Where to find obituaries?

• Legacy.com at http://www.legacy.com Obituary Daily Times at http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary/ NewsLink -- more U.S. newspapers at http://newslink.org For libraries with NewsBank, go to http://infoweb.newsbank.com for staff-written obituaries.

  Death dates, last place of residence:

  Social Security Death Index: http://ssdi.genealogy.rootsweb.com/ California Death Index at The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc.: http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/_vitals/cadeygen.htm  Click on "Begin Search/Reset".

  Historical:

  Placer Herald 1852-1885 at http://www.webcom.com/gunruh/pcgsd.html
  Pre-1906 San Francisco obituaries at http://www.sfgenealogy.com/sf/sfranobi.htm
  San Francisco Call 1869-1895 at http://feefhs.org/fdb2/sfcalli.html
  USGenWeb Tombstone Transcription Project, State of California   http://www.rootsweb.com/~cemetery/california/californ.html
  

  Newspapers on microfilm:

  The California Newspaper Project -- holdings in California libraries at http://www.cbsr.ucr.edu/cnp/
  For similar projects in other states -- U.S. Newspaper Program at http://www.neh.gov/projects/usnp.html

  More links:

  Cyndi's List obituary links at http://www.cyndislist.com/obits.htm USGenWeb Obituary Project at http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/obits/ Genealogical Association of Sacramento (G.A.S.) http://home.surewest.net/bbetts/gas.htm

  Thanks to:

  Ann Owens, Sacramento Public Nancy Phillips, Sacramento Public Heather Moldenhauer, Yuba County Cheryl Edwards, Roseville Public Karri Samson, Placer County Maria Brower, Doris Foley Library for Historical Research, Nevada County
• Julie Rinaldi, Folsom Public Library