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Vital records in California have been kept by the state
registrar of vital statistics since July 1905. This database is an index to the
birth records in California from 1905 through 1910.
Indexing death records in California between 1940 and 1997,
this database is an invaluable tool for those researching in the state of
California. Vital records in California have been kept by the state registrar of
vital statistics since 01 July 1905.
Formed in 1855 from nearby Mariposa County, Merced County is
located just east of San Jose in California. This database is an index to deaths
in the county between 1852 and December 1999.
Included in each entry is the name of the patriot, the cemetery in which the
headstone is found, and occasionally others who are located nearby or opposite
the grave.
Located in central California, fifty miles north of Fresno,
Oakhurst is a small community near Yosemite National Park. This database is an
index of headstone inscriptions from the Oakhill cemetery.
Because of the California Gold Rush and later extensive hard
rock mining enterprises, Shasta County was a major center of immigration. If you
want to find Northern European and Scottish, English, and Irish immigrants, this
is a good place to start.