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Obituary Requests

The Glendale Central Library will provide a copy of an obituary, or a related article, from our microfilmed copies of the local newspaper, The Glendale News-Press. Because there is no index to the newspaper, this service is available only if we have an exact date of death or date of the event desired. Please allow at least three months for a request to be filled.

Requests can be submitted the following ways:

By mail:

Send obituary requests to
Glendale Public Library, Attention: Reference Department
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale, CA, 91205.
A stamped self-addressed envelope will help the library save money.

By email:

Visit Ask Now.
Be sure to include the pertinent information for your search and your mailing address with the request.

If you do not have a death date you may try one of these sources:

Social Security Death Index

RootsWeb.com

Searches the California Death Index from 1940-1997

Los Angeles Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk

12400 Imperial Highway
Norwalk, CA 90650
(562) 462-2137

Has death records from 1877.

If the person died outside Los Angeles County, but in the State of California, you may wish to request a death certificate from the county recorder in the county of death or contact:

Office of Vital Records and Statistics
304 S Street
P.O. Box 730241
Sacramento, CA 94244-0241
(916) 445-2684