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.

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.

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.

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Canada

International

Family Name Obituary Databases

USA - Vermont

Vermont USGenWeb Obituary Project (pre 1929)

newspaper obituaries -- search or contribute

Vermont Chronicle 1826-1882

abstracts of published obits, a work in progress (paper published until 1898). Of limited use as marriage notices are combined with the deaths and no info beyond place, name and whether it was a marriage or death are included. Of course, one may pay to order an obit.

Vermont Civil War Obituaries

Addison County VT - Addison County Independent

archived since Oct 2007

Barre VT - The World

Barre-Montpelier VT - Barre-Montpelier Times Argus

current notices and search utility for obits archived since Sept 2008

Barton VT - The Chronicle

Bennington VT - Bennington Banner

Bradford VT - Journal Opinion

obit index only for 2009 -- name, date of birth & death (no maiden names offered) -- No current notices -- huh?!?

Brattleboro VT - Brattleboro Reformer

Burlington VT - Burlington Free-Press

archived 1 year

Coös Co. NH - Coös County Democrat

Covers Lancaster, Groveton, Whitefield plus upper Connecticut River Valley communities in NH and VT

Manchester VT - Manchester Journal

Middlebury VT - Addison County Independent

Randolph VT - The Herald of Randolph

Rutland VT - Rutland Herald

St. Albans VT

• St. Albans VT - St. Albans Messenger
  archived since Dec 2006

  Heald Funeral Home

St. Johnsbury VT - The Caledonian-Record

Archived since Oct 2009

Stowe VT - Stowe Reporter

Washington Co & North Orange Co VT - Vermont World

• Current obits
• Archives to January 1999

West Dover VT - Deerfield Valley News

Waitsfield VT

• The Valley Reporter
• Rev. Alfred Brooks Dascomb's Death Records 1862-1867

Wallingford, Rutland County VT - Town Reports Deaths 1902-1911 & 1935-1945

index only, providing name, date of death, and age

White River VT - Valley News

note disclaimer about full obits -- only the first sentence is online.

Worcester, Washington County VT Deaths 1893 & 1894

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USA - Virginia

Alexandria VA

• Alexandria Times
• Obituary Index to the Alexandria Gazette, 1916-1919

Altavista VA - Altavista Journal

Bristol VA - Bristol Herald Courier

Now archived for about one month

Chatham VA - Star-Tribune

Culpeper VA - Culpeper Times

Fauquier VA - Fauquier Times-Democrat

Fredericksburg VA - Free Lance-Star

Gainesville VA - Gainesville Times

Harrisburg VA - Daily News Record

check the notices archived since 2008 Feb 26

Lexington VA - The Alleghany Journal / Rockbridge Weekly

Loudoun VA - Loudoun Times-Mirror

Lynchburg VA - News & Advance

Martinsville VA - Martinsville Media -- WHEE, WHMVA, WYAT-TV40

Newport News VA - Daily Press

Norfolk VA - The Virginian-Pilot

Rappahannock VA

• The Times
• The Record

Richmond VA

• Times-Dispatch Obituaries Link repaired!
  Seven days of paid obits, plus death notices and any related news obituaries.

  Bliley's Funeral Home

Roanoke VA - Roanoke Times:

Shenandoah VA - News-Leader

South Boston VA - Gazette-Virginian

• Current Obits The paper is published most Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
• Archived since 1997 Obits are at the end of the news stories.

Warrenton VA - Fauquier Citizen

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USA - Washington

Aberdeen WA - The Daily World

full access to paid obituaries only. You must be a paid subscriber to view the online version of the paper. How daft can you get!? If you ARE a paper subscriber, why would you read the darned thing online???

Arlington WA - Arlington Times

Auburn WA

• Auburn Reporter
• Price-Helton Funeral Home Obits & Services

Bainbridge Island WA - Cook Family Funeral Home Obits

Bellevue WA - Bellevue Reporter

Bellingham WA - Bellingham Herald

Bonney Lake & Sumner WA - Courier-Herald

Bothell WA - Bothell Reporter

Bremerton WA

• The Patriot
• The Sun
  current week's obits and links to those archived since Mar 1998 on the same page

  Lewis Funeral Chapel obits

Centralia, Greater Lewis Co. WA - The Chronical

• Obituaries - last 3 days
• Death Notices - past week

Clark Co. WA - The Columbian

Current notices and search utility for archived obits since 2006 Apr 05

Covington WA - Covington Reporter

Deer Park WA - Deer Park Tribune

Enumclaw WA

• Courier-Herald
• Weeks' Funeral Homes obits

Eastsound WA - Islands Sounder

Ellensburg WA - Daily Record

Everett WA - Daily Herald

Current and archived obits (back to June 2000) from the same simple search page.

Federal Way WA - Federal Way Mirror

Friday Harbor WA - Journal of the San Juans

Issaquah WA - Issaquah Reporter

Kennewick, Pasco & Richland WA - Tri-City Herald

One week archive, updated weekly

Kent WA

• South County Journal
• Edline-Yahn & Covington Funeral Chapel obits
• Marlatt Funeral Home obits

Kingston WA - Kingston Community News

Kirkland WA - Kirkland Reporter

Kitsap WA - Kitsap Sun

Lewis County WA - Town Crier

covers towns of Castle Rock, Napavine, Onalaska, Toledo & Winlock WA

Long Beach WA - Chinook Observer

Lopez Island WA - Islands Weekly

Marysville WA - Marysville Globe

Mercer Island WA - Mercer Island Reporter

Moses Lake WA - Columbia Basin Herald

Pierce County WA Cemetery Transcriptions

includes Anderson Island, Artondale, Carbonado, Calvary, Gig Harbor, Old Settler/Gravelly Lake, Rainier/Stringtown, Roy, Sumner, Washington Soldiers' Home at Orting, Wilkeson Catholic and Town cemeteries.

Port Orchard WA - Port Orchard Independent

Redmond WA - Redmond Reporter

Renton WA - Renton Reporter

Sammamish WA - Sammamish Reporter

Seattle WA - Evergreen-Washelli Funeral Home

Includes photos and online memorials

Seattle WA - Seattle Post-Intelligencer & Seattle Times

• Current obits, with links to current death & funeral notices
• One year archive search NOTE: entire text of notices is searchable.
• Notices between 2002 July 24 and one month ago may be searched but require $ for full text

Sedro-Woolley (Skagit County) WA - Lemley Chapel Funeral Directors

Silverdale, Kitsap County WA - Central Kitsap Reporter

archived since Dec 2007

Skagit WA - Skagit Valley Herald

covers notices from Anacortes American, The Argus, Courier-Times

Snohomish Co WA - Snohomish GenConnect Obits

Post an obit or search those listed

Snoqualmie WA - Valley Record

South Whidbey WA - South Whidbey Record

Spokane WA - The Spokesman-Review

Stanwood / Camano WA - Stanwood/Camano News

Sunnyside WA - Daily Sun News

Tacoma WA

• Tacoma News Tribune
• Weeks' Dryer Mortuary obits
• Tacoma News Tribune/Morning News Tribune, Tacoma Public Library Obituary Index
  Most obits are from these Tacoma papers, archived from January 1996 back into the 1930s! Index only -- full text obits must be ordered from the library at $5 EACH

Vancouver WA - The Columbian

• Death notices
  minimal information, linked to previous dates back to ???

  Obituaries

Vashon Island WA - Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber

Walla Walla WA - Union-Bulletin

Wenatchee, East Wenatchee, cashmere, Chelan, Leavenworth, Quincy WA - Wenatchee World

White Salmon WA - The Enterprise

Whidbey Island, Coupeville, North Whidbey, Oak Harbor WA - Whidbey News-Times

Woodinville WA - Woodinville Weekly/ Northlake News / Valley View

Yakima WA - Yakima Herald

Yelm WA - Nisqually Valley News

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USA - Washington DC

Washington DC - Cape Gazette

Washington DC - Washington Post Obituaries and Death Notices

last 90 days

Joseph Gawler's Sons Funeral Home Obits

• Current obits & services Click a name
• Search obits & services

Marshal-March Funeral Homes Obits

Murray & Tellington / Tri-State Funeral Services Obituaries

Stewart Funeral Home Obituaries

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USA - West Virginia

Beckley WV - Register-Herald

Berkeley WV - Morgan Messenger

Bluefield WV (Princeton Co.) - Daily Telegraph

Braxton Co WV - Braxton Citizens' News

Cabell WV - Cabell Record

• Current death notices
• Archive for 1999

Charleston WV - Gazette Online

• Current day's obits Search by name utility also brings up all current funeral notices (listed below obits).
• Handy list of area funeral homes with contact numbers
• Archived obits may be searched, but full text now costs $ -- at least you get some info in the free search. You must choose one or other of the two papers or it will default to the Gazette.

Calhoun County - Hur Herald

Charleston WV - Daily Mail

• Search by date of publication.
• Area funeral homes
• Archived obits may be searched, but full text now costs $ -- at least you get some info in the free search. You must choose one or other of the two papers or it will default to the Gazette.

Clarksburg WV - Exponent-Telegram

Archived since May 20, 1998

Elkins WV - The Inter-Mountain

Fairmont WV - Times West Virginian Link repaired!

Grafton WV

• Bartlett Funeral Home
• Mountain Statesman

Huntington WV - Woodmere Memorial Park Funeral Home

Grant Co. WV - Petersburg, Grant County Press

Current obits, plus links to archived obits at the bottom of the page.

Harrisville, Ritchie Co. WV - Ritchie Gazette & Cairo Standard

Jackson Co. WV - WVGenWeb Obituaries

Madison WV - Coal Valley News/A>

Marshall Co. WV - GenWeb Obituaries

Obits, death notices contributed from family files, dating back decades in some cases. Some e-mail contributors' addresses included.

Martinsburg WV - The Journal of Martinsburg

Morgantown WV - The Dominion Post

Parkersburg WV

• News and Sentinel
• Sunset Memory Gardens and Mausoleums

Princeton WV

• Monte Vista Park Funeral Home
• Roselawn Funeral Home
• Seaver Funeral Home

Parkersburg WV - News and Sentinel

Putnam WV - Putnam Democrat

• Current obits
• Archive for 1999 - Search using Ctrl F

Shinnston WV - Dorsey Funeral Home

Wardensville WV - Loy-Giffin Funeral Home

Weston WV - Weston Democrat

Wheeling WV - Intelligencer News-Register

Williamson WV - Williamson Daily News

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USA - Wisconsin

Appleton WI - The Post-Crescent

includes links to the past week's notices

Kenosha WI - Kenosha News

select Funerals Notices. It appears one week's worth are posted.

La Crosse / Coulee Region WI - La Crosse Tribune

Current obits and search box for notices archived about 10 days, so far at least.

Manitowoc Co. WI - Obituaries List

Scroll down past the "Lookups & Submissions" chart to the black heading "Deaths". Two paragraphs below is "OBITUARIES", the links to an alphabetized list of obituaries for people who lived in Manitowoc County, some with photos, primarily before 1922

Marinette WI - Marinette Menominee Eagle Herald

Death notices and obituaries from the same page, archived 2 months

Milwaukee WI - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Online

Obituaries Index

Oshkosh WI - Oshkosh Library Online Obituary Index

This is just an index. Only minimal information is available for obits since 1970s. Prior to that, only the name of the deceased, the name of the newspaper, page number, and the publication date are available. Full text costs $.

Park Falls WI - Park Falls Herald

Tri-State Area WI, IA, IL - Telegraph Herald

• Obits Archived since Jan 1996 A somewhat finicky search engine that will pull up news stories as well as obits. It may be simpler to search by date. Click the name links in the resulting index for the full obits. Entering John Q. Public or John Q Public with the quotation marks yielded the same two obits. Entering only john public,without the quotation marks produced only his spouse's obit, which included his name as predeceased.
• Today's obits Scroll down the left column and click Obituaries. Don't bother with the state links, as the obit list is the same, combined from all three states.

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USA - Wyoming

Albany Co. WY - Laramie Boomerang and Laramie Daily Sentinel

Obit index only for 1866-1940

Casper WY - Casper Star-Tribune

Cody WY - Cody Enterprise

Cheyenne WY - Wyoming Tribune-Eagle

• Current obits
• Archived obits since Feb 1999

Douglas WY - Douglas Budget

Evanston WY - Uinta County Herald

Fremont Co. WY Deaths Index and Obits 1899 to November 2000, plus March 2001

As published in one of the Fremont County Newspapers - the Riverton Ranger, The Lander Journal, and The Dubois Frontier.

Gillette WY - News Record

Archived since June 2007

Green River WY - Green River Star

Kemmerer WY - Kemmerer Gazette

Laramie WY - Laramie Boomerang

Lovell WY - Lovell Chronicle

Lingle WY - Lingle Guide

Lusk WY - Lusk Herald

Powell WY - Powell Tribune

Current month's obits and links to notices archived since 2001.

Riverton (Fremont Co.) WY - Davis Funeral Home Obituaries

• Current Obits
• Archived since 2007 Mar 03

Sheridan WY - Sheridan Press

Current month's notices and grid links for obits archived since 2001

Torrington WY - Torrington Telegram

Wheatland WY - Platte County Record-Times

Worland WY - Northern Wyoming Daily News

Current obits follow a list of indexed obits for the past year.

 

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