Today I spent some time at the Los Angeles Recorder's Office branch in Norwalk. I was looking for the marriage records of Lupe and Mariano Pacheco & Grandma Josie and Grandpa Ernie as well as the death record of Mariano Pacheco and Domingo Arvizu. Let me just say, finding the recorder's office was a bit scary. I felt like I was in a bad horror movie. Once I found the Birth, Death & Marriage records office half way down the creepy, quiet corridor and stepped inside, the people working there were really nice. I found the marriage records I was looking for under the womens' name instead of the mens' (which I looked up first). However I couldn't find the death records I was looking for which is what I went there for to begin with. The marriage record of Grandma and Grandpa's was actually really cute. I didn't realize how close their anniversary is (June 20th). I recognized Grandpa's handwriting first, then Grandma's, Grandma's is a very
On a quest to find my origins.