Free Obituaries On-Line


All the links below lead to obituaries, death or funeral notices, mostly from newspapers, but all are free, although some sites may require you to register or allow cookies to be set. Some are for the current day only, some are archived for a week, a month, or more. Also included are death registers.

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USA - Hawaii

Hawaii Obituary Lookup Volunteers
follow the instructions to find an obit, or volunteer yourself
Hawaii Obituaries pre-1931 & Abstracts (GenWeb)
The search box does not work, but all but Maui County are short lists. Click the name of the .txt file to open and read it. The Maui County list is alphabetized, and there is a mix of full-text obits and abstracts available. A work in progress.
State of Hawaii Island Newspaper Obituaries 1991 - 2005
Archived obits from the Honolulu Advertiser, Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Kauai Garden Island News, Maui News, Hawaii Tribune-Herald Obituary Archives
Hilo HI - Hilo Tribune-Herald
Current obits
Honolulu HI - Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu HI - Star-Bulletin
click the Obituaries link on the blue menu bar,left side of the screen under the palm trees. The URL is date-coded, so bookmarking it is useless.
Neat Trick!!! -- change the date in the URL to see obits from that date. As far as I could determine, they go back to some time in September 1997!!!
Lihue Kauai HI - Kauai World / Garden Island
Kailua-Kona HI - West Hawaii Today
Maui HI - The Maui News
current obits. Archived notices back to 2004(?) found by searching surname, etc. in search box in the header. Make sure you have Local News button selected.
Molokai HI - Molokai News
links to individual obituaries in the middle column, about halfway down the page. Click the name for the full text.
For archived notices back to Sept 2005, use the search terms -- 1 at a time -- died, survived by, passed away or a surname in the search box at the top right corner of the page, just under the header. Each search term provides slightly different results.

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USA - Idaho

1911-1956 Idaho Death Index
Idaho Obituaries (prior to 1929)
US GenWeb site, organized by county - varies from index to full text of obits
Blackfoot ID - Morning News
Boise ID - Idaho Statesman
Bonner County ID - Daily Bee
Burley ID (Minidoka & Cassia Counties) - South Idaho Press
Challis, Custer County ID:
  • click the Obituaries link in the The News section of the menu on the left side of the page. Do not bookmark the resultant page, as it will only return that particular day's obits.
  • Archive search since early 2005 -- Be sure to check the Obituaries box or all categories will swamp you.
Coeur d'Alene ID - Coeur d'Alene Press
Elmore ID - Mountain Home News
includes browsable archives back to February 2003
Hailey, Blaine County ID - Wood River Journal
Idaho Falls ID - Post-Register
Island Park ID - Island Park News
Latah County ID - Latah Eagle
Scroll down to View Obituaries link near the bottom of the page. The link is date-coded, so bookmarking it is useless.
Lewiston ID - Lewiston Tribune
Moscow ID
Current week's obits, death notices & funerals
Orofino ID - Window on the Clearwater
Nampa ID - Idaho Press-Tribune
Pocatello ID - Idaho State Journal
Priest River ID - Shoshone News Press
1 month of notices
Rexburg ID - Standard Journal
Southern ID, including Burley, Cassia, Paul, Rupert, Twin Falls, & area - South Idaho Press
2-week archive -- enter each of these search terms death, funeral, survived, burial, "passed away", died ONE AT A TIME in the Search Word/s box. Each word or phrase gets different results, although some will overlap.
Twin Falls ID - Times Valley News
30 day archive of obituaries, death notices, funeral services & photos.
Wood River ID - Wood River Journal

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USA - Illinois

Illinois State Archives Death Certificates Index, 1916-1950
Illinois Obituaries Search
Illinois Obituaries RootsWeb Maillist
Send e-mail with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the subject and the body of the message to:
IL-OBITS-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to
IL-OBITS-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode).
Illinois Trails Newspaper Clippings
search by county for obits, etc. from old Illinois newspapers
Tri-State Area WI, IA, IL - Dubuque Telegraph Herald
Eagle Publications Obituaries
    One month archive includes these locations and their newspapers:
  • Abington IL - Abington Argus
  • Augusta IL - Augusta Eagle-Scribe
  • Avon IL - Avon Sentinel
  • Macomb IL - Macomb Eagle
  • Roseville IL - Roseville Independent
Algonquin IL - Algonquin Countryside
Scroll down under date headings to click Obituaries.
Alton IL - The Telegraph
Arlington Heights IL - Arlington Heights Post
Scroll down below each date to click Obituaries
Aurora IL - Beacon News
Covers Aurora, Eola, North Aurora, Batavia, Geneva, St Charles. Obits archived one month.
Barrington Courier-ReviewLink repaired
Scroll down below each date to click Obituaries
Batavia IL - The Sun
Bolingbrook IL - The Sun
Buffalo Grove IL - Buffalo Grove Countryside
Scroll down below each date to click Obituaries
Cary-Grove IL - Cary Grove Countryside
Scroll down below each date to click Obituaries
Chicago IL - Chicago Sun-Times
1 year archive
Chicago IL - Chicago Tribune
Click the calendar for the last 30 days' notices.
Chicago IL - Dziennik Chicagoski Death Notices
Index only of obits published in Chicago's Polish daily newspaper 1890-1929 & 1930-1971. Full obits cost $.
Collinsville, Caseyville & Edwardsville IL - Herr Funeral Homes Obituary Directory
Current funeral notices, plus archives back to 1996. More funeral notices, these make no distinction made between maiden and married names, no next-of-kin, but age and location of last residence and burial provided.
Cook Co. IL - Oak Lawn Library Index of over 145,000 obits from these papers:
  • Beverly Review
  • Blue Island Forum
  • Blue Island Sun Independent
  • Daily Southtown
  • Oak Lawn Independent
  • Oak Lawn Reporter
  • Southtown Economist
  • Southwest Courier Nov 1998 - Aug 2001
  • Southwest News-Herald (Chicago edition) since 2001
  • Southwest News-Herald (Oak Lawn edition) since Aug 2001
  • Star (Oak Lawn edition).
Deerfield IL - Deerfield Review
Scroll down below each date heading to click Obituaries.
Des Plaines IL - Des Plaines Times
Scroll down below each date heading to click Obituaries.
Du Quoin IL - Du Quoin Evening Call
6 months archive
Edison-Norwood IL - Edison-Norwood Times Review
Scroll down below each date heading to click Obituaries
Elgin IL - Courier-News
Covers Carpentersville, Dundee, East Dundee, South Elgin, Elgin, St Charles, Wayne. Obits archived one month.
Elk Grove IL - Elk Grove Times
Scroll down below each date heading to click Obituaries
Elmwood Park IL - Elm Leaves
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Evanston IL - Evanston Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Franklin Park IL - Franklin Park Herald including Northlake
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Glencoe IL - Glencoe News
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Glenview IL - Glenview Announcements
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Grayslake IL - Grayslake Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Gurnee IL - Gurnee Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Henderson Co IL - Pioneer Obituaries
Henry Co. IL - Obits, Death Index, Clippings, etc.
Highland Park IL - Highland Park News
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Highland Park (Lake Co.) Library Obits Index 1874-2002 Index ONLY. Full text costs $.
Hoffman Estates IL - Hoffman Estates Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Joliet IL - Herald News
suburbs of Chicago IL - Suburban Chicago Daily Herald
One month of funeral and obit notices for Addison, Algonquin, Antioch, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Barrington, Barrington Hills, Batavia, Bensenville, Bloomingdale, Buffalo Grove, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Cary, Deer Park, Des Plaines, East Dundee, Elburn, Elgin, Elk Village, Fox Lake, Fox River Grove, Geneva, Gilberts, Glen Ellyn, Glendale Heights, Grandwood Park, Grays Lake, Green Oaks, Gurnee, Hainesville, Hampshire, Hanover Park, Hawthorn Woods, Hoffman Estates, Huntley, Island Lake, Inverness, Itasca, Keenleyville, Kildeer, Lake Barrington, Lake in the Hills, Lake Villa, Lake Zurich, Lakemoor, Libertyville, Lilly Lake, Lilymoor, Lincolnshire, Lilyhurst, Lindenhurst, Lisle, Lombard, Long Grove, Lombar Park, Medinah, Maple Park, Mettawa, McHenry, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Napierville, North Aurora, North Barrington, Oak Brook, Oakbrook Terrace, Oswego, Palatine, Plainfield, Prospect Heights, Rolling Meadows, Rondout, Rosemont, Roselle, Round Lake, Round Lake Beach, Round Lake Heights, Round Lake Park, Schaumburg, Sleepy Hollow, South Barrington, South Elgin, St. Charles, Streamwood, Sugar Grove, Third Lake, Tower Lakes, Vernon Hills, Villa Park, Volo, Warrenville, Wauconda, Wayne, West Chicago, West Dundee, Wheaton, Wheeling, Wildwood, Winfield, Wood Dale, Woodstock (amalgamate already!)
Kane Co. IL - Kane County Chronicle
Current week's funeral and obit notices for Batavia, Geneva, Wayne, St. Charles, LaFox, Wasco, Elburn, North Aurora, Aurora, South Elgin, Elgin, etc.
Kankakee IL - Kankakee Daily Journal
Lake Villa / Lindhurst IL - Lake County Journal
Lake Zurich IL - Lake Zurich Courier
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Libertyville IL - Libertyville Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Lincolnwood IL - Lincolnwood Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Macomb IL - Macomb Eagle - Eagle Publications including:
Avon Sentinel, Abington Argus, Augusta Eagle-Scribe, Roseville Independent
Maywood IL - Maywood Herald
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Melrose Park IL - Melrose Park Herald including Maywood, West Proviso & Westchester
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Merrillville IL - Post-Tribune
Morton Grove IL - Morton Grove Champion
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries.
Mount Prospect IL - Mountain Prospect Times
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Mundelein IL - Mundelein Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Naperville IL - Naperville Sun
One month's notices
Niles IL - Niles Herald-Spectator
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Norridge & Harwood Heights IL - Norridge and Harwood Heights News
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Northbrook IL - Northbrook Star
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Oak Park IL - Oak Leaves
Under News heading on the left, click Obituaries.
Palatine Twp IL - Palatine Countryside
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Paris IL - Paris Beacon News
Park Ridge IL - Park Ridge Herald-Advocate
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
River Forest IL - Forest Leaves
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
River Grove IL - River Grove Messenger
Under News heading on the left, click Obituaries.
River Forest IL - Forest-Leaves
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Rolling Meadows IL - Rolling Meadows Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Schaumburg IL - Schaumburg Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Skokie IL - Skokie Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Tinley Park IL - Daily Southtown
Vernon Hills IL - Vernon Hills Review
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Waukegan IL - News Sun
One month's notices
West Proviso IL - West Proviso Herald
Under News heading on the left, click Obituaries.
Westchester IL - Westchester Herald
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Wheeling IL - Wheeling Countryside
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Wilmette IL - Wilmette Life
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries
Winnetka IL - Winnetka Talk
Scroll down under each date heading to click Obituaries

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USA - Indiana

Allen Co. IN - see Fort Wayne IN
Bluffton. Wells Co. IN - The News Banner
Current week's obits.
Bluffton-Wells County Public Library Obituary Index 1866-2003
Obits published in the Bluffton Chronicle, News Banner, Evening News, Evening News Banner, etc. Minimal information is available online. Full text costs $, but still cheaper than most online services by newspapers.
Brown Co. IN - The Democrat
Corydon IN - Corydon Democrat
Published weekly. Current obits & search utility for notices archived since 2001 June 20.
Elkart Co. IN - The Truth
The name of this paper is just begging for an editorial comment.
Evansville & Vanderburgh Co. IN - Browning Genealogy Project, The Evansville Courier, The Evansville Press, presently The Evansville Courier & Press
This attractive, well-designed page is the result of decades of work by Charles Browning, who accumulated and indexed the obituaries from area newspapers on file cards. His family has continued his work by updating this database, currently complete back to 1991. It is searchable by three different methods; see the buttons in the menu in the left frame.
• Note the choices for names: starts with, contains, exact
Fort Wayne IN - Journal-Gazette
1 year archive
Fort Wayne IN - News-Sentinel
Obits for past 365 days
Goshen IN - Goshen News
click name for full obit and possible photo. See also "Arrangements pending..." links for funeral notices.
Indianapolis IN - Indianapolis Star
Current obits, plus name or date of publication search for obits archived since Jan 2003.
Lancaster IN - Intelligencer Journal / Lancaster New Era / Sunday News
Martinville IN - Reporter-Times
note the link immediately below the list of names for more notices
Mooresville Decatur IN - Mooresville-Decatur News
local obits listed in the right hand column and link below same on Martinsville & Morgan Co. page
Muncie IN - Star Press
Gary IN - Post Tribune
Shelbyville IN - Shelbyville News
Obits for the last two weeks.
Southbend IN - Southbend Tribune
30-day archive
Terre Haute IN - Tribune-Star
Whitely Co. IN - See Fort Wayne News-Sentinel

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USA - Iowa

Cedar Falls IA - Waterloo/Cedar Falls Courier
  • Current obits The page is divided into obituaries and death notices, and further into geographical areas of the state. Scroll down or use Ctrl F to search.
  • Search the archives back to Sept. 11, 1997 -- Enter the word, obituaries in the search box, and/or a name and/or date.
Clear Lake IA - Clear Lake Mirror Reporter
Cresco IA - Cresco Times Plain Dealer
2 week archive includes notices from the New Hampton Tribune
Davenport IA - Quad City Times
Current month's obits via clickable calendar, today's obits and funerals, & pending arrangements.
Decorah IA - Decorah Journal & Public Opinion
Archived Nov 1994 to Dec 1998. The name index on the right is currently under construction. Click the Decorah link, choose a date, and scroll or <Ctrl-F> search the text.
Kalona IA - Kalona News
select Death Notices from the drop down menu.
Kiron IA ca 1867 to 1930
over 430 obits mainly from townships of Otter Creek, Stockholm, Hayes and Wheeler in Crawford, Ida, and Sac counties
Louisa Co. IA Cemetery Records
Mason City IA - Mason City Globe Gazette
Muscatine IA - Wittich Riley Freers Funeral Home Obits
  • Current obits, plus links to previous and past years' obits. Some have photos. Use the calendar to search by DEATH date.
  • Muscatine Journal obits
New Hampton IA - New Hampton Times / Cresco Times Plain Dealer
2 week archive
Palo Alto Co IA - Palo Alto County GenConnect Obituaries
Search or post ONLY obits relating to Palo Alto Co. No queries.
Scott Co IA - Scott County GenConnect Obituaries
Search or post ONLY obits relating to Scott Co. No queries.
Sioux City IA - Sioux City Journal / Daily Almanac
Current issue obits only
Tri-State Area WI, IA, IL - Dubuque Telegraph Herald

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USA - Kansas

Comanche Co. KS - Comanche County / Kansas GenWeb Digital Library
A comprehensive website of transcriptions of marriages, births, census records, plus queries
Comanche Co. KS - Assorted Death Notices & Obituaries from 1890s, 1920s, 1950s
Garden City KS - Garden City Telegram
Current month's obits
Hutchinson KS - Hutchinson News Online
Kansas City KS - Kansas City Star
Current obits and archived notices back one year from same neat page.
Onaga, Pottawatomie Co. KS Obituaries
Winfield KS - Winfield Courier

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USA - Kentucky

Kentucky Death Register
Georgetown KY - Georgetown News-Graphic
Glasgow KY
Harrodsburg KY - Harrodsburg Herald
Johnson Co KY - Obits from Aug 1998 to Dec 1999 compiled by Darrell Music
Johnson Co. KY - Floyd County Times
Lexington KY - Lexington Herald-Leader
Today's obits listed under Lexington, elsewhere in Kentucky, then anywhere.
Click a date in the list on the right side of the page for the last 30 days. Neat Trick!! -- The new page has the previous 30 days listed, so you can leapfrog back to search for older obits. Obits prior to late Feb 99 have been removed, although the dead links remain.
Louisville KY - Louisville Courier-Journal
Search utilities for obits back to Aug 1, 2000. Current day's obits are below the search boxes. The search box is returned along with the results of your search or click.
Providence, Webster Co. KY - Providence Enterprise 1929
Shelbyville KY - Sentinel-News

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USA - Louisiana

Louisiana Obituaries RootsWeb Maillist
Send e-mail with only the word SUBSCRIBE (or UNSUBSCRIBE) in the subject and the body of the message to:
LA-OBITUARIES-L-request@rootsweb.com (for mail mode) or to
LA-OBITUARIES-D-request@rootsweb.com (for digest mode).
Louisiana Biography & Obituary Index 1804 - 1972
New Orleans Public Library Index of name, date of death, spouse, and publication & printing date only. Full text costs $
Legacy Memorials Obituary Page
Pretty site that loads quickly. Currently, only obits from Louisiana, but the area covered will expand.
Alexandria LA - The Daily Town Talk
Baton Rouge LA - Baton Rouge Advocate
60 days archived obits
Baton Rouge LA - Baton Rouge Gazette 1819-1853
Transcription of microfilm records. More films being indexed and added.
Lake Charles LA - Lake Charles American Press
Today's obits in full, scroll down to obits index (names & dates of publication only) for 1997 & 1998. Full text of obits are online for 1998, but you can request earlier obits.
Monroe LA - The News-Star Thanks, Molly!
Current day's obits & 1-week archive, plus a link to death notices at the end of the list of obits
Opalousas LA - Daily World
One week archive of obits.
Shreveport LA - Shreveport Times
Current notices, plus link to 2 week archive at the bottom of the page. Check each Deaths heading throughout the list of all archived features, as each represents one day.

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USA - Maine

Maine Death Index
Bangor ME - Bangor Daily News
Search utility at the bottom of the obits page is quick and easy -- enter a name and/or date (date format = month day, year, case insensitive) in the appropriate fields.
Colby College, Waterville, ME - obits of graduates
Ellsworth ME - Ellsworth American
Scroll down to the bottom of the page for the clickable calendar archive for notices back to March 1999.
Portland ME - Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram
Scroll down to Past week's obits (right of centre) or search for archived obits Find earlier obits. Follow the instructions exactly or you will not get the proper results. Full text of obits is searched. Only the first few lines from archived notices are retrieved; you must pay for full text.

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USA - Maryland

Annapolis MD - Annapolis Capital
scroll down to daily links to Obituaries under today's date
Baltimore MD - Baltimore Sun / SunSpot
Baltimore MD - Jewish Times
Baltimore MD - Jednosc-Polonia Death Index 1926-1946
Index only of death notices carried in this Polish-American paper, based on a book published by the Polish Genealogical Society of America in 1983.
Cumberland MD - Cumberland Times-News
Search by date or name, back to Jan 1999.
Dundalk MD - Dundalk Eagle
Easton MD - The Star Democrat
Emmitsburg MD - Emmitsburg Dispatch
Frederick County - Frederick News Post
Gaithersburg MD - Gazette
Listed by County: Montgomery, Frederick, Prince George's, Carroll
Glen Burnie MD - Maryland Gazette
scroll down to the "For the Record" section and click Obituaries. Note the 2 listings on the page. Links are date-coded, so bookmarking the resultant pages is useless.
Hagerstown MD - Herald-Mail
Current week's obits. Archived notices now require $ !@#%*!
Laurel MD - Laurel Leader
Oakland MD - The Republican
Ocean City MD - The Dispatch
Reisterstown MD, including Owings Mills, Glyndon & Greater Randallstown
Links to recent obits and archive search utility on the same page
Salisbury MD - Daily Times
Note the right side of the page, where you can select today's obits from various area newspapers in Maryland and Delaware.
Washington County MD - Herald-Mail
covers Hagerstown MD & parts of Pennsylvania & West Virginia
Westminster MD - Carroll County Times

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USA - Massachusetts

Abington MA - Abington Mariner
Obits since Mar 1, 2000.
Arlington MA - Arlington Advocate
Bedford MA - Bedford Minuteman
Belmont MA - Belmont Citizen Herald
Berkshire MA - Berkshire Eagle
Billerica MA - Billerica Minuteman
Boston MA - Boston Globe
Boston MA - Boston Herald
  • Current obits
  • Archived obits back to July 1991 -- Choose Obituaries from the Section dropdown menu.
Boston MA - Boston Public Library's Obituary Database
Boston & Cambridge MA
Linda Darling's obit gleanings, found on pages she'd photocopied while looking for her own family's obits
Boxborough MA - Acton Beacon
Although this paper is listed above, the websites separate the obits and post on various community pages
Braintree MA - Braintree Forum
Obits since Mar 1, 2000.
Burlington MA - Burlington Union
Cape Cod MA - Cape Cod Times
select the box for Cape Cod Times. Search a single name, or leave the keyword box empty to search all. You will get all legal notices as well as the obits.
Chelmsford MA - Chelmsford Independent
Cohasset MA - Cohasset Mariner
Obits since Mar 1, 2000.
Concord MA - Concord Journal
Includes the town of Carlisle MI
Chelmsford MA - Chelmsford Independent
Framingham MA - MetroWest Daily News
Note the Search the archives link opposite the Obituaries heading.
Gloucester MA - Gloucester Daily Times
First few lines of obits, the rest is held hostage for a paid full subscription to the paper version. Why not try that with the sports? Think of the money to be made! Yeah, right.
Hanover MA - Hanover Mariner
Obits since Feb 23, 2000.
Harvard University - Class of 1960
a list of 1960 graduates who have died with a few links to full obits
Hingham MA - Hingham Journal
Obits since Mar 2, 2000.
Holbrook MA - Holbrook Sun
Obits since Mar 15, 2000.
Kingston MA - Kingston Mariner
Obits since Mar 29, 2000.
Lexington MA - Lexington Minuteman
Littleton MA - Littleton Independent
Lincoln MA - Lincoln Journal
Lynn MA - The Daily Item
Current week's obituaries.
Maynard MA - Beacon Villager
Although this paper is listed above, the websites separate the obits and post on various community pages
Milford MA - Milford Daily News
Note the Search the archives link opposite the Obituaries heading.
Needham MA - The Daily News Transcript
Note the Search the archives link opposite the Obituaries heading.
Newburyport MA - Daily News
The first few lines of the obit. The rest is held hostage for a paid full subscription to the paper edition. Just say NO to drugs.
Northampton MA - Daily Hampshire Gazette
Scroll down past the headline stories, past News to Obituaries just ahead of Sports.
Reading MA - Reading Advocate
Salem MA - Salem News
the first few lines of obits. The rest is held hostage by a paid full subscription for the paper copy. DUH.
Stoneham MA - Stoneham Sun
Stow MA - Beacon Villager
Waltham MA - Daily News Tribune
Current obits and links to archived notices back to at least Oct 2001.
Westford MA - Westford Eagle
Wilmington MA - Wilmington Advocate
Winchester MA - Winchester Star
Woburn MA - Woburn Advocate

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USA - Michigan

Michigan - Genealogical Death Index 1867 - 1897
Michigan Regional Obits - Townline Community Newspapers
Appears to be an archive only
Adrian MI - Daily Telegram / Lenawee Connection
  • Current obits
  • Archive back to Aug 1, 2000 -- Enter obituaries in the first search box, and set the Maximum Stories to 1000. You won't get that many, but will save time. The date search is useful only if you are sure of the date.
Ann Arbor MI - Ann Arbor News
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
Battle Creek MI - Battle Creek Enquirer
In the left column, click Obituaries
To obtain obits archived since Nov. 22, 2000, change the date in the URL. Of course, this doesn't help much if you don't know the date of issue.
Bay City MI - Bay City Times
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
Bay County MI - Death Records Book 1867 - 1882
Compiled by the Bay County Genealogical Society
Belleville, Sumpter & Van Buren MI - Belleville-Area Independent
Detroit MI - Detroit Free Press
Detroit MI - Detroit News - Index of Obituaries
Current day's notices and Archive back to October 2001. Simple, attractive & tidy design. Nice job, webmaster!
Flint MI - Flint Journal
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
Genesee Co. MI -- Death Records 1850 - 2004
Grand Rapids MI - Grand Rapids Press
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
Jackson MI - Jackson Patriot
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
Kalamazoo MI - Kalamazoo Gazette
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
Manistee MI - 1887-1909 Manistee City Register of Deaths
full details, including cause of death, parents, address at death, etc. Excellent resource!!
Manistee MI - Order of the Eastern Star Chapter #300 ca 1922
list of deceased members and their dates of death at the bottom of the page
Manistee MI - Some Catholic Records of Interment, 1889, 1891, 1893, 1897, 1901, 1903, 1909
not to be considered complete by any means, but lots of info!
Manistee County Obituary Index
  • Manistee News Advocate Aug 1998 - Mar 2000
  • County Deaths reported by Area Funeral Homes Mar 1998 - Oct 2004
Manistee County Records of Death Index
Manistee County - Tombstone Transcription Project
photos & transcriptions - a work in progress, although many cemeteries listed appear completed in 2006 or 2007
Midland MI - Midland Chapel, Ware Smith Woolever Funeral Home
Obits with photos
Midland MI - Wilson Miller Funeral Home
Monroe County MI Obituary Index
Great index with search. Copies of full obits are offered at a pittance to cover postage and paper.
Muskegon MI - Muskegon Chronicle
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
New Baltimore MI - The Voice News
Oakland County MI Obituary & Death Indexes: 1999 2000
Port Huron MI - Times Herald
NOTE: edit the date in the URL and you can go back to 14 Dec 2000. At the bottom of the page, note the link to Death Notices for the same date.
Ottawa County MI - Death Records Indeces
various townships, cities with records ranging variably from 1867 to 2001, with many gaps
Pontiac MI - Index to Death Notices Found in 19th Century Pontiac Newspapers
Reese MI - Reese Chapel, Ware - Smith - Woollover Funeral Home
Obits with photos
Saginaw MI - Saginaw News
Today's obits, a search box, plus a calendar to find obits by date back 180 days. Very handily organized on one clear and concise page.
Saginaw MI - Public Librairies Obituary Index over 170,000 obituaries from the Saginaw News dating back to the 1800's!
Saginaw Co. MI - Death Records Search
Traverse City MI - Traverse City Record-Eagle
  • Current 2 weeks of obits
    includes links to past 4 weeks of deaths in the region. etc.
  • Archived obits back to 1999
    Don't be confused by what appears to be a gap between Oct 2005 & 2 weeks ago. Follow the instructions and use the calendar to obtain obits for this interval.
St. Clair County MI - Death Indeces 1868-1974 & Obituaries
also Marriage Records same page. You will have to use CTRL-F to search, as the records are not alphabetized, but listed in order of registration.

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USA - Minnesota

Minnesota Death Certificates Index Death Cards 1904-1907 & Death Certificates from 1908-2001
Search by any one or all counties. I'm not sure what the asterisk denoting 1904-1907 & 1955-2001 means.
Minnesota Obituaries GenWeb
full text of new and old obituaries, some going back decades! Other links to death registry search, cemetery index, birth and marriage indeces, etc.
White Funeral Homes Obituaries new
serving the communities of Apple Valley, Burnsville, Farmington, Lakeville, and Lonsdale
Austin MN - Austin Daily Herald
Two week archive
Duluth MN - Duluth News Tribune
Current day's local and regional obits, plus funeral notices. Archive back to 2004 Nov 08 for sponsored notices.
Ely MN - Ely Echo
Full text obits
Faribault Co. MN - Faribault County Register
Last two months' obits
Houston MN - Hoff Funeral Homes Obituaries
Includes about 3 months of obituaries from all Hoff Funeral Homes, in southeastern Minnesota: St. Charles, Goodview, Houston, Lewiston, Rushford and Winona. Includes photos, visitation & funeral information and a Search Utility.
Howard Lake MN - Howard Lake Herald
obits archived since October 1997.
Minneapolis-St. Paul MN - Star-Tribune
Alternate page with archive search up to 60 days and links to deaths elsewhere
Owatonna MN - Owatonna People's Press
Winona MN - Winona Daily News

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USA - Mississippi

Biloxi MS
Obituaries and Death Notices on one well-organized page, with 30 days archive of obits and 365 days archive of deaths.
Brookhaven & Southwest MS - Daily Leader
Clarksdale MS - Clarksdale Press Register
Delta MS - Delta Democrat Times
Four weeks' obits archive
Greenwood MS - Greenwood Commonwealth
Hattiesburg MS - The News
Holly Springs MS - The South Reporter
Jackson MS - Clarion-Ledger
Louisville MS
Archived since Dec 5, 2001
Meridian MS - Meridian Star
Natchez MS - Natchez Democrat
Covers also Vidalia and the Miss-Lou. One week archive.
Pascagoula MS - Mississippi Press
Current obits and link to one month archive.
Picayune MS - Picayune Item
Ridgeland MS - Madison County Journal
Senatobia MS - The Democrat
Southhaven, DeSoto County MS - DeSoto Times Today
Starkville MS - Starkville Daily News
Tupelo MS - Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Vicksburg MS - Vicksburg Post
West Point MS - Daily Times Leader

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USA - Missouri

Barry Co. MO - USGenWeb BMD Database
The records are listed alphabetically by surname.
Barry Co MO - USGenWeb obits and related news items
• Follow the links on the right side of the page under the heading, In the News for some gruesomely descriptive and quaint death notices, mostly dated 1925.
• Individual obit links are listed on the left side midway down the page Obits, Obits, and More Obits. These are compiled from an old scrapbook, plus more recent funeral home records, etc.
Bolivar, Polk Co MO - Bolivar Herald Free Press
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau Co. MO - The Southeast Missourian
Current obits, plus links back to Sept 2001.
Cassville MO - Cassville Democrat
Christian County MO - Obituaries
10,000+ (and growing) obits from various years 1940s through 1990s to present; sources include Christian County Republica, Ozark Headliner, individual contributions, etc.
Columbia MO - Columbia Daily Tribune
In the index column on the left, scroll down to Departments and click For the Record.
Columbia MO - The Digital Missourian
Dexter MO - Daily Statesman
Independence, Eastern Jackson County MO - The Examiner
Click Obituaries (the one below the headline) for the current notices
Poplar Bluff MO - Daily American Public

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USA - Montana

Billings MT - Billings Gazette
Archived since July 1998
Bozeman MT - Daily Chronicle News
note the link at the bottom of the page allows a search of obits index for the last two calendar years. This information can then be used to request a copy of a notice.
Kalispell MT - The Daily Inter Lake
Obits for the past two weeks
Lake County MT - Lake County Leader
Scroll down the page for links to the current obits.
Winsted-Lester MT - Winsted-Lester Prairie Journal
obits archived since October 1997.

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