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:

 

    • Name of the deceased person

    • Age of deceased person at the time of death

    • Birth date and place

    • Death date and place

    • Names of parents, spouse, and/or relatives

    • Residence of the deceased person

    • Biographical information such as occupation, religion, social activities

    • Name of the newspaper and the date and place of publication

    • Mortuary or undertaker or funeral home

 

This is a preliminary listing and the key is not current.

 

Also see:

Massachusetts Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

Massachusetts Substitute Birth, Marriage, and Death Records online

Massachusetts Funeral Home Records online

 

 

TIP – Login with your free FamilySearch account to unlock some collections — see other tips for opening FS resources.

 

KEY to collections

 

 

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 – 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 – Obituaries – Reminiscences of John Howard Payne, at FS

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)

Comments

Leave a Reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.