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.
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 or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.
Below is a list of links to Ohio obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. 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.
(Updated February, 2019; recently 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
Ohio
- Ohio Obituaries - Obit City
- Akron Beacon Journal Obituary Index
- Alliance Obituary Index
- Ashland County Obituary Index
- Barberton Public Library Obituary Indexes
- Brown County Death and Obituary Index
- Butler County Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Carroll County Obituary Index
- Champaign County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Cincinnati Obituary Index
- Clark County Obituaries
- Clermont County Death and Obituary Index
- Cleveland Jewish Obituary Indexes
- Cleveland News Index
- Columbus News and Obituary Index
- Coshocton Ohio Obituary Indexes
- Crawford County Death and Obituary Index, 1860-2004 (clippings)
- Cuyahoga County Obituary Indexes
- Dayton Obituary Index
- Fayette County Death and Obituary Index
- Fulton County Obituary Indexes
- Gallia County Death and Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Geauga County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Guernsey County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Hamilton County Newspaper Index
- Hancock County Obituary Index
- Henry County Genealogical Society Death and Obituary Indexes
- Hubbard Public Library Obituary Index
- Huron County - Willard Area Death and Obituary Index
- Jefferson County Obituaries
- Lake County Death and Obituary Index
- Lake County Obituary Indexes
- Lawrence County Obituary Indexes (transcriptions)
- Logan County Obituaries
- Louisville Public Library Death and Obituary Index
- Mahoning County Obituary Index - 1843 to 1870
- Medina County Obituary Index
- Mercer County Obituaries
- Mercer County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Miami County Obituary Index
- Miami County Obituary Indexes (transcriptions)
- Monroe Commerical Obituary Index
- Monroe County Death and Obituary Index
- Montgomery County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Muskingum County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Muskingum County Obituary Index
- Ohio Death and Obituary Index
- Ohio Genealogical Society - Ohio Obituary Index
- Ohio USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Perry County Death and Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Portsmouth Public Library Newspaper Index
- Preble County Births, Marriages, and Deaths
- Richland County Obituary Index and Obituaries
- Richland County Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Ross County Obituary Index
- Salem News Death and Obituary index
- Stark County Obituary Indexes
- Stark County Obituary Index
- Stow-Munroe Falls Obituary Index
- Summit County Obituaries
- Toledo Blade Obituary Index
- Tuscarawas County Obituary Index
- Union County Obituary Index
- Van Wert County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Warren County Obituary Index
- Warren Tribune Chronicle Obituary Index
- Washington County Newspaper Obituaries, 1884-2013 (clippings)
- Wayne County Obituary Indexes
- Williams County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Williams County Obituary Index
- Wood County Obituary Index
- Wood County Sentinel Death and Obituary Index
- Worthington News Index
- Youngstown Vindicator Obituary Index
If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Ohio Online Historical Newspapers Summary
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