Charlene, I'd get an informational copy of the death certificate from the county. The informant is usually a relative. I'd try to contact that person, or search their death information and look for that Obit.
This has worked for me a few times before. Eric Edgar On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 8:23 PM, Charlene <researchp...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I have a relative that died in one county in the 1960's, then was > buried in another. Both are in California but about 400 miles apart. I > can find no obit in the county in which he died. I called the cemetery > where he is buried, and they are not going to give any information. I > am trying to find where his children went, if he had any brothers or > sisters. Does someone have an obit in the city where they are buried, > or is it usually just skipped because he wasn't living there when he > died? > > The cemetery won't look up the records and tell me the funeral home or > any other information. It is in the Los Angeles area. Does a family > contract with two funeral homes to transfer a body, then bury it, or > how does that work? Any ideas how to get more info? I thought if I > could get the funeral home on one of his relatives, I could probably > get info that would open up the rest. No luck. > > Charlene > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
