MS 53 San Diego County Death Collection
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- San Diego History Center Document Collection
- Creator
- Daughters of the American Revolution.
- Creator
- San Diego Genealogical Society.
- Title
- San Diego County Death Collection
- ID
- MS 53
- Date [inclusive]
- 1848-1988
- Extent
- 0.5 Linear feet (1 box)
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This is an artificial collection of research material compiling records of cemeteries, mortuaries, and wills in San Diego County from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries.
Preferred Citation
San Diego County Death Collection, MS 53, San Diego History Center Document Archives, San Diego, CA.
Biographical / Historical Notes
These materials were assembled by the Daughters of the American Revolution and the San Diego Genealogical Society between the 1950s and 1990s.
Scope and Content
This is an artificial collection of research material compiling records of cemeteries, mortuaries, and wills in San Diego County from the mid-nineteenth to mid-twentieth centuries. These are all volumes of transcribed records or abstracts
Arrangement
This collection is arranged alphabetically.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
San Diego History Center Document Collection May 22, 2017
1649 El Prado, Suite 3
San Diego, CA, 92101
619-232-6203
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
The San Diego History Center (SDHC) holds the copyright to any unpublished materials. SDHC Library regulations do apply.
Processing Information
Collection processed by Samantha Mills on May 22, 2017.
Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Escondido Cemetery.
- Fallbrook Community Oddfellows Cemetery.
- Johnson-Saum & Knobel Mortuary.
- Mt. Hope Cemetery.
Geographic Name(s)
- San Diego County (Calif.)
Subject(s)
- Cemeteries — California — San Diego
- Funeral homes
Collection Inventory
| Box-folder | ||||
| Abstracts of Wills, 1848-1900
Scope and Content: Abstracts of wills from 1848-1900 on file in the Office of the County Clerk, compiled by the Genealogical Records Committees of the San Diego County Chapters of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1952. |
1:1 | |||
| Escondido Cemetery Records, 1883-1960
Scope and Content: Names, birth dates, and death dates copied by a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints and published by the San Diego Genealogical Society in 1986. |
1:2 | |||
| Fallbrook Community Odd Fellows Cemetery: Tombstone Records, 1874-1988
Scope and Content: Compiled by Cemetery Census Committee and Genealogical Records Chairman of the Monserate Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution in 1988. Includes an index by name. |
1:3 | |||
| Johnson-Saum & Knobel Mortuary Records, 1869-1909
Scope and Content: Transcription of mortuary records by the San Diego Genealogical Society. Originally printed in 1984 in “Leaves and Saplings” newsletter, reprinted with index in 1995. |
1:4 | |||
| Mt. Hope Cemetery Burial Records, 1869-1909
Scope and Content: Transcription of burial records from ledgers at the Mt. Hope Cemetery office. Originally printed in “Leaves and Saplings” newsletter. This volume compiled in 1998, includes an index by name. |
1:5 | |||
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