Free Obituaries On-Line Male Female 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. Please report any broken links, or a change in status, should a site start requesting payment for the full text of an obituary. Also, please send me the URLs for any other sources of obituaries available on-line at no charge. If I use your links, I'll send you a REAL postcard.   Bookmark this site! Cemetery and Tombstone Transcriptions and Death Registers How to Find an Obituary A comprehensive method for locating an obit, especially one predating websites and digitization of newspaper files. General Canada Alberta | British Columbia | Manitoba | New Brunswick | Newfoundland & Labrador Nova Scotia | Northwest Territories & Nunavut | Ontario | Prince Edward Island | Quebec Saskatchewan | Yukon United States District of Columbia (Washington D.C.) Alabama | Alaska | Arkansas | Arizona | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia Washington | Wisconsin | West Virginia | Wyoming International Australia | Bermuda | England | Ireland | Jamaica | Scotland | New Zealand Family Name Obituary Databases USA - Nebraska Alliance NE - Alliance Times-Herald Click obits in the left frame Aurora NE - News Register Chase Co. NE - Index of obits from the Imperial Republican Columbus NE - The Telegram Grand Island NE - Grand Island Independent Current day's obituaries Search obits and deaths archived since 2000 (in spite of how the page indicates Sept 2005 is the limit -- bonus!!) Enter obit in the search field, and leave the default search for all years Hastings NE - Tribune Current Death Notices only. $ & registration required for obituaries. Weasels! Hooper Co. NE - Logan Cemetery Obituaries Obituaries for those buried in this cemetery -- Neat idea! Where no obit has been located, a short biography has been written. Imperial (Chase Co.) NE - Imperial Republican "Small Town News" Scroll down the left side and look for the headings Death Notice and Obituary. Kimball & Banner Counties NE - Western Nebraska Observer approx. 3 months obits Lincoln NE - Lincoln Journal Star North Platte NE - The Telegraph Sydney NE - Sydney Telegraph back USA - Nevada Nevada Obituaries (GenWeb) - The Obituary Project - prior to 1934 some tombstone photos included Nevada Obituaries Index Index only of obits for people born in Nevada, regardless of the location of death. Those listed died between 1999-2008 Carson City NV - Nevada Appeal Note link below the obits More articles >> to more notices -- obits appear to go back to late September 2009 Elko NV - Elco Daily Free Press Ely, White Pine County NV - Ely News Gardnerville NV (including Carson City & Minden)- The Record-Courier Use the Search Archives by Keyword box with terms (one at a time) "survived", "funeral", "death", "died", etc. This will bring up varying lists of obits going back to 2003, although the archives may go back to 1998. Fallon NV - Lahontan Valley News includes Lahontan Valley, Churchill County, northern Lyon County & Fernley Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City, Incline Village NV - North Lake Tahoe Bonanza Las Vegas NV - Las Vegas Review-Journal & Las Vegas Sun Current obits Link repaired! Archived notices back to June 2003 NOTE: website currently being reorganized Nye County NV - Pahrump Vally Times under NEWS menu at left of screen, click Obituaries. Link is date-coded. NEAT TRICK!!! - Edit the date in the URL to get obits back to the January 2, 2009 issue! Just follow the same format. Reno NV - Reno Gazette Journal Current obits & link to last 30 days notices beside green search button Archived notices 2002-2008 back USA - New Hampshire Net Obituaries Obits, many including photo, submitted by a network of funeral homes in NH and MA. Search by name or click Recent Obituaries on the left side of the screen. Colebrook NH - News and Sentinel Coos Co. NH - Coos County Democrat Covers Lancaster, Groveton, Whitefield plus upper Connecticut River Valley communities in NH and VT Derry NH - Derry News Covers Southern New Hampshire including Chester, Hampstead and Londonderry, Dover NH - Foster's Daily Democrat Current week's notices Epping NH, Exeter NH, & Raymond NH - Brewitt Funeral Service & Crematory, Inc. Obituaries Current notices All notices (includes current) archived since 2006 Hillsborough Co. NH Laconia NH - The Citizen Current week's obituaries Manchester NH - Phaneuf Funeral Home Manchester NH - Cremation Society of New Hampshire Obituaries Milford NH - The Cabinet 2003 obits Archived obits for 2002 & Oct-Dec 2001 back USA - New Jersey Jersey Journal 180 day archive. Note yellow bar links to news obits, etc. New Jersey - IN Jersey Online Covers Asbury Park Press (Monmouth & Ocean Counties), Courier-News, Home News (Middlesex, Somerset and Union Counties) Bergen NJ - Bergen Record Local and out of state obits, plus a neat search utility on the bottom right to check archives back to 1997. You must put something in the search term box or a blank page is returned. Bridgeton NJ - Bridgeton News 180 day archive. Note yellow bar links to news obits, etc. Camden NJ - Camden Courier Current plus search utility for obits and memoriams back to Jan 1999, all on one page Gloucester Co. NJ - Gloucester County Times archived now for 180 days! Note yellow bar links to news obits, etc. Kearny NJ (Bergen, Essex, Hudson Counties, etc.) - The Observer obits published since 2004 Jan 07 Madison NJ - Madison Eagle Current obits only. Archive doesn't appear to be accessible anymore. Click the first obit in the list and it opens that notice, plus a list of links to rest of the notices on the index page. You don't have to flip back and forth to view successive obits. Smart web design! Newark NJ - Express Times 180 day archive. Note yellow bar links to news obits, etc. Newark NJ - Today's Sunbeam 180 day archive. Note yellow bar links to news obits, etc. Neptune NJ - Asbury Park Press Straight forward page with search by day or by name. Check the radio button for Obituaries and Death Notices before clicking the Submit Query button Seven day archive. Newark NJ - Star-Ledger Now archived 180 days! Note yellow bar links to news obits, etc. Trenton NJ - Trenton Times Archived now for 180 days! Note yellow bar links to news obits, etc. back USA - New Mexico New Mexico Death Index Project (1899-1940) Alamagordo NM - Alamagordo Daily News Site now offers back issues, but I kept getting tossed back to the current issue. Albuquerque NM - Albuquerque Journal Current obits and links to archives back to March 1998 on one page. Includes a surname search that will give you a whole day's obits, but highlight your search name in red. NOTE: All text in obits is searchable. My test pulled up a brother-in-law's name listed as a survivor. Cibola Co. NM - NMGenWeb Obits Colfax Co. NM - NMGenWeb Obits Dale City NM - Duggan's Serra Mortuary current obits and link to all on file Deming MO - Headlight No current obits, but an archive still exists for notices from Feb-Mar 2002. Farmington NM - Daily Times Las Cruces NM - Sun-News Los Alamos NM - The Monitor McKinley Co. - NMGenWeb obits Santa Fe NM - Santa Fe New Mexican Truth or Consequences NM - The Herald Union Co. NM - NMGenWeb obits Valencia Co. NM - Valencia News-Bulletin back USA - New York Albany NY - Times Union A really neat and simple search utility for current obits, with the full text being searchable. Choose the day of the week and check Death Notices, Funeral Services, and Memorial Services, though the most returns resulted when I didn't make any choices. Enter any search terms in the boxes below. Auburn NY - The Citizen Death notices are included. Obits listed were truncated and you are still advised that if you want the entire text of an obit, go buy a street issue. Yeah, that's practical 1,500 miles away. This isn't a national paper. I think they've perhaps backed off a bit on the lopping off of the obits. Binghamton NY - Press & Sun-Bulletin Today's death notices Today's obituaries plus a search box by date, or by surname and year combined. Archived since 2001. Simple, elegant search utilities with quick results. Nice job, webmaster! Brighton, NY -- 1847 - 1849 page includes births and marriages for the same period Buffalo NY - All Buffalo newspapers A well-done comprehensive webpage for the Buffalo NY area, covering newspapers in the library collection dating back to the 1840s, plus other sources. Buffalo NY - Buffalo News Today's death notices Obituaries - 2 weeks notices available via date list left side of screen. Search archives beyond 2 weeks to 1989 for free, but full text costs $. You don't need an account to search. Chemung Co NY - Joyce Tice's Tri-County Genealogy Sites Full text obits dating back to ca 1910, plus marriage and birth announcements, etc. from the Tri-County area (Chemung Co NY, & Bradford and Tioga Counties PA) Elmont, Franklin Square & West Hempstead NY - Three Villages Times Current issue obits. Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Farmingdale NY - Farmingdale Observer Current issue obits. Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Floral Park NY - Floral Park Dispatch Current issue obits. Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Garden City NY - Garden City Life Current issue obits. Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Glen Cove NY - Glen Cove Record Pilot Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Glens Falls NY Last 30 days' obits and search utility for paid notices since March 14, 2005. Great Neck NY - Great Neck Record Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Hicksville NY - Hicksville Record Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Levittown NY - Levittown Tribune Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Long Island / New York NY - Newsday Current obits & Search utility. Archived 365 days. Manhasset NY - Manhasset Press Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Massapequan NY - Massapequan Observer Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Mineola NY - Mineola American Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Amsterdam & Area, Montgomery Co. NY - Recorder-News Registration is required, but a free 30-day account is offered. After that, I'm not sure if you can re-register without cost, or if a different e-mail address will work. Archived since 1996 June 27. New Hyde Park - New Hyde Park Illustrated News Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 New York NY - New York GenExchange Death / Obituary Index Searchable by surname or first letter of surname -- most date from 1997 New York NY - New York Times Death Notices Index since 1929 An ongoing project indexing microfilm records, mirror site Death notices for May 7-13, 1909 (not NY Times website) New York NY - New York Times Login Screen - Registration is required, but access is free News obits usually politicos, the famous and infamous Paid obits, current and 90 day archive New York NY - New York Weekly Museum, 1788-1817 Doesn't appear copies are available and the Search link doesn't work New York NY - Newsday Search utility. Enter obit in the search box and set the date argument as shown. Current obits Oneonta NY - The Daily Star Obits archived since July 1, 1998 available from same page Orange Co. NY - GenWeb Obit Index for people born in CT most obits appeared in the Times-Herald Record. Oyster Bay - Oyster Bay Enterprise-Pilot Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Plainview / Bethpage NY - Plainview Old Bethpage Herald Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Plattsburg NY - The Press-Republican Current and archived obits back to March 1999 (1999 are short death notices, not full obituaries). Explicit instructions included on one page. PSSST -- It's genealogy, not geneOlogy!!! Port Washington NY - Port Washington News Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Rochester NY - Democrat and Chronicle Current day's and week's obits, plus a search box for obits archived up to a year. Roslyn NY - Roslyn News Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Syosset & Jericho NY - Syosset-Jericho Tribune Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 Syracuse NY - Syracuse Post- Standard Includes six months archived obits. Westbury NY - Westbury Times Current issue obits Click Obituaries in the header box. Archives since 1997 back USA - North Carolina North Carolina Death Index 1913-1986 In the State/County: (optional) box, select -NC- before entering any search terms. Not a great problem now, but as more areas are added, it will be. North Carolina Deaths 1826-1845 - Raleigh Register & North Carolina Gazette NOTE: each page is a separate .pdf file, so a search only checks that page. State Library of North Carolina Digital Repository see actual images of family bibles with their handwritten family histories and inserts of marriage certificates, etc. Organized by family surname on the bibles. NOTE: names from entries are not indexed. Ahoskie NC - Roanoke-Chowan News-Herald includes links to archives back to 2008. Asheville NC - Asheville Citizen-Times Link repaired! Asheville NC - Asheville Citizen-Times 1977-1989 index provides name (including maiden), age, place of birth, date of publication. Scattered notices from other area newspapers included. Black Mountain NC - Black Mountain News Boone NC - Watauga Democrat Current obits Archived notices since January 2005 Carolina Beach NC - Island Gazette Carteret County NC - Carteret County News-Times Includes notices from Topsail Voice (Hampstead) & Tideland News (Swansboro) Catawba County Obit Index 1993-2004 name, sometimes occupation, date of death, name of publication only Chapel Hill NC - Chapel Hill News & Advocate Charlotte NC - Charlotte Observer Link repaired! Cherokee County Death Records 1913-1927 Scroll down to "Deaths" for the alphabetical links. Name of deceased, parents and date of publication is included. Unfortunately, confusing XX-XX-XX date format has been used. In this case, it's month, day, year. Concord NC - Concord & Kannapolis Independent-Tribune Craven County NC - New Bern Public Library Obituary Index: 1751-1898, 1902-1903, 1906, 1908-1909, 1911, 1914-1926. 1968-2009, plus other incomplete years index only, although full obit can be ordered for a fee Dunn NC - Dunn Daily Record Durham NC - The Herald-Sun Edgecombe County NC - The Daily Observer covers the communities of Conetoe, Crisp, Macclesfield, Pinetops, Princeville, Speed, Rocky Mount, Tarboro & Whitakers Fayetteville NC - Fayetteville Observer current notices and a 30 day archive search utility Gaffney NC - Shuford-Hatcher Funeral Home Gaston NC - Gaston Gazette You may be asked before you are able to view the obits to select either dial-up or broadband, whichever service you have. Seven days of obits, visitations & funerals. Click Page to adjust the page size. You can click on any article to see the text. Select the date by sliding the mouse over the date under the header (left side). Greensboro, NC - News & Record Online Obituaries Index 30 day archive & search utility Guilford County Death Records Index - Greensboro Patriot 1826-1899 Note: Greensboro Library proviso that database is incomplete, and errors may have occurred in transcription or in the source book, Guilford County Marriage and Death Records, 1941. Hickory NC Hickory Record - Current obits Hickory Daily Record, 1915-1989 index only, providing name, date of death and reference to the newspaper page on which the obit was published. Shuford Funeral Home Records - 1908-1957 alphabetical list by surname, last residence, cause & date of death, date & location of burial. Covers Hickory and surrounding area. Hyde County NC Death Certificate Index Index only of name, sex, race, parents' names, date of death, location, and original records reference, with added comments in red type. Of course, copies of the originals may be purchased. Johnston County NC - Smithfield Herald Index of Obituary Notices Since 1801 includes area newspapers: Raleigh Register, Farmers & Mechanic (Raleigh) & Clayton Bud. From Jan 2008: Clayton News-Star, Cleveland Post, Four Oaks-Benson News in Review, Kenly News, Princeston News-Leader, Selma News, & Dunn Daily Record. Various search methods provided. Kinston NC - Kinston Free Press Current 30 days notices notices from the past 30-60 days Lexington NC - The Dispatch Lillington NC - O'Quinn-Peebles FUneral Home McDowell County NC - McDowell News Morganton NC - Morganton News Herald covers Butte County NC New Bern NC - Sun-Journal use the search box on the right side of the screen to retrieve notices archived at Legacy.com since 2007 Sept 25 (set the date choice to All time. If there are other obits from 2001, I couldn't find any functioning link. Raleigh NC - News & Observer Story Search Sampson County NC - The Sampson Independent last 30 days Statesville NC - Statesville Record & Landmark Taylorsville NC - Taylorsville Times Waynesville NC - The Mountaineer Whiteville NC - The News Reporter Winston-Salem NC - Winston-Salem Journal back USA - North Dakota North Dakota Obituary Lookup Volunteers Index of obits for people born in North Dakota Beulah ND Beulah Beacon Center Republican deaths listed at the bottom of the page -- name, age, location of death only Bismarck ND - Bismarck Tribune Burke Co. ND - Burke County Tribune Crosby ND - Crosby Journal Accessibility to full text limited to subscribers -- BITE ME! Name, age and location of deceased only Devils Lake ND - Devils Lake Journal Dickinson ND - Dickinson Press Fargo ND - Fargo Forum Obituary Index only for 40,000+ obits Garrison, McLean County ND - McLean Independent deaths listed at the bottom of the page -- name, age, location of death only Grand Forks ND - Grand Forks Herald Current notices Deaths Funeral Services Hazen ND - Hazen Star deaths listed at the bottom of the page -- name, age, location of death only Jamestown ND - The Sun McClusky ND - McClusky Gazette deaths listed at the bottom of the page -- name, age, location of death only Minot ND - Minot Daily News New Town, Mountrail County ND Mountrail County Record New Town News deaths listed at the bottom of the page -- name, age, location of death only Renville Co. ND - Renville County Farmer click Obituaries in the menu at the left of the screen. Resulting link is different every day. Tioga ND - Tioga Tribune name, age and location of death of deceased only Valley CIty ND - Times-Record Westhope ND - Westhope Standard Williston ND - Williston Herald Underwood ND - Underwood News deaths listed at the bottom of the page -- name, age, location of death only Valley City ND - Times Record apparently edited version of obit only online -- each notice is followed by a directive to see that day's edition of the paper for the full obit. Give me a break! I'm in Timbuktu and I need to get a copy of the physical paper?! back Previous page Next page Regretfully, I do NOT have time to respond personally to requests for assistance in locating obits. Home | How to Find an Obit | My Genealogy Projects | Found photos I Found a Family in a Shoebox | Cemetery & Tombstone Transcriptions | Old Photos ca 1885 E-Mail Last Update: 2010 Jan 04 since Oct 27, 2004 Page designed & © 1998-2010 Free Obituaries Online. All rights Reserved by Linda MacKinnon

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