How do I get a copy of a death cerificate? And....?

Question

If my grandfather died in California but was burried in Ohio where would I look for the death certificate and how do I find exactly where he was burried?

Answer 1

You'll need to contact the county in CA that he died in to request and obtain a copy of his death certificate.  There will be a fee.  

If his remains were sent to a funeral home in Ohio that information may be on the death certificate.  You could then contact them to see if they have a record of where he was buried.

Take care, and God bless!

Answer 2

If your grandfather died in California, that is where you'd have to start looking.

2 of the 334,000 listings  for California vital records" Death Certificate" on a Yahoo search:

Certified Copies of Birth & Death Records

... the State of California, authorized copies of vital records can only be obtained ... Application for Certified Copy of Death Certificate (PDF) ...

cdph.ca.gov/certlic/.../Pages/Certifie...

Vital Records - Birth Certificates, Death Records, Marriage Licenses ...

Information about where to obtain vital records (i.e. birth or death certificate, marriage license) from each state, territory and county of the U.S.

www.vitalrec.com

(If you'd included his information, I might have been able to find him for you. www.findagrave.com is a good site to find burial locations, too--just enter his name, dates of birth/death/ and choose whether to search for him by his name, date, or state where buried.)