130 Born in Greece - California, Oakland Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection 1985-2011


FamilySearch.org has a new FREE database titled "California, Oakland, Alameda County, Newspaper Record Collection 1985-2011" that includes 130 people born in Greece.  (Note if you search for people born in Turkey there are also several "Greek" names)

Description of this collection:
The collection consists of a card file index created from local newspapers and includes obituaries, wedding announcements, anniversaries, and birth announcements. The obituaries are mixed with biographical news stories. Some obituaries are included from the Los Angeles Times and Orange County Register of persons who were natives of Oakland or the Bay Area and died in southern California. The card files for 1985-2002, 2003-2006 and 1986-2011 are located at the Oakland Family History Center.

The following information may be found in these records:

Name of deceased
Birth date and place
Death date and place
Names of parents
Name of spouse
Names of children
Name of cemetery
Place of residence
Name of newspaper
Date of obituary publication
Other types of news events

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