Talk:California, County Birth and Death Records - FamilySearch Historical Records/Known Issues

I'm confused as to how to search for a death certificate in the California births/deaths after I have found the individual in the CADI where there is a state file number. Shouldn't the state file number found in the index be used to search for the actual certificate? There doesn't seem to be any order by date or name and therefore can take hours to search for a certificate. Am I doing something wrong?

ANSWER: These are two different types of records, not tied together. The State number is not listed on the county records. The California, County Birth and Death Records, 1849-1994 collection is a browse collection. To search the certificates, you search by county and then by year, name, etc. It is a work in progress, and not all counties have records at this time.

Lbgodfrey 20:02, 2 April 2013 (UTC)

QUESTION: It appears that images for deaths for Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, end at 1978, even though the collection apparently goes through 1994. I'm looking for 1993 deaths in that jurisdiction. Have they not been imaged, or are the located somewhere else?

ANSWER: The catalog shows the records for this county only go through 1978. See this catalog link: https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/results?count=20&amp;query=%2Bfilm_number%3A2047030. As you can see there are some additional funeral service records that you could check out if you would like, but the death records are only through 1978. These records would be available on microfilm if you cannot find them online. Click on the blue film # to go to the page that shows how to order the film. The dates shows on the collection are for the entire collection, not just Los Angeles, Los Angeles.

QUESTION: I have located numerous ancestors in the death index for Los Angeles, Los Angeles, from the years 1941 and 1943. From the index, I acquired a cetificate number. However, there does not seem to be a corresponding "Death Certificate" database for Los Angeles, Los Angeles for those years. In fact, it seems that most of the 1930s and 1940s are missing for "Death Certificates" for this jurisdiction. Will these be scanned at some point and is there another way to acquire the certificates once I have the number? {helpme}}