Margaret Jayred Schulz, February 2003. Published by Southern California Genealogical Society, Burbank, California. 310 pages.

Information for this volume was taken primarily from death certificates bound into books at the Los Angeles County Registrar/Recorder's office in Norwalk, California. Supplemental information was drawn from microfilmed indices. The publication is as comprehensive as possible, given the limitation of the source records. Some of the early deaths were unrecorded. Data elements may include name, death date, race/color, age/when born, sex, marital condition, nativity, length of time in the county, last residence or place of death, cemetery, occupation, and mortuary. Not all information is present for all entries. Directory includes over 9,000 entries.