SoCal help?

[sageandsea]

...or newspaper help (merlaan)?

I'm trying to find the obituary for one Leon Garatie, of Newbury Park, CA; date of death 1/5/2002. I'm not having any luck on search yet, and, frankly, I consider LJ a form of search now, knowing all you brilliant people.

Thanks in advance.

ETA: I'm sorry this is kind of terse - this is CJ's dad, and she just found out tonight by doing a search. The family hasn't contacted her at all, and no matter how she tries to tell herself they don't matter, of course, they fucking do.

Comments

[maida-mac.livejournal.com]

That's in the area that we were intending to move. I can't find any newspaper down there that keeps online archives past the most current month. The Ventura County Star (http://www.insidevc.com/vcs/home/0,1375,VCS_224,00.html) is the best bet for the paper that would have posted the original obituary. They may (should) have it in their records, if you'd like to contact them.

[zerbie.livejournal.com]

I've tried, but I'm not getting anywhere. The Ventura County Star isn't one of the newspapers that feeds into Lexis-Nexis; the paper's online obit index only goes back a few weeks; and the CA death index is only updated [online] through 1997. She might be able to call the paper and have them check the morgue.

Sorry. :/

[zerbie.livejournal.com]

Oh. I just realized that maybe you're not a newspaper person. A 'morgue' is where papers keep their archives.

[emmagrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah, isn't family great like that? Please give her my condolences.