California, Tulare County, Visalia Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains records from the Visalia Public Cemetery in Tulare County, California for years 1875-1990. Contains index cards arranged in alphabetical order by surname of burials in the Visalia Cemetery, and records of burials. The index includes the name of deceased, date of death, the location of the grave, and page number in interment record. Interment record includes the name of deceased, sex, age, race, place and date of death, place, and date of birth, attending mortuary, the location of the grave, burial number, description of burials (vault, ashes, etc.).

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * Name of deceased
 * Death date
 * Plot location

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of the event

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What Do I Do Next?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

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I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * If your ancestor does not have a common name, collect entries for every person who has the same surname. This list can help you find possible relatives
 * If you cannot locate your ancestor in the locality in which you believe they lived, then try searching a nearby locality
 * Try different spellings of your ancestor’s name
 * Remember that sometimes individuals went by nicknames or alternated between using first and middle names

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of California.
 * Cemeteries
 * Sexton Records
 * California Guided Research
 * California Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1905 | 1905-Present

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Your Guide to Cemetery Research. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 2002 FS Library 973 V37c
 * Visalia Cemetery. Burial cards, ca. 1875-1989; interment records, v. 1-18
 * Sextons records, Visalia, Tulare County, California

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Eugene L. Menefee and Fred A. Dodge, History of Tulare and Kings counties, California : with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the counties who have been identified with their growth and development from the early days to the present Los Angeles, California : Historical Record Co., 1913

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