California, Oakland, Mountain View Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains cemetery records for the Mountain View Cemetery in Oakland, California for years 1857-1973. This collection includes indexes to burials, internment, and funeral home records.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
 * Name of deceased
 * Race
 * Sex
 * Age
 * Birthplace
 * Death date
 * Place of death
 * Cause of death
 * Name of undertaker

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of any event
 * Place of death

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

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

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information found in the record to locate the death record
 * Use the age or estimated birth date to determine an approximate birth date to find vital records such as birth, baptism, and marriage
 * Use the information found in the record to find land, probate and immigration records
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in censuses

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 records of a nearby town or county
 * 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

 * Mountain View Cemetery. Burial records, 1866-1959; index, 1857-1957
 * Alameda County. Births 1873-1901, deaths 1859-1903, mortuary record 1873-1891, land patents 1857-1892, delayed birth index 1875-1971, marriages 1853-1866
 * Oakland City Council. City census, 1902
 * Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Your Guide to Cemetery Research. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 2002 FS Library 973 V37c

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Jan Stricklin, transcribed. St. Mary's Cemetery interment register, 1863-1910. 4 volumes.

Citing This Collection
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