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California, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Oak Hill Cemetery Headstone Inscriptions, 1838-1985
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Santa Clara, California,
United States
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Record Description
Record Type County Records
Collection years 1838-1985
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What is in This Collection?

Cemetery headstone inscriptions from the Oak Hill Cemetery in San Jose, California. The inscriptions were made by the Santa Clara Historical and Genealogical Society as a part of a cemetery project. The collection is a card index and arranged alphabetically. Possible quick batch collection. A dash after the birth date means no death date was recorded. The first line in the upper right-hand corner of the card refers to the cemetery. The second line is the section of the cemetery the headstone is located. The name in the upper left-hand corner is the individual buried. Other names on the card refer to relatives. Ignore the page number in the lower left-hand corner of the card and the large dot in the upper right-hand corner. They were used as a reference by the society and no longer apply.


The collection includes records from 1838-1985

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

  • Name of deceased
  • Death date
  • Birth date
  • Person buried next to
  • Other relatives

Collection Content

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  • 1909 Cemetery Record

    1909 Cemetery Record

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