30s > >and 40s? ? ?