California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
Interment records and ownership file index for the Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory in Los Angeles, California for years 1884-2002. This collection includes but is not limited to an index file to owners of burial plots, and an index file to burials in the cemetery. Microreproduction of the records is located at the Angels-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Ownership of plots
 * Name
 * Age
 * Date
 * Location
 * Remarks

Permit to Inter
 * Name
 * Death date and cause
 * Age
 * Sex
 * Color
 * Cemetery

Permit for Disposition of Human Remains
 * Name
 * Death date and place
 * Name and address of informant
 * Internment

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
 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find other vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death records
 * Use the information found in the record to additional family members in census records
 * Search for death or burial information in BillionGraves Index
 * Search for the actual death record or certificate
 * Search for obituaries in local newspapers

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, 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 in your research for 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

Family History Library Holdings

 * Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory ownership and interment files and index files, 1884-1976.
 * Pierce Brothers Cunningham & O'Connor Mortuary, Hollywood, California. Death records, 1950-1978.

Related FamilySearch Historical Record Collections

 * California Death Index, 1905-1939.
 * California Death Index, 1940-1997.
 * California, Oakland, Mountain View Cemetery Records, 1857-1973.
 * California, Sacramento Cemetery Records, 1900-1959.
 * California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011.
 * California, Tulare County, Visalia Cemetery Records, 1875-1990.

Citing This Collection
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