Free Pennsylvania Obituaries and Obituary Index Links

6/3/2020

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 Pennsylvania 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 June, 2020; recently added links are in BOLD)

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Pennsylvania

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

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6 Comments

Denise Brennan

5/14/2018 07:24:58 pm

The Warren Tribune Chronicle Obit Index, second from the end above, is in Ohio not Pennsylvania.

Kenneth R Marks

5/14/2018 07:36:18 pm

Oops! Thanks, Denise. Fixed.

J Smith

2/6/2019 10:26:46 pm

The URL to the Erie County Obituary Index has changed to https://erielibrary.org/resources/obituary-services/

Jerry Kocis

6/3/2020 02:16:39 pm

Kenneth, Thanks for all of your hard work. I thought you'd want to know that the forth, and final, entry for Cambria County Pennsylvania (Cambria County Obituary Indexes) is no longer an active site.

Laporte

6/6/2020 01:04:15 am

Hi ! I'm trying to access Bethlem index in Pennsylvania but it failed, "Access from your area has been temporarily limited for security reasons."
I'm living in France
Can I have some help please ? :(

Kenneth R Marks

6/6/2020 07:41:21 am

The site works from my location in Arizona. It must be something from that site that restricts access maybe only in the U.S. I don't know how I can help you.