California, Lassen County, State Board of Health, Burial Permits - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes burial permits issued by the California State Board of California for Lassen County for years 1931-1988 (the year 1972 is not available). Includes an index arranged chronologically by the year within each letter of the alphabet.

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


 * The name of deceased
 * Age of deceased
 * Gender of deceased
 * Death date


 * Birth date
 * Name of spouse
 * Parents' names and birth places
 * Cause of death


 * Occupation
 * How long lived in residence
 * The burial place

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know: There are indexes available in these collections. The indexes are located in individual folders. Find your ancestors name in the index and look for the locator information (page, entry, certificate number, or book number). This will help you find the record you are looking for in the collection.
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of death

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. 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 certificate
 * Search for an obituary
 * Use the age or estimated birth date to find vital records such as birth, baptism, and marriage
 * Use the information found in the record to find additional family members in census records
 * If applicable, search for immigration and naturalization records as well

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 records of a nearby town or county
 * 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

FamilySearch Catalog

 * Lassen County. burial permits, ca. 1859-1992
 * Lassen County. Recorder. Death records, 1874-1917; index, 1879-1991
 * Lassen County. Superior Court. Wills, 1891-1955; index, 1891-1950

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * California Death Index, 1905-1939
 * California Death Index, 1940-1997
 * California Deaths and Burials, 1776-2000
 * California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960

FamilySearch Digital Library

 * Asa Merrill Fairfield. Fairfield's pioneer history of Lassen County, California : containing everything that can be learned about it from the beginning of the world to the year of Our Lord 1870. Also much of the pioneer history of the state of Nevada, the biographies of Governor Issac N. Roop & Peter Lassen and many stories of Indian warfare never before published. San Francisco, California : H.S. Crocker, c1916

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