Re: California Mork Line
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In reply to:
California Mork Line
Danielle Small 5/11/05
I suspect you've seen
http://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgihttp://vitals.rootsweb.com/ca/death/search.cgi
but maybe not. William James is there as James W., Christopher is there as Chris. Use Mork for a surname, leave given blank, Sullivan as MMN.
William is there as William Benard.
In my experience, 90% of the spellings there are accurate. First/Middle name transpositions happen another 3% - 5% of the time. Long surnames get shortened, too; "Thistlethorne" becomes "Thistlethorn".
This will give you exact death dates and counties, from which you could try for obituaries, if you haven't.