Nancy,, The sad truth is that there is really no good way to get L.A. obits. I flirted with the idea last year of charging for obits, but what I found was that only about 10% of the people that I looked for even had obits. I eventually stopped looking for ANY elderly deaths at all, (rest homes don't pay for obits), and then I stopped doing any look-ups after 1980. The L.A Times charges $45 per 1/4 hour for look-up's, and they don't guarantee they will find them. I charged way less, but never made more than $75 in six months! Now I only do look-up's if it is a death that would have "DEFINITELY" made the papers, like a murder, death of a prominent person, accidental death, etc. Joe --- Nancy Posey <heisable@mindspring.com> wrote: > Hi List, I do need some clarifiaction. > > Obituaries > Is there a public library that will do lookups in > Los Angeles County. It is a big area and there are > many newspapers for the different areas. What is > the best way to tackle obtaining an obit, if one is > available? Are there any that do free lookups such > as the SF Public library? > > Death Cert Transcriptions > Do any of the volunteers do death certificate > transcription? Would I need to know the area where > they died, such as last residence as noted in the > SSDI? What is the best way to tackle this ? > > Thank you very much for your input. > > Nancy Posey > Graham, WA > > Researching the following Russian Molokan families: > POPPIN, POPIN, PAPIN, PAPPIN; POPOFF; SEMINOFF, > SEMENOFF and all others pertaining to my family > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Messenger - Talk while you surf! It's FREE. http://im.yahoo.com/