One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly – information about the relatives of the deceased’s family and extended family. This family name information is often not found anywhere else.
There are a total of 3,890 online database links that I have found for the U.S. Of these, 620 collections have been added since the previous update.
Here are alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information, listed by the link to each state’s list of free links. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.
- Alabama Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Alaska Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Arizona Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Arkansas Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- California Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Colorado Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Connecticut Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Delaware Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- District of Columbia Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Florida Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Georgia Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Hawaii Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Idaho Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Illinois Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Indiana Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Iowa Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Kansas Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Kentucky Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Louisiana Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Maine Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Maryland Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Massachusetts Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Michigan Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Minnesota Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Mississippi Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Missouri Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Montana Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Nebraska Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Nevada Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- New Hampshire Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- New Jersey Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- New Mexico Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- New York Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- North Carolina Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- North Dakota Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Ohio Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Oklahoma Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Oregon Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Pennsylvania Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Rhode Island Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- South Carolina Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- South Dakota Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Tennessee Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Texas Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Utah Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Vermont Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Virginia Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Washington Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- West Virginia Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Wisconsin Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
- Wyoming Obituaries and Obituary Index Links
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!