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Contains computerized indexes to California deaths, showing name of decedent, initials of spouse, social security number (if known), code number of county where death occurred, date of death, registrar number and state file number.
Jan 15, 2024 · Search the following databases to see if your ancestor's death record was included. If not, you will need to search substitute records to locate your ancestor’s death date and place. Try 1st: California, County Births and Deaths Records, 1800-1994 at FamilySearch.org.
California, County Birth and Death Records are available online, click here. Microfilm of originals housed at the Register/Recorders, County Clerk Office in Norwalk, California. Best available copy on some films. Excludes Los Angeles City prior to 1930.
The lists below are specific death indexes and record collections that are available for free online for the state of California. Note: Some links listed take you to a FamilySearch Collection of digital images.
To obtain an actual death certificate (and not just the index) for persons dying in Los Angeles County after July 1, 1905, contact the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk, 12400 E. Imperial Hwy, Norwalk, CA 90650. For persons dying between 1940-1997, you can order a copy of the death certificate via Ancestry.com for a fee.
You can find some digitized Los Angeles death certificates from 1905-c.1963 and death registers from 1888-1905 in this FamilySearch database:
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The Family History Library has been digitizing vital records, and they have several for Los Angeles County available for free online. Here, for example, is how you can find a death certificate: Get the death place and date information from an index first (see resources above for this)