hello there, about death cert transcriptions for los angeles county, i believe there is only one person whom does these transcriptions for this county. a wonderful woman named deborah story. i had the pleasure to met her on a trip last month, which she had shown me around the register's office in norwalk. i will tell you of what i remember what deborah had taught me. the earlier records (up to 1960's) are held in individual books (by years) and they are not alphabetized, but entered by date (not of death but when received at the health department). and there were some books for the county and different books for the city of los angeles. ss# does not help in locating the person, but where they died. the ss record states where they resided, but they might not of died in that county, as i came across (a couple of relatives lived in los angeles county, but died in hospitals in orange county). but the date from ss# tell you when he died. good luck in your research. bye for now, sam-quito ************************************************************************* A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: samquito@nmia.com We need donations & volunteers for the NM Death Index Project. For more information, click on: http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html I'm the County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Socorro & Valencia Counties. Visit the Socorro County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Socorro/ Visit the Valencia County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Valencia/ I save used/cancel postage stamps for charity, including duplicates. Send any amount to myself at: 1520 Univ. Bl.,NE#314, Albuquerque, NM 87102-1720 -----Original Message----- From: Joe Walker <joe_walker_2000@yahoo.com> To: SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com <SOCAL-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Sunday, October 22, 2000 7:22 PM Subject: Re: Lookup information question - Los Angeles County >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