Thanks Susan, I've been in contact with the Madera County Cemetery District office and they found the burial for the husband, Jose M Rivera but not for his wife, Matilda Rivera. She IS listed on the CA Death Index as having died in Madera County in Jan 1946. I was hoping her death cert might list her last known address... the couple lived at 208 South O Street from at least 1910 through 1940, according to the census pages, just two doors down from my mom and her family. Possibly Jay Chapel might have some info or maybe St Joachim Catholic Church. I haven't yet checked those two places. Since she was the last of the family... no siblings, parents, or cousins... I wonder who provided information for her death cert? Maybe hospital records?? Could be. This is one of those small things that just keeps nagging at me! She's not my relative but she was associated with some of my relatives. Thanks again, I appreciate your suggestion! Sheila On 8/22/2013 12:27 PM, Susan Stuart wrote: > Hi Sheila, > > Madera's website doesn't actually say whether or not you can look at records in person, but maybe you could call them. The phone number is also here: http://www.madera-county.com/index.php/recorder/vitalrecordsmenu > > Do you have access to Ancestry? Did you check Find A Grave? > > Best, > Susan > > > ________________________________ > From: Sheila Ruiz Harrell <sheila-ann@juno.com> > To: norcal@rootsweb.com; camadera@rootsweb.com > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:45 AM > Subject: [NORCAL] Madera County death records...1940s > > > Hi, > Does anyone know if Madera County allows death certificates to be read > there in the office... not actually purchased? > > Sheila

One of my husband's aunts death certificate had slipped underneath all the other certificates in her drawer. It was only found weeks after the initial search by a clerk who decided to clean out that whole drawer. I love the San Diego County Records office that went that extra bit. I might also suggest alternative spellings...like Mathilda or Mattie...or even her maiden name. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Sheila Ruiz Harrell <sheila-ann@juno.com>wrote: > Thanks Susan, > I've been in contact with the Madera County Cemetery District office and > they found the burial for the husband, Jose M Rivera but not for his > wife, Matilda Rivera. She IS listed on the CA Death Index as having died > in Madera County in Jan 1946. I was hoping her death cert might list her > last known address... the couple lived at 208 South O Street from at > least 1910 through 1940, according to the census pages, just two doors > down from my mom and her family. > Possibly Jay Chapel might have some info or maybe St Joachim Catholic > Church. I haven't yet checked those two places. > Since she was the last of the family... no siblings, parents, or > cousins... I wonder who provided information for her death cert? Maybe > hospital records?? Could be. > This is one of those small things that just keeps nagging at me! She's > not my relative but she was associated with some of my relatives. > Thanks again, I appreciate your suggestion! > Sheila > > On 8/22/2013 12:27 PM, Susan Stuart wrote: > > Hi Sheila, > > > > Madera's website doesn't actually say whether or not you can look at > records in person, but maybe you could call them. The phone number is also > here: http://www.madera-county.com/index.php/recorder/vitalrecordsmenu > > > > Do you have access to Ancestry? Did you check Find A Grave? > > > > Best, > > Susan > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: Sheila Ruiz Harrell <sheila-ann@juno.com> > > To: norcal@rootsweb.com; camadera@rootsweb.com > > Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 9:45 AM > > Subject: [NORCAL] Madera County death records...1940s > > > > > > Hi, > > Does anyone know if Madera County allows death certificates to be read > > there in the office... not actually purchased? > > > > Sheila > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >