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 Wisconsin 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
Wisconsin
- Adams County Times Obituary Index
- Antigo Newspaper Obituary Indexes
- Appleton Death and Obituary Indexes
- Brown County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Calumet County, Death and Obituary Index 1900-2001
- Central Wisconsin Obituary Index
- Clark County Obituary Indexes
- Clark County Press Obituaries
- Clintonville Death and Obituary Index
- Door County Obituary Index 2001-2005
- Douglas County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Eagle Historical Society Obituaries (clippings)
- Eau Claire Obituary Indexes
- Florence County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Fond du Lac Death and Obituary Index
- Forest Republican Obituary Index
- Galesville Independent Death Notices Index
- Grant County Obituary Index
- Green County Death and Obituary Index
- Green Lake County Death and Obituary Index
- Janesville Gazette Obituaries Index
- Kewaunee County Obituary Index
- LaCrosse Death and Obituary Index
- Lake Geneva Obituary Index
- Lincoln County Death and Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Madison Public library Obituaries
- Mantiwoc Obituary Index
- Marathon County Death and Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Marshfield Public Library Death and Obituary Index
- Menominee County Journal Death and Obituary Index 1893-2017
- Milwaukee Obituary Index
- Monroe County Newspapers Index
- Neenah Obituary Index
- Oshkosh Death and Obituary Index
- Outagamie County Newspaper Index
- Phillips Death and Obituary Index
- Portage Newspapers Obituary Index
- Rhinelander Area Newspaper Obituary Index
- Richland County Newspaper Index
- Richland Observer Death and Obituary Index
- Ripon Death and Obituary Index
- Rock County Death and Obituary Index
- Sauk County Deaths and Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Shawano County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Shawano County Obituaries
- Sheboygan County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Stevens Point Journal Index
- Three Lakes Genealogical Society Death and Obituary Index
- Trempealeau County Death and Obituary Index
- UW-Stout Area Research Center Newspaper Index
- Vilas County Death and Obituary Index
- Washburn County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Waukesha County Death and Obituary Index
- Waupaca County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Waushara County Death and Obituary Index
- Waushara County Obituary Index (clippings)
- Winneconne Death and Obituary Index
- Wisconsin Historical Society - Obituaries
- Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle Obituary Index
- Wisconsin Obituaries - Obit City
- Wisconsin Rapids Newspaper Death and Obituary Index
- Wisconsin USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Wisconsin Valley Leader Death and Obituary Index
- Wood County Genealogy Index
If you wish to search this state's historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Wisconsin Online Historical Newspapers Summary
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