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==== Cemeteries ==== | ==== Cemeteries ==== | ||
'''[http://www.rosehills.com/Default.aspx Rose Hills Memorial Park & Mortuary]''' (located at 3888 Workman Mill Road, Whittier, CA 90601) has an online [http://www.rosehills.com/graveLocationSearch/placement.aspx grave location search]. Simply type in the name you are looking for to find the exact location of burial. | |||
'''Broadway Cemetery (Defunct)''' | |||
Whittier, California - the area is now Founder's Park. | |||
The Broadway (formerly Clark) Cemetery operated from 1881-1958 and contained 926 burials - 68 percent of them prior to 1910. | |||
List of burials – both cemeteries - from city of Whittier: http://www.whittiermuseum.org/PDF%20Files/Cemetery%20Information%20Report-2009-08-03.pdf | |||
'''Mount Olive Cemetery (Defunct)''' | |||
also next to Broadway Cemetery | |||
Whittier, California - the area is now Founder's Park. | |||
365 burials took place here between 1888 and 1957. Most burials were from 1900 to 1937. | |||
List of burials – both cemeteries - from city of Whittier: http://www.whittiermuseum.org/PDF%20Files/Cemetery%20Information%20Report-2009-08-03.pdf | |||
'''Olive Grove Cemetery (Defunct)''' | |||
[[Image:Olive trees.JPG|thumb|right|Olive trees]] 10135 S Painter Ave., Whittier, CA 90605 <br>Founded in 1896 by a colony of German Baptists known as “Dunkers” (due to their method of baptism). They moved in 1972, and another local church owned and maintained the cemetery, but as of 2005, that church had been torn down and ownership of the cemetery is unclear. | |||
==== Church Records ==== | ==== Church Records ==== | ||
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==== Funeral Records ==== | ==== Funeral Records ==== | ||
==== Genealogy ==== | ==== Genealogy ==== | ||
==== Local Histories ==== | |||
Online oral histories courtesy of the Whittier Public Library: | |||
[http://www.cityofwhittier.org/depts/lhr/about/oralhist/default.asp Oral Histories] | |||
==== Newspapers ==== | ==== Newspapers ==== | ||
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Links courtesy of the Whittier Public Library: | Links courtesy of the Whittier Public Library: | ||
*[http://digi.whittierlibrary.org/wpl/index.html Whittier Daily News, Whittier Register, Whittier News: 1888- | *[http://digi.whittierlibrary.org/wpl/index.html Whittier Daily News, Whittier Register, Whittier News: February, 1888-November, 1923] | ||
*[http://digi.whittierlibrary.org/wpl/index.html Historical Photograph Collection: Images of the establishment of Whittier-late 1800s to mid-20th century] | *[http://digi.whittierlibrary.org/wpl/index.html Historical Photograph Collection: Images of the establishment of Whittier-late 1800s to mid-20th century] | ||
In addition to the online digitized issues of the newspapers, the library has microfilm versions for the years 1924 through 1955 available for in-house use at both the Central Library and Whittwood Branch. | |||
==== Obituaries ==== | ==== Obituaries ==== | ||
==== Societies ==== | |||
[http://www.cagenweb.com/kr/wags/ Whittier Area Genealogical Society] (WAGS)<br> | |||
P.O. Box 4367<br>Whittier, CA 90607-4367 | |||
[[Category:Los_Angeles_County,_California]] | [[Category:Los_Angeles_County,_California]] | ||