California Deaths Menu

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California Cemetery Inscription Sources	Gene Pool Individual Records - Deaths

• 1905-1929 Death Index Summary:
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  • 1905-1929 Expanded View Death Index Summary: (primitive search by page-see App. Note).
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• 1930-1939 Death Index Summary:
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• 1905-1939 Death Index Text-Searchable Subset (1.4mm of 1.9mm surnames):
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• 1940-2000 Death Index Summary:
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• 1989-2000 Detailed Death Index:
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• 1905-1929 Fetal Death Index:
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• 1930-1939 Fetal Death Index:
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About This Database

The California Deaths database is comprised of over 12 million name entries from 1905-2000.

• 1905-1939, Indexed-Documents:
  Selecting this data range will lead to a page where a search box requests an entry of a Surname. A typical document retrieved is provided below, abridged:

• 1940-2000, Robust-SQL:
  Upon selecting this data range a framed search criteria entry form will appear:
  

  Each name entry has 15 associated fields:

  • Last_Name: Alpha string (a-z) of any length, no special characters or spaces; not case sensitive.
  • First_Name: Alpha string (a-z),first eight characters, no special characters or spaces; not case sensitive.
  • Middle_Name: Alpha string (a-z),first eight characters, no special characters or spaces; not case sensitive.
  • B_yr: The exact four digit year of Birth (ie. 1950).
  • B_mo: The exact two digit month of Birth, 01 thru 12 (leading zero required).
  • B_dy: The exact two digit day of Birth, 01 thru 31 (leading zero required).
  • Mothers_Last_Name: Alpha string (a-z),first eight characters, no special characters or spaces; not case sensitive.
  • Fathers_Last_Name: Alpha string (a-z),first eight characters, no special characters or spaces; not case sensitive.
  • Sex: Male or Female; not case sensitive.
  • Bp: Enter Birth Place Code .
  • County_of_Death: Enter exact County name including spaces.
  • D_yr: The exact four digit year of Death (ie. 1950).
  • D_mo: The exact two digit month of Death, 01 thru 12 (leading zero required).
  • D_dy: The exact two digit day of Death, 01 thru 31 (leading zero required).
  • SS_Number: Enter the nine digit Social Security number without spaces or special characters.
  • Age: Enter the one or two digit numeric age.

• 1989-2000 Detailed Death Index, Robust-SQL:
  This dataset is identical to the 1940-on (restricted to years shown) with 11 more search fields added for a total of 27 search/display fields:
  
  • RE {Race/Ethnic Group} : Two numeric digits. See Race/Ethnic Group Code.
  • M {Marital Status} : One numeric digit. See Marital Status Code.
  • SP {Spouse Initial} : Two alpha characters.
  • MD {Manner of Death} ^* : One numeric digits. See Manner of Death Code.
  • DR {Decedent Residence} : Two character Residence Code
  • CU {Underlying Cause of Death} : See 1989-1998 Cause of Death Codes or 1999 on Cause of Death Codes.
  • CG {Underlying Cause Group} : See 1989-1998 Cause of Death Codes or 1999 on Cause of Death Codes.
  • ST {State of Residence} : Two character State Code
  • YC {Years in County} : Two numeric digits.
  • ID {Cause of Infant Death} ^* : Three numeric digits. See Infant Death Code (in Word format).
  • FS {State File Number} : Six numeric digits.
  ^* Not available for deaths prior to 1999.

California Death Index, 1940-1997 (from Ancestry.com) This database is an index to the death records in State of California, USA, from 1940 through 1997. The database provides such valuable information as first, last and middle names of the descendants, birth dates, mother's maiden name, father's last name, sex, birth place, death place, residence at time of death, death date, social security number (when available), and the age of the individual when they died.