What is the name of your state? CA
A friend of mine was contacted by an insurance company as a beneficiary of her mother's policy, and they are also trying to locate her brother. However, they want a copy of her mother's death certificate and she does not know where to get it because her brother totally broke off contact with her after advising her of their mother's death. He did not even tell her if there were services or what happened to her mother's body. Before that he didn't even tell her where her mother was when she was failing (altzheimers), and he pulled her out of her nursing home in San Diego.
My friend thought her mother was in her 90's, but a full name search that came up listing her deceased husband's and son's names and San Diego and Malibu locations, shows 107. But that was just a name search with no death info.
Last she knew, her brother lived in Venice near Marina del Rey, but will not return her calls. So she has been trying unsuccessfully to get through the voicemail system of LA County to find out if they would have a death certificate.
An obit search of 166 CA newspapers came up empty, except for someone of the same full name who died younger (79) a year earlier in Laguna Woods. California Health department apparently keeps a record of deaths, but their site says they might not have records until 6 months later (she died in April).
How do you get info about a recent CA death, or whether probate has started, if you are not sure where it happened and nothing has been published in newpapers? I just e-mailed her a link for San Diego county death certificates in case it was filed based on her last permanent address. That also has a link to vitalchek.com, but required fields there include city and county, which she does not know.
A friend of mine was contacted by an insurance company as a beneficiary of her mother's policy, and they are also trying to locate her brother. However, they want a copy of her mother's death certificate and she does not know where to get it because her brother totally broke off contact with her after advising her of their mother's death. He did not even tell her if there were services or what happened to her mother's body. Before that he didn't even tell her where her mother was when she was failing (altzheimers), and he pulled her out of her nursing home in San Diego.
My friend thought her mother was in her 90's, but a full name search that came up listing her deceased husband's and son's names and San Diego and Malibu locations, shows 107. But that was just a name search with no death info.
Last she knew, her brother lived in Venice near Marina del Rey, but will not return her calls. So she has been trying unsuccessfully to get through the voicemail system of LA County to find out if they would have a death certificate.
An obit search of 166 CA newspapers came up empty, except for someone of the same full name who died younger (79) a year earlier in Laguna Woods. California Health department apparently keeps a record of deaths, but their site says they might not have records until 6 months later (she died in April).
How do you get info about a recent CA death, or whether probate has started, if you are not sure where it happened and nothing has been published in newpapers? I just e-mailed her a link for San Diego county death certificates in case it was filed based on her last permanent address. That also has a link to vitalchek.com, but required fields there include city and county, which she does not know.