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.

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The following information may be found in these records: • 2

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Name of the person
 * Approximate date of the event

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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
 * Search for death or burial information in BillionGraves Index

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 in your research for 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

FamilySearch Catalog

 * San Gabriel Cemetery Association. Cemetery Index, 1872-2003

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * California, Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960
 * California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002.
 * California, Los Angeles, Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Deceased Card File Index, 1877-1989.
 * California, Los Angeles County, North Hollywood, Pierce Brothers Memorial Park Cemetery, Memorial Tablets, 1943-1980.
 * California, Los Gatos, Los Gatos Memorial Park Cemetery Card Index to Burials, 1889-1989.
 * California, Mendocino County, Ukiah, Russian River Cemetery District, Index to Burials, 1850-1990.
 * California, Tulare County, Visalia Cemetery Records, 1875-1990
 * California, Sonoma County, Sebastopol, Evergreen Lawn Cemetery Burial Records, 1800-2010
 * California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Oak Hill Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1838-1985
 * California, San Mateo County, Colma, Italian Cemetery Records, 1899-2011
 * California, Sacramento, Sacramento City Cemetery Burial Card Index,1840-2001
 * California, Sacramento Cemetery Records, 1900-1959
 * California, Oakland, Mountain View Cemetery Records, 1857-1973
 * California, Solano County Genealogical Society, Burial Records
 * California, Lassen County, State Board of Health, Burial Permits, 1931-1988

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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