The New Bern-Craven County Public Library has a free New Bern Obituary Index online. “The Obituary Index includes over 156,000 obituaries and death notices from 1751 through 1931, and 1955 through January 31, 2017. Other years are included; however, they are not complete.”

“The New Bern Obituary Index helps users find obituaries or death notices located in the newspapers of New Bern. The dates given in the index are the dates of the obituary or death notice, not the actual dates of death.”