Where online (or offline) can I find obituaries? I found some at the local newspaper website but they don't go back far, only to 1997.
2007-06-25 10:18:24 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Genealogy
Hi depends on where and when you are looking for.. California for example only gives what family members have provided themselves and for a fee.. they only post famous people deaths.. But the library can help... They did a search for me from 1995 .. There is also ask a librarian they can point you in the right direction.. I hope you find what your looking for.. There is also a newspaper archive at Genealogy.com and I believe that Ancestry.com has one too.. Try those ...
2007-06-25 10:39:40 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The major site is Legacy.com. They've contracted with a majority of American newspapers to archive their obituaries. You have to pay for it, but it's only about $3/obit.
The other site is the public library in the town where the obituary was published or the state archives for that state. For the local newspapers, you can usually get a volunteer from Rootsweb/USGenWeb to pull it for you and mail it on to you.
2007-06-25 10:36:03 · answer #2 · answered by GenevievesMom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For that you'll have to go to your local library and go through issues before 1997. Some newspapers are more than 150 years old, so they've been running obits for a long time. Libraries, nevertheless, have the old newspapers on file.
2007-06-25 10:22:58 · answer #3 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obits are a great source of info, assuming they did have one. However.. an alternative is the mortuary itself (depending on when the death happened).
An example, by the way.. I know that the obits from a Dallas paper are available, but only to registered users. A lot depends on the specific place.
2007-06-25 11:51:59 · answer #4 · answered by wendy c 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Your Local Library will have the local paper on microfilm
2007-06-25 14:26:11 · answer #5 · answered by bethsmom 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you GOOGLE the word Obituaries?
2007-06-25 10:21:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋