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'''Broadway Cemetery (Defunct)''' | '''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: <ref name="cem">Broadway and Mount Olive Cemetery entry in [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&amp;amp;amp;amp;CRid=2206795&amp;amp;amp;amp;CScntry=4&amp;amp;amp;amp;CSst=6&amp;amp;amp;amp;CScnty=201&amp;amp;amp;amp; Find A Grave] (accessed 14 June 2014).</ref><br>http://www.whittiermuseum.org/PDF%20Files/Cemetery%20Information%20Report-2009-08-03.pdf | 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: <ref name="cem">Broadway and Mount Olive Cemetery entry in [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;CRid=2206795&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;CScntry=4&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;CSst=6&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;CScnty=201&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Find A Grave] (accessed 14 June 2014).</ref><br>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:<ref name="cem" /> 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:<ref name="cem" /> 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.<ref>Olive Grove Cemetery entry in [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&amp;amp;amp;CRid=8236&amp;amp;amp;CScn=olive+grove&amp;amp;amp;CScntry=4&amp;amp;amp;CSst=6&amp;amp;amp;CScnty=201&amp;amp;amp; Find A Grave] (accessed 14 June 2014).</ref> | '''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.<ref>Olive Grove Cemetery entry in [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=cr&amp;amp;amp;amp;CRid=8236&amp;amp;amp;amp;CScn=olive+grove&amp;amp;amp;amp;CScntry=4&amp;amp;amp;amp;CSst=6&amp;amp;amp;amp;CScnty=201&amp;amp;amp;amp; Find A Grave] (accessed 14 June 2014).</ref> | ||
=== | === Directories === | ||
Some [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1043299?availability=Family%20History%20Library Whittier city directories] are available on microfilm through family history centers. Find them in the Family Search Catalog using Place Search for Whittier, California. | |||
Some [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/1043299?availability=Family%20History%20Library Whittier city directories] are available on microfilm through family history centers. Find them in the Family Search Catalog using Place Search for Whittier, California. | |||
The Whittier Public Library has a collection of city directories. | The Whittier Public Library has a collection of city directories. | ||
=== Funeral Records === | === Funeral Records === | ||
The White-Emerson Mortuary records for 1898-1939 were indexed and published by the Whittier Area Genealogical Society. This is available on microfilm at a | The White-Emerson Mortuary records for 1898-1939 were indexed and published by the Whittier Area Genealogical Society. This is available on microfilm at a family history center or in book form [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/46607538 at various libraries (WorldCat)]. | ||
=== Local Histories === | === Local Histories === | ||
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[http://www.cagenweb.com/kr/wags/ Whittier Area Genealogical Society] (WAGS)<br> P.O. Box 4367<br>Whittier, CA 90607-4367 | [http://www.cagenweb.com/kr/wags/ Whittier Area Genealogical Society] (WAGS)<br> P.O. Box 4367<br>Whittier, CA 90607-4367 | ||
=== Vital Records === | |||
The Whittier Area Genealogical Society with the cooperation of the Whittier Historical Society extracted items on adoptions, births, marriages, deaths and divorces. This information from old newspapers is in two volumes: Vol. 1 covers 1888-1930 and has over 11,000 names, Vol.2 covers 1931-1957 with over 33,800 names. <br>These are available on microfilm at a family history center or in book form [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/35233094 Vol 1 at various libraries (WorldCat)] or [http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/55114717 Vol. 2 at various libraries (WorldCat)]. | |||
== References == | == References == | ||