California, Los Angeles County, North Hollywood, Pierce Brothers Memorial Park Cemetery, Memorial Tablets - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection consists of interment ownership file index (Memorial Tablets) from the Pierce Brothers Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, California. This collection gives name and address of lot owner, deed number and description and location of lot and section of the cemetery, as well as name or names of those already interred. Microfilm of cemetery records located at Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park and Cemetery, North Hollywood, California. Other cemetery sections, gardens, mausoleum crypts, etc., as well as acquired cemeteries, includes dates of deeds, the name of the section, contract numbers, name of deceased and contract or lot owner, and often the dates of burial or cremation, and method of disposal of cremains.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Cemetery records may contain:
 * The name of the deceased
 * Address
 * Names of those already interred in the plot

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The approximate date of death

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Search for the death record or certificate
 * Search for an obituary in a local newspaper
 * Use the information found to search for the family in census records
 * Look for church records
 * Search the county and state for other vital records such as birth and marriage

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

 * Consult the California Research Tips and Strategies and its Record Finder to find other records

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in the state of California.
 * Cemeteries
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Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park and Cemetery. Cemetery records, 1922-1997 ; interment ownership file index, 1922-1997

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960
 * California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002
 * California, Los Angeles, Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Deceased Card File Index, 1877-1989
 * California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Cemetery Association, Cemetery Index 1872-2003

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * James Miller Guinn, Historical and biographical record of Los Angeles and vicinity : containing history of the City from its earliest settlement as a Spanish pueblo to the closing year of the nineteenth century, also containing biographies of well-known citizens of the past and present Chicago, Illinois : Chapman Publishing Company, 1901

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