California, Los Angeles, Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Deceased Card File Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection contains a deceased card file index for the Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles, California for years 1877-1989. Microfilm of the original records is housed at the cemetery.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Cemetery records may contain:
 * The name of the deceased
 * The date of death
 * The date of birth
 * Interment date
 * Address of deceased
 * Race
 * Sex
 * Cremated or burial

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The name of the individual
 * The approximate date of death
 * Place of residence

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
 * Search for the death record or certificate
 * Search for an obituary in a local newspaper
 * Use the information found to search for the family in census records
 * Look for church records
 * Search the county and state for other vital records such as birth and marriage

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Consult the California Research Tips and Strategies and its Record Finder to find other records

Research Helps
The following articles will help you research 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

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

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Los Angeles, records 1877-1988 and indexes 1877-1989
 * 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

Citing This Collection
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