Massachusetts Obituaries online lists obituary collections and death notices from libraries, newspaper publishers, transcribed collections, and others with published information related to the death of an individual such as:
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Name of the deceased person
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Age of deceased person at the time of death
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Birth date and place
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Death date and place
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Names of parents, spouse, and/or relatives
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Residence of the deceased person
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Biographical information such as occupation, religion, social activities
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Name of the newspaper and the date and place of publication
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Mortuary or undertaker or funeral home
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This is a preliminary listing and the key is not current.
Also see:
Massachusetts Birth Records online
Massachusetts Marriage and Divorce Records online
Massachusetts Death Records online
Massachusetts Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online
Massachusetts Funeral Home Records online
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KEY to collections
- FS – FamilySearch FREE but login with your free account to access
- AA$ – American Ancestors – fee site
- Anc$ – Ancestry – fee site
- Arc$ – Archives – fee site
- MH$ – MyHeritage – fee site
- N$ – Newspapers.com – fee site
- NA$ – NewspaperArchive.com – fee site
- NAb$ – Newspaper Abstracts.com – fee site
- NB$ – NewsBank – fee site
- OA$ – ObitsArchives.com – fee site (free index)
- AA – Advantage Archives
- AG – AfriGeneas
- CO – CurrentObituary.com
- GB – GenealogyBuff.com
- GBk – GenealogyBank
- GL – GenLookups.com
- GTHG – Genealogy Trails History Group
- IA – Internet Archive
- MAGW – MAGenWeb
- MAGWA – MAGenWeb Archives
- L – Legacy.com
- OC – ObitCity.com
- OH – Obituaries Help
- RW – RootsWeb
- TA – Tribute Archive
Massachusetts obituaries online at the federal level
US – Obituaries – HeritageHub collection of obituaries and death notices all 50 states, 1704-present, at NB$
US – Obituaries – Current Obituaries, at CO
US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Historical Newspaper Obituaries, 1815-2011, index links to images, at FS
US – Obituaries – United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014, index & images, at FS
US – Obituaries – Obituary Daily Times Searchable Index, at RW
US – Obituaries – United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012, index & images, at FS
US – Obituaries – Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014, index links to images, at FS
US – Obituaries – Tributes.com, MH$
US – Obituaries – U.S., American Historical Society of Germans from Russia Obituaries, 1899-2012, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – U.S., Newspapers.com Obituary Index, 1800s-current, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – United States Obituary Notices, at FMP$
US – Obituaries – U.S., Obituary Collection, 1930-2018, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – Web: Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002, at Anc$
US – Obituaries – The United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs Index, at GCAH
US – Obituaries – US Obituaries 1990s-present, at TA
US – Current Obituaries – Online Obituaries, at Arc$
State level Massachusetts Obituaries online
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Death notice of Capt. Samuel Whitmore, at FS
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Index of obituaries in Boston newspapers, 1704-1800, at FS
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts obituaries, 1987-2014, at FS
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Soldiers and patriots of the American Revolution whose deaths were reported in “Boston Recorder and Telegraph” 1827 and 1828, at FS
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Williams obituary report, 1865-1875, at FS
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Index of obituaries in Massachusetts centinel and Columbian centinel, 1784-1840, v1-v5, at HT
Massachusetts – Obituaries – USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project Massachusetts, at USGWA
Massachusetts – Obituaries – African-American Cemeteries and Obituaries, at BC
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts Misc Obituaries, at MCO
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts Misc Obituaries, at UMA
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts Obituary Search, at OA$
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts Obituaries, at OC
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts Obituary and Death Notice Archive, at GL
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts Obituaries 2000-present, at L
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Genealogy Bank Obituaries, at GBk
Massachusetts – Obituaries – Massachusetts Obituaries, at GB
Massachusetts – Current Obituaries – Massachusetts Obituaries at Funeral.com
Massachusetts – Newspapers – Massachusetts Newspapers, at Anc$
Massachusetts – Newspapers – Newspaper Abstracts Massachusetts, at NAb$
Massachusetts – Newspapers – NewspaperArchive, at NA$
Massachusetts – Newspapers – Historical Newspapers in Massachusetts, at N$
County level Massachusetts Obituaries online
Barnstable County – Obituaries – Barnstable County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Barnstable County – Obituaries – Cape Cod Obituaries ca. 1842-1846, MAGWA
Barnstable County – Newspapers – The Register and The Barnstable Patriot, at DL (obituary search capability)
Barnstable County – Newspapers – Sturgis Library’s Digital Newspaper Archive 1830-2017, at SL (obituary search capability)
Berkshire County – Obituaries – Berkshire County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Berkshire County – Obituaries – Berkshire County Newspaper Index with Obits, at MAGW
Bristol County – Obituaries – Bristol County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Dukes County – Obituaries – Dukes County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Essex County – Obituaries – Essex County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Franklin County – Obituaries – Franklin County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Franklin County – Obituaries – Franklin County News Archive Obituaries, at FCPA
Franklin County – Obituaries – Franklin Obituaries 2001, MAGWA
Hampden County – Obituaries – Hampden County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Hampden County – Newspapers – Digital Archives of The Westfield Athenaeum, at AA (obituary search capability)
Hampshire County – Obituaries – Hampshire County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Hampshire County – Obituaries – Belchertown Obituaries 2001, MAGWA
Middlesex County – Obituaries – Middlesex County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Nantucket County – Obituaries – Nantucket County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Norfolk County – Obituaries – Norfolk County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Plymouth County – Obituaries – Plymouth County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Plymouth County – Obituaries – Plymouth County Genealogists Obituary Index 1984-2002, at PCG – fee/members only
Suffolk County – Obituaries – Suffolk County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
Suffolk County – Obituaries – Cambridge Obituaries 2001, MAGWA
Worcester County – Obituaries – Worcester County Obituaries and Death Notices, at GTHG
City level Massachusetts Obituaries online
Acton – Obituaries – Acton Civil War Obituaries and Death Notices, at AML
Acton – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Acton Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Adams – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Adams Free Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Agawam – Newspapers – Agawam Advertiser from 1971 to 2018, at IA (select a paper, use search for obituaries)
Agawam – Newspapers – Agawam Citizen from 1974 to 1975, at IA (select a paper, use search for obituaries)
Agawam – Newspapers – Agawam Independent from 1961 to 1972, at IA (select a paper, use search for obituaries)
Agawam – Newspapers – Agawam News from 1967 to 1970, at IA (select a paper, use search for obituaries)
Agawam – Newspapers – Southwick/Suffield Advertiser/News from 1981-1983, at IA (select a paper, use search for obituaries)
Amesbury – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the The Amesbury Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Amherst – Obituaries – John Donovan Strong, Scientist (March 1993 Newsletter)
Ashburnham – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Stevens Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Attleboro – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Attleboro Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Attleboro – Newspapers – Sun Chronicle Obituaries 2000-present, at TSC
Barnstable – Obituaries – The Register and The Barnstable Patriot, at DL (obituary search capability)
Barnstable – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Sandwich Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Belchertown – Obituaries – Belchertown Obituaries 2001, MAGWA
Belmont – Obituaries – Belmont Herald Obituary Index, 1945-1988, at BePL
Beverly – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Boxford Town Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Boston – Obituaries – Boston Obituary Database ca. 1932-2010, at BPL
Boston – Obituaries – Congregational Library & Archives Obituary Database, at CLA
Boston – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Rapides Parish Library, LA, at AA (obituary search capability)
Boston – Newspapers – Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800, at FS
Boston – Obituaries – Deaths in Many Places Reported in the Boston Recorder and Telegraph, 1827 & 1828, at FS
Boston – Obituaries – Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800, at FS
Boston – Vital Records – Obituaries, at FS
Boston – Obituaries – Reminiscences of John Howard Payne, at FS
Boston – Obituaries – The Boston Jewish Advocate Index to Obituary Notices, 1905-2007, at Anc$
Boston – Obituaries – The Boston Jewish Advocate Obituary Database, at JG
Bourne – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Sandwich Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Boxford – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Boxford Town Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Brookline – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Brookline Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Cambridge – Obituaries – Necrology of Alumni of Harvard College, at FS
Cambridge – Newspapers – Cambridge Public Library Newspaper Collection 1846-2015, at CPL (obituary search capability)
Cambridge – Obituaries – Cambridge Obituaries 2001, MAGWA
Cape Cod – Obituaries – Cape Cod Obituaries ca. 1842-1846, MAGWA
Cape Cod – Vital Records – Genealogical Notes of Cape Cod families, at IA (browse for death records)
Cape Cod – Newspapers – Chatham Monitor & The Cape Cod Chronicle Historical Collection, at EPL (obituary search capability)
Chatham – Newspapers – Chatham Monitor & The Cape Cod Chronicle Historical Collection, at EPL (obituary search capability)
Chelmsford – Obituaries – Chelmsford Newsweekly and Chelmsford Independent Obituary Index 1940-1993, at CPL
Concord – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Tewksbury Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Dennis – Obituaries – The Register and The Barnstable Patriot, at DL (obituary search capability)
Fairhaven – Newspapers – The Fairhaven Star, at TML (obituary search capability)
Fall River – Obituaries – Fall River Herald News Obituary Index ca. 1928-2012, at FRPL
Falmouth – Obituaries – The Falmouth Enterprise Obituary Index 1960-2022, at FGS
Falmouth – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Sandwich Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Falmouth – Newspapers – Falmouth Enterprise Historic Newspapers, at FPL (obituary search capability)
Falmouth – Newspapers – Falmouth Enterprise Historic Newspapers 1896-2017, at FPL (obituary search capability)
Feeding Hills – Newspapers – Southwick/Suffield Advertiser/News from 1981-1983, at IA (select a paper, use search for obituaries)
Fitchburg – Obituaries – Robert S. Strong, 68, Was FSC Professor (March 1993 Newsletter), at FS
Fitchburg – Obituaries – Fitchburg Sentinel Obituary Index, ca. 1941-2021, at FA
Foxboro – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Mansfield Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Franklin – Obituaries – Franklin Obituaries 2001, MAGWA
Georgetown – Newspapers – Georgetown Digital Newspaper Archive, at GPL (obituary search capability)
Holbrook – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Holbrook Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Hudson – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Hudson Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Hyannis – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Sandwich Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Ipswich – Obituaries – Ipswich Obituary Index 1837-2020, at IPL
Lawrence – Obituaries – Index of Obituary and Biographical Scrapbooks (1880-1916) Lawrence, MA (PDF), at LPL
Lee – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of The Lee Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Leominster – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Leominster Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Lincoln – Obituaries – Lincoln Public Library Obituary Database 1959-present, at LPL
Lincoln – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Lincoln Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Lowell – Obituaries – Center for Lowell History Obituaries Index 1934-1962, at UMLL
Lynn – Obituaries – Lynn Item Newspaper Obituary Search 1995-present, at LyPL
Manchester – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Manchester Public Library & The Manchester Cricket, at AA (obituary search capability)
Mansfield – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Mansfield Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Marblehead – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Abbot Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Martha’s Vineyard – Death Notices – Index to Death and Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1884 – 1939 A – M, at MVM
Martha’s Vineyard – Death Notices – Index to Death and Marriage Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1884 – 1939 L – Z, at MVM
Martha’s Vineyard – Death Notices – Index of Death Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1850 – 1875, at MVM
Middleborough – Newspapers – Middleborough Gazette Newspaper index 1852-1954, at MidPL
Millers Falls – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Wheeler Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
New Bedford – Obituaries – New Bedford Standard-Times Obituary Indexes 1969-2009, at IA
New Bedford – Newspapers – New Bedford Local News Index, 1792-1889, at NBL
Newburyport – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Newburyport Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
North Attleboro – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Mansfield Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
North Reading – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Flint Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Northefield – Newspapers – Northfield Newspapers, at IA (use IA search for obituaries)
Norwood – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Morrill Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Orange – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Wheeler Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Orleans – Newspapers – The Cape Codder Archive 1946-2001, at SL
Oxford – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Oxford Free Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Plymouth – Newspaper – Plymouth Cordage News 1-6 (1945 to 1950) and volumes 9-10 (1953 to 1954), at IA
Provincetown – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Provincetown Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Randolph – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Turner Free Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Revere – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Revere Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Sagamore – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Sandwich Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Sandwich – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Sandwich Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Scituate – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Scituate Town Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Sharon – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Sharon Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Sheffield – Newspapers – Sheffield Times Historic Newspapers, at IA (obituary search capability)
Stoneham – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Stoneham Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Taunton – Newspapers – ???
Tewksbury – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Tewksbury Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Topsfield – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Boxford Town Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Topsfield – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Flint Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Turners Falls – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Montague Public Libraries, at AA (obituary search capability)
Wareham – Newspapers – Digital Archives of the Sandwich Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Westfield – Newspapers – Digital Archives of The Westfield Athenaeum, at AA (obituary search capability)
Westford – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of The J.V. Fletcher Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Wilbraham – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Wilbraham Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Williamstown – Obituaries – Williamstown Obituary Requests, at WHM – fee
Winchendon – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Beals Memorial Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Woburn – Newspapers – The Digital Archives of the Tewksbury Public Library, at AA (obituary search capability)
Woburn – Newspapers – Woburn Public Library Newspaper Indexes, at WPL (obituary search capability)
Yarmouth – Newspapers – Yarmouth Library’s Barnstable Patriot and Register Digital Newspaper Archive, at YTL
Yarmouth – Obituaries – The Register and The Barnstable Patriot, at DL (obituary search capability)
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