California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States California San Mateo County

What is in the Collection?
This collection includes cemetery records from 1899 to 2011.

The daily burial log begins in 1934 and continues to the present. Cemeteries began keeping records as soon as they were opened. The purchase of a burial plot was considered a land transaction and was recorded as a deed. The information in these records are typically reliable.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?
The records usually contain:


 * Name of deceased
 * Where buried
 * Age of deceased
 * Gender of deceased
 * Death date
 * Burial date
 * Relationship to owner of grave
 * Name of undertaker

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This collection is only available to registered users of FamilySearch and is comprised of index cards and the daily burial log book of the Italian Cemetery in Colma.

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 * The death date of your ancestor.
 * The age of your ancestor.
 * The names of any relatives listed on the cemetery record.

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