Find Old Obituaries from U.S. Southern States

2/3/2018

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.

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.

Alabama

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

Arkansas

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

Florida

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

Georgia

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

Kentucky

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

Louisiana

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

Mississippi

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

Missouri

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

North Carolina

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

Oklahoma

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

South Carolina

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

Tennessee

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

Texas

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

Virginia

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

West Virginia

Wood County Obituary Indexes

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

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!

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6 Comments

THE NAME IN THE OBIT SEARCH FOR SMYTH COUNTY VA FRYE

10/2/2017 01:31:08 pm

i AM LOOKING FOR THE BIRTHPLACE OF JOHN FRYE IT MAYBE KENTUCKY HOWEVER HE DIED IN 1919 IN VIRGINIA

Carla Cummings

10/26/2017 08:26:34 am

Looking for Lot Mills Patterson .. he joined army in Revolutionary War but where does he born?

Alonzo

11/26/2017 11:23:50 pm

Searching for Judge Alonzo Snyder of Madison Parish, LA.

Deedee Parks

2/4/2018 01:29:26 am

Just got on here for the first time today and found two obituaries related to my search! Thank you for these pages!

Denise link

2/4/2018 02:45:09 am

Thank you! Thank you!

Anne

2/5/2018 10:12:14 am

Gaston County, North Carolina project currently in progress. I am the volunteer adding death and marriage notices from the Gastonia Gazette 1880-1899. http://gastonlibrary.libguides.com/biography_index Plus many other sources have been added.