Roots Web has recently add a new searchable database: CALIFORNIA DEATH INDEX (1940-1995) contains 9,366,786 public records with 498,701 surnames. Post-ems. http://userdb.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi I have just found a death I have been searching for, for many years. Hope you may be able to find a few of your relatives. Wouldn't it be great if EVERY state would put their records online? Audrey Peters