• The Oakland Public Library's Magazine & Newspaper Room will search for obituaries and death notices of people who died in Oakland and nearby surrounding East Bay communities. The cities included in this search area are: Alameda, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, San Leandro, and Castro Valley. The Likelihood of finding an obituary or death notice in a daily Oakland newspaper for other cities not mentioned is very low.
• We ask that you provide an exact date of death, complete and accurate spelling of the deceased name, and last known residence.
• The fee for this service is $2 per name requested, any unsuccessful searches will still be charged for the service.
• We will only accept 2 names per request, per month, per person. There will be no exceptions to this rule.
• Requests may only be submitted through U.S. Mail and we ask that you please include a self addressed stamped envelope for returning your documents. Overseas request must be paid in U.S. dollars and include appropriate return international postage.
• The Oakland Public Library does not insure the success of any requests.
• Due to the national and sometimes international popularity of this service the average turn around period per request is 30 days.

  The contact address is:
  Magazine/Newspaper Room
  Oakland Public Library
  125 14th St.
  Oakland, CA 94612

For further information call (510) 238-3176.

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