Find Old Obituaries from U.S. West States

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 mote importantly - information about the relatives of the deceased's family and extended family.  This family name information is often not found anywhere else.







Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online.  These searchable indexes often provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping is even provided.
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So not only can we search old newspapers for these gems, we can get transcriptions and get directed to the location of the obituaries from these indexes.

Here is a list of alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information:

(Updated February, 2018; added links are in Bold)

General U.S.

• Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
• United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012

Alaska

• Alaska Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Alaska USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• Alaska Deaths Index Database
• Alaska Sportsman Magazine Obituaries
• Anchorage Newspapers Obituaries Index, 1915-1965
• Anchorage Newspapers Obituaries Index, 1966-1980
• Anchorage Newspapers Obituaries Index 1981-2001​
• Tundra Times Newspaper Index 1962-1997

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Alaska Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Arizona

• Arizona Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Arizona USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• Arizona Obituary Index to Arizona Newspapers, 1993-1994
• Arizona Obituary Archive
• Flagstaff Obituary Index
• Payson, Obituaries, 1948-2008
• Prescott Newspaper Obituary Index
• West Valley Genealogical Society Obituaries
• Yavapai County Obituary Database 

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Arizona Online Historical Newspapers Summary

California

• California Obituaries - Obit City​​
• California USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• ​Alameda County -Tri-Valley Newspapers Obituary Index
• Bay Area Reporter Obituary Database 
• Berkeley Daily Gazette Obituary Index
• Butte County Obituaries
• Contra Costa County obituary index
• Fillmore, Ventura County Obituary Index
• Fresno and Napa Counties, Obituaries, 1974-1997
• Genealogy Records - Eastern Alameda County 
• Hemet–San Jacinto obituary index
• LA Times Obituaries
• Lassen County Obituary Index
• Long Beach Obituary Index 
• Modoc County Obituary Index
• Monterey County Obituary Index
• Mountain View Obituary Index 
• Napa and Butte Counties, Obituaries, 1866-1992
• Oakland Newspaper Record Collection
• Ontario City Library Newspaper Index
• Palo Alto Obituary Index
• Pasadena Obituary Index
• San Diego Obituaries Index
• San Jacinto Genealogical Society Obituaries Index
• San Joaquin, County Public Library Obituary Index, 1850-1991
• San Mateo County Genealogical Society (Index)
• Santa Cruz County Newspaper Index 
• Shasta County Obituary Index
• Tulare County Obituary Index
• Ventura County Obituaries 
• Yucaipa Valley Obituary Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on California Online Historical Newspapers Summary

Colorado

• Colorado Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Colorado USGenWeb Obituary Project 
• Colorado Obituary Project
• Colorado Statesman Obituary Index
• Colorado Springs Gazette Index 
• Denver Obituary Project
• Denver Obituary Indexes 
• Eagle County Obituaries
• Fort Collins Coloradoan Obituaries 
• Grand Junction Obituaries Index
• Huerfano County, Pueblo County, and Las Animas Obituaries
• Intermountain Jewish News (IJN) Obituary Index
• Larimer County Obituaries
• Littleton Independent Obituary Index
• Park County Obituary Indexes
• Pueblo Obituary Index
• Routt County Obituaries
• Weld County Master Genealogy Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Colorado Online Historical Newspapers Summary
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Hawaii

• Hawaii Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Hawaii USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• Hawaii Obituaries Index, ca. 1980-present
• Hawaii Newspaper Index
• Hawaii Pacific Journal Index​

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Hawaii Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Idaho

• Idaho Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Idaho USGenWeb Obituary Project 
• Idaho, Southeast Counties Obituaries, 1864-2007
• Idaho, Southern Counties Obituaries, 1943-2013
• Boise Obituary Index
• Eastern Idaho Death Index
• Gooding County Obituary Index
• Payette County Obituaries
• Valley County Obituaries

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Idaho Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Montana

• Montana Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Montana USGenWeb Obituary Project 
• Mineral County Obituaries, 1870-2010
• Big Horn County Obituaries
• Billings Gazette Indexes
• Havre Hill Obituaries
• Lewis and Clark County Genealogy Indexes
• Liberty County Obituaries
• Missoula County Vital Records Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Montana Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Nevada

• Nevada Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Nevada USGenWeb Obituary Project 

• Carson City Recorder Genealogy Indexes 
• Clark County Obituary Index
• Mineral County Obituary Index.
• Nevada Appeal Obituaries Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Nevada Online Historical Newspapers Summary
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New Mexico

• New Mexico Obituaries - Obit City​​
• New Mexico USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• Doña Ana County Records
• Curry County Obituary Index
• Eddy County Obituaries
• Lea County Obituaries Index
• Native American Obituaries Index
• Miscellaneous New Mexico Obituary Indexes
• Palace of the Governors Obituary Database
• Pueblo Obituary Index
• Santa Fe and New Mexico Obituary Index
• Taos County Obituary Transcriptions

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on New Mexico Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Oregon

• Oregon Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Oregon USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• Clackamas Review Obituary Index
• Hillsboro - Argus Obituaries
• Jackson County Obituary Indexes
• Lake Oswego Newspapers Index
• Northwest Heritage Obituaries Index
• Oregon Obituary Indexes
• Oregon Obituaries 
• Oregon Newspapers Index
• Sherman County Obituaries Index
• Tillamook County Obituary Indexes
• Wallowa County Obituary Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Oregon Online Historical Newspapers Summary
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Utah

• Utah Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Utah USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• ObitsUtah Obituary Index
• Obituaries from Utah Newspapers, 1850-2005
• Tremonton and Garland Obituaries, 1959-2013
• Utah County Obituary Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Utah Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Washington

• Washington Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Washington USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• Adams County Obituaries
• Benton County Obituaries, 2000 - 
• Clallam County Obituary Directory
• Clallam County Obituary Index
• Cowlitz County Obituary Index 
• Jefferson County Obituary Databases 
• King County Obituary Index
• Kitsap County Obituaries Index
• Lincoln County Cemetery Obituaries
• Tacoma-Pierce County Obituary Index
• Spokane Public Library Obituaries
• South King County Obituary Indexes
• Tri-City Herald - Kennewick Courier Reporter Obituary Index 1927 - 
• Wenatchee Obituary Index

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Washington Online Historical Newspapers Summary

​Wyoming

• Wyoming Obituaries - Obit City​​
• Wyoming USGenWeb Obituary Project ​
• Campbell County Obituary Indexes
• Johnson County Obituaries
• Laramie County - Cheyenne Society Indexes
• Lincoln County - Obituaries
• Niobrara County Library Genealogy Archive: Obituaries
• Star Valley Independent Obituaries, 1901-2015

If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Wyoming Online Historical Newspapers Summary


Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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