The following death records are also vailable FREE online:

Monterey County Genealogy Forum - Monterey County Deaths
1769-1850 Early California Population Project - California Mission Vital Records
Pre-1905 California Death Index - by the Pre-CADI Phoenix Project
1940-1997 California Death Index - hosted by Rootsweb
1962-current Social Security Death Index - hosted by Rootsweb

To obtain a copy of an official Death Certificate:

Monterey County Recorder's Office - 1905-current
Monterey County Genealogy Society - to locate and obtain official death records

Family History Library microfilm resources:

1887-1927 Death records - records from the Monterey County Recorder
1851 death records of Monterey County - Sherman Lee Pompey
1916-1920 King City death records - records from the Monterey County Recorder
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