California, Los Angeles, Evergreen Memorial Park Cemetery, Deceased Card File Index - FamilySearch Historical Records (2024)

What is in This Collection?[edit | edit source]

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.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

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What Can These Records Tell Me?[edit | edit source]

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

Collection Content[edit | edit source]

Sample Images[edit | edit source]

• 1963 Cemetery record

How Do I Search This Collection?[edit | edit source]

Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:

• The name of the individual
• The approximate date of death
• Place of residence

Search the Index[edit | edit source]

Search by name on the Collection Details Page.

1. Fill in the search boxes in the Search Collection section with the information you know
2. Click Search to show possible matches

How Do I Analyze the Results?[edit | edit source]

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What Do I Do Next?[edit | edit source]

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?[edit | edit source]

• 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?[edit | edit source]

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

Research Helps[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

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FamilySearch Catalog[edit | edit source]

• 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 Historical Records[edit | edit source]

• California Cemetery Transcriptions, 1850-1960
• Find a Grave Index
• BillionGraves Index
• California, Los Angeles, Angelus-Rosedale Cemetery/Crematory Records, 1884-2002

FamilySearch Digital Library[edit | edit source]

• 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

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