One of the main goals for genealogists in searching historic newspapers is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information and sometimes more importantly – information about the relatives of the deceased’s family and extended family. This family name information is often not found anywhere else.
Over the past few decades, thanks to volunteers, librarians and archivists, a great number of indexes to death information and obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes or index lists provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the obituary clipping or transcription is even provided.
Below is a list of links to Alaska obituary indexes, an alternative means to newspaper searching to find obituary information. If the newspaper clippings are available, or if the obituaries are transcribed, they will be denoted. Please be aware that if you find a desired obituary in an index, that the holder of the actual obituary (e.g., library or genealogical society) may charge a small fee to send you a copy of the obituary itself.
(Updated February, 2021; recently added links are in BOLD)
General U.S.
- Currentobituary.com index, 2001-2014
- Obituary Daily Times Index, 1995-2016
- U.S., Selected Jewish Obituaries, 1948-2002
- United Methodist Church Annual Conference Journal Memoirs and Obituary Index
- United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014
- United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012
Alaska
- Alaska Deaths Index Database
- Alaska GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- Alaska Obituaries – Obit City
- Alaska Obituaries from the End of the Trail (transcriptions)
- Alaska Obituary Archives (Index free only)
- Alaska Obituary Index
- Alaska Pioneer Deaths and Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Alaska Sportsman Magazine Death and Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Alaska USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Alaska Weekly/Alaska Sportsman Obituary Index
- Alaska Weekly and Alaska Sportsman Obituaries
- Anchorage Newspapers Obituaries Index 1981-2001
- Anchorage Newspapers Obituaries Index, 1915-1965
- Anchorage Newspapers Obituaries Index, 1966-1980
- Bethel & Kusilvak Census Area Obituaries
- East Aleutian Islands Borough Obituaries
- Fairbanks North Star Borough Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Haines Borough Obituaries
- Homer News Obituaries 2012- (transcriptions)
- Juneau Borough Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Juneau Empire Obituary Indexes
- Juneau Historic People Index (contains short obituaries)
- Kenai Peninsula Borough Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough Obituaries
- Nome Census Area Obituaries
- Sitka Borough Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Tundra Times Newspaper Index 1962-1997 (clippings)
- Wrangell and Petersburg Borough Obituary Index
If you wish to search this state’s historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Alaska Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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