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 Oklahoma 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 January, 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
- Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016
- U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002
- United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs and Obituary Index
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
- United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
Oklahoma
- Adair County Obituaries (transcriptions
- Atoka County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Bartlesville Obituary Index
- Beaver County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Beaver County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Beckham County Obituary Indexes
- Canadian County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Canadian County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Carter County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Cherokee County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Choctaw County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Cimarron County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Cimarron County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Cleveland County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Coal County Obituaries Index (transcriptions)
- Comanche County Native American Obituary Index
- Comanche County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Cotton County Obituaries and Index, 1901-May 1998
- Craig County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Craig County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Creek County Obituaries
- Creek County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Creek County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Custer County Obituaries
- Edmond Obituary Index
- Enid News and Eagle Obituary Indexes
- Garfield County Death and Obituary Index
- Grady County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Jackson County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Jefferson County Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Kay County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Lawton Public Library Native American Obituary Index
- Lincoln County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Lincoln County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Madill, Watts Funeral Home Records and Obituaries, 1926-2005
- Major County/Fairview Obituary Index
- McClain County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Muscogee Nation News Obituary Index
- Muskogee County Obituaries (1800s) (transcriptions)
- Muskogee Newspaper Obituary Index
- Muskogee, Obituary Card File, 1888-1993
- Northeastern Oklahoma Death and Obituary Index
- Nowata County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- OKBits Obituaries by County (transcriptions)
- Oklahoma, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Buried in Oklahoma
- Okfuskee County Obituary Indexes
- Oklahoma County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Oklahoma County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Oklahoma GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- Oklahoma Historical Society Obituary Index
- Oklahoma Miscellaneous Obituaries
- Oklahoma Miscellaneous Obituary Indexes
- Oklahoma Obituaries - Obit City
- Oklahoma USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Oklahoma, Oklahoman Obituary Index, 1972-2012
- Oklahoman Obituary Index
- Okmulgee County Obituary Indexes
- Okmulgee Daily Times Death Notices & Obituary Index
- Osage County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Osage County Obituary Indexes
- Ottawa County Obituaries (clippings)
- Ottawa County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Pawnee County Obituary Index
- Payne County Obituary Index 1940-2003
- Picher and the Tri-State Area Hard Rock Mining Men Obituaries, 1913-2000
- Ponca City, Obituary File Cards, 1920-1996
- Pontohoc County Obituary Indexes
- Pottawatomie County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Pushmataha County, Obituaries (transcriptions), 1900-1925
- Pushmataha County Obituary Indexes
- Rogers County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Rogers County Obituary Indexes
- Seminole County Obituaries
- Sequoyah Times Obituaries
- Stillwater NewsPress Obituary Index
- Stroud Obituary Indexes
- Talbot Library and Museum Obituary Index
- Texas County Obituaries
- Tulsa County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Tulsa County Obituary Index
- Tulsa County Obituary Indexes
- Tulsa World Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Wagoner County Obituaries
- Wagoner County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Washington County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Wilson, Alexander Funeral Home Records (including obituaries), 1926-2004
- Woodward County Obituaries
If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Oklahoma Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
For other Free Oklahoma Links, click on the category of interest:
RSS Feed
