I am trying to find death records and obituaries for my mom and dad.
2006-08-24 02:45:37 · 5 answers · asked by sabby 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hey bbb7978,
I have never found Death Records for free, and have looked. Unless a relative has a copy - and you can copy that. Usually you can look up your State, County, City, or Town VITAL RECORDS (see the web sites below), and they have a process to obtain those records. Sometimes the mortuary keeps copies of Death Records, you might be able to sweet talk someone there into a copy. Try also the LDS web site, that will get you some information free - SSN for one.
Obits are free in the news paper. You can go to the library and find them. There are many online Obit places. I have written to libraries (email-search for and find libraries online too), and they sent me copies free, or call them. This is what you want to hear. These are not VITAL RECORDS, but the give vital clues to Genealogy research. I leave you with a few web sites.
2006-08-24 03:42:21 · answer #1 · answered by BuyTheSeaProperty 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
You can sometimes go back up to 3 years in the Newspaper archives online. No such thing as free copies of death records.
2006-08-24 07:37:04 · answer #2 · answered by Gatherer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It varies by state and time.
If they died in California, Maine or Texas, go to
http://searches.rootsweb.com/
look for "Records from Federal and State Resources". They might be on the SSDI, too.
Some newspapers keep obits on-line for 1 to 365 days.
You can find their obits in the library, on microfilm. If you don't live close enough, you may be able to find someone who will look them up for you via a county-level bulletin board on Ancestry. Go to
http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=an&p=
enter the county name in "Find a board". Read a dozen queries before you post, especially the ones that got answered, to see how to write a good one.
If tha doesn't work you can write to the county library asking for a copy. Send them a SASE and a small donation.
Both the query board and the library will need full name and exact death date.
2006-08-24 03:16:12 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually not now that the offices that hold these records have found out they can make money by providing copies to the public.
2006-08-24 06:55:38 · answer #4 · answered by James S 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
try the paper where they lived, court house.or health dept to get death certificate
2006-08-25 11:30:06 · answer #5 · answered by PENNY M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋