California, Los Angeles, San Gabriel Cemetery Association, Cemetery Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This publication is a alphabetically arranged cemetery card index from  1872 - 2003 in the San Gabriel Cemetery located in Los Angeles, California.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

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 age or estimated birth date to find vital records such as birth, baptism, marriage, and death
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in census records
 * Use the information found in the record to find probate records
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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 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 research your family in the state of California.
 * California Guided Research
 * California Research Tips and Strategies
 * Step-by-Step Research: 1850-1905 | 1905-Present
 * Cemeteries
 * Sexton Records

Other FamilySearch Collections
These collections may have additional materials to help you with your research.

FamilySearch Catalog

 * San Gabriel Cemetery Association. Cemetery Index, 1872-2003
 * Sharon DeBartolo Carmack, Your Guide to Cemetery Research. Cincinnati, Ohio: Betterway Books, 2002 FS Library 973 V37c

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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