This page links to known California Funeral Records whether they be available online or offline. Funeral records are an invaluable source of genealogical information that can provide insight into the lives and deaths of our ancestors. They offer a wealth of details on the deceased and their family, including their names, ages, dates of death, causes of death, and other key information.
Alameda County California
Fowler-Anderson Funeral Home 1897-1973
Volumes include surname indexes. Funeral home in Alameda.
Records of the Callaghan Mortuary of Livermore, California – Book, WorldCat 123908333.
Book published by the Livermore-Amador Genealogical Society in 2004.
Index of burial records of Robinson Brothers Mortuary, Oakland, California
Alphabetical index to the burial records of the Robinson Brothers Mortuary of Oakland, CA (1950-1977) which are in the custody of the Hayward Area Genealogical Society and were published in its newsletters beginning with Vol. 8 #8 (August 1985). Index includes the name, birth date and place and death date and place of 2520 individuals. This mortuary is no longer in business.
Alameda County, California genealogical research guide, 1993 – Book, WorldCat 28896583, 866548856
Contains a listing of various libraries and record repositories for government agencies, school districts, public libraries, societies, funeral homes, etc., in Alameda County, giving a summary of their holdings useful to genealogical research. Also includes a listing of cemeteries and mortuaries and their locations with approximate years covered by their records. Includes index. Book published by the California Genealogical Society.
Butte County California
Bidwell Chapel Funeral Home records, 1896-1992
The Bidwell Chapel Funeral Home records (1896-1992) consist of microfilm records from the Chico, California-based funeral home, which has experienced numerous name and ownership changes since its establishment. The collection includes funeral registers, death records, and funeral information files that detail the deceased's personal information, death and burial arrangements, and documents related to individual accounts, such as orders for death certificates, insurance letters, and newspaper clippings of death notices or obituaries.
Brusie Funeral Home records, 1905-1980; Index, 1905-1980
Microfilm copies of original records from Brusie Funeral Home in Chico, California are available. Each volume has its own index, and they are also included in the funeral information file index. Records and index for 1922-1934 are not available. Files are organized alphabetically by the first letter of the surname, and the numbering sequence resets with each new letter.
Paradise Chapel of the Pines Mortuary records index – Must be viewed at the FHC in SLC
Contains an index in alphabetical order by surname to funeral home records showing name of deceased, record number, date and place of death, spouse, parents, date and place of birth. Includes surname index.
Rose Chapel funeral information file, ca. 1930-1984
Microfilm of records located at Rose Chapel Mortuary, Paradise, California. Records are arranged in alphabetical order by surname. Contains funeral home records and copies of death certificates, funeral programs, and some obituary notices.
Rose Chapel Mortuary records index 1964-1986 – Must be viewed at the FHC in SLC
Contains abstracts of funeral home records arranged in alphabetical order by surname of the deceased, as well as an index to spouses or parents included in each abstract. Gives name and age of the deceased with death and birth dates and places, names of parents and their birth places, name of spouse.
Rose Chapel Mortuary funeral information files, ca. 1973-1990
Located at Rose Chapel Mortuary in Paradise, California, the original records comprise files containing funeral details such as the deceased's name, age, gender, birth date, parents' names, death date, location and time, survivors' names, residence, occupation, previous residence, parents' birthplaces, spouse's name, burial arrangements, funeral location and time, and participants. Files may also include funeral program copies, obituary clippings, and more. Indexes are included in the collection.
Scheer Memorial Chapel Funeral information files, 1967-1992
Microfilm copies of original records which are available at Scheer Memorial Chapel in Oroville, California. The information files include details such as the deceased's name, age, gender, birth and death dates and locations, parents' names and birthplaces, spouse's name, occupation, previous residence, funeral program details, and names of survivors. Additionally, the files contain copies of death certificates, printed funeral programs, and obituary clippings. To access the funeral information files, consult the index for the page number in the Record Book, then refer to that page for the estate or funeral information file number.
Mortuary memorial cards, ca. 1960-1980
Microfilm of funeral programs and memorial cards located at Paradise Genealogical Society, Paradise, California.
Funeral Records of the Chico Cemetery Association 1873-1997
Microfilm of index cards located at the Chico Cemetery Association, Chico, California. Family information file includes correspondence between funeral home and family of the deceased, record of funeral orders with particulars of birth and death, age, occupation, spouse, etc. Index cards include some or all of the following types of information: name of the deceased, interment date, grave location (section, block, row, grave number), death and birth dates, age, parents or spouse, next of kin, mortician, obituary and survivors.
Los Angeles County
B. W. Coon Co. Funeral Home, 1922-1926
Abstract of Records from the Funeral Register covering the period from 1922 to 1926, which are in alphabetical order.
Sacramento County California
List of deaths copied from records in the California State Library
Microfilm of typescript and manuscript located in the California State Library, Sacramento. Contains records of deaths compiled from various sources, such as the U.S. censuses of 1850-1870; deaths and interments in Sacramento during the years 1849, and 1885 copied from books of the Clark-Booth and Yardley Funeral Home; Book of the Dead compiled by H. B. Phillips and B. M. Newcomb, which contains records of N. Gray & Co. undertakers in San Francisco; and from entries copied from head stones in the old cemeteries at Coloma, Diamond Springs, and Red Bluff.
San Francisco County California
List of deaths copied from records in the California State Library
Microfilm of typescript and manuscript located in the California State Library, Sacramento. Contains records of deaths compiled from various sources, such as the U.S. censuses of 1850-1870; deaths and interments in Sacramento during the years 1849, and 1885 copied from books of the Clark-Booth and Yardley Funeral Home; Book of the Dead compiled by H. B. Phillips and B. M. Newcomb, which contains records of N. Gray & Co. undertakers in San Francisco; and from entries copied from head stones in the old cemeteries at Coloma, Diamond Springs, and Red Bluff.
San Mateo County California
Layng & Tinney Mortuary File
Index to the Layng & Tinney Mortuary File Collection housed in the San Mateo County Genealogical Society Library. Contact SMCGS Research to obtain a copy of the contents of a file.
Mortuary Files of Valente, Marini, Perata & Co.
The firm of Valente, Marini, Perata and Co. was established in San Francisco in 1888. 129 years later it has closed its doors and donated its records to the Colma Historical Association. This an index to the records at CHA. In includes over 54,000 records kept in ledgers, journals and books from 1888 to 1994 and some records from databases from 1994 until the doors closed.
Santa Clara County California
Index to Place Funeral Home
An index created by the Santa Clara County Historical & Genealogical Society. While they indicate that the index currently represents both the Place Funeral Home and Melvin's Funeral Home I was unable to locate any record except for the Place Funeral Home.