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Here’s a list of US Obituary Collections online by state (currently being updated):
Massachusetts Obituaries online
New Hampshire Obituaries online
North Carolina Obituaries online
North Dakota Obituaries online
Pennsylvania Obituaries online
Rhode Island Obituaries online
South Carolina Obituaries online
South Dakota Obituaries online
West Virginia Obituaries online
OnGenealogy includes obituary collections in many of our listings. Obituaries are death notices usually published in newspapers after a person dies. They often contain many helpful details for family history research including:
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Name of the deceased person
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Birth date and place
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Death date and place
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Burial date and place
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Residences
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Name of spouse
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Names of children
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Possibly the names of parents
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Names of some close, deceased family members
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Biographical information such as work, military service, etc
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Cause of death
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Name of the funeral home and/or officiator
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Religious identification/church service
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Newspaper name, date, and place of publication
Researchers can add information found in obituaries to their family trees and then use the new details to locate birth, marriage, or death certificates, church records, census records, and trace other family members named in the obituary. You can also use biographical details to help you build a timeline for this person’s life and assess other work, military, and daily life collections that will help you outline the person’s life history.