Deaths & Obituaries

Obituary resources

California Death Index (1905 – 1939): Microfilm available in the California History Room.
California Death Index (1905 – 1939): A web-based index of death created by the California Department of Health Services. Index includes name, sex, date and place of birth, date and county of death, father’s last name, and mother’s maiden name.
California Death Index (1940 – 1997): A web-based index of death created by the California Department of Health Services. Index includes name, sex, date and place of birth, date and county of death, father’s last name, and mother’s maiden name.
California History Room Clippings File (1870 – Present): The California History Room Clippings File include folders for Actors and Actresses, Artists, Authors, Biography, and Musicians.
Death Index (1940 – 1995): Microfilm available in the California History Room
Gleanings from Alta California (1846 – 1850): A compiled list of marriages and deaths reported in the first newspaper published in California from 1846 through 1850.
Gleanings from Alta California (1851): A compiled list of vital records published in the first newspaper published in California in 1951.
Monterey County Herald Archive, 2002 – Present: An online index for The Monterey County Herald from 2002 through the present.
Monterey County Herald Obituaries Index 1993 – 1999 (CHR): Index of obituaries in Monterey County from 1993-99.
Monterey Herald Obituaries Index 1995 – Present: An index created by staff and volunteers of Monterey Public Library and Pacific Grove Public Library includes obituaries from January 1, 1995 to November 22, 2019, and local news articles and features from January 1, 1995 to June 30, 2003.
Newspaper Abstracts, Salinas Index (1873 – 1882): This index by the Monterey County Genealogy Society includes births, marriages, deaths, naturalizations and other events of genealogical value for Monterey County and other neighboring counties.
Pre-1905 California Death Index: An index for many California counties pre-1905.
Presidio of Monterey Cemetery Index of Names: A print typescript index of names for those interred at the Presidio of Monterey Cemetery.
Tombstone Inscriptions, Monterey City Cemetery: A text listing the tombstone inscriptions found in the Monterey City Cemetery.

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