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 Florida 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 October 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
Florida
- Bay County Obituaries
- Bay County Obituary Indexes
- Brevard County Obituaries
- Brevard County Obituaries
- Charlotte County Miscellaneous Obituaries
- Collier County Death and Obituary Index
- Desoto County Obituaries (clippings and transcriptions)
- Duval County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Escambia County Obituary Index
- Escambia County Obituary Indexes
- Escambia County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Fernandina Obituary Index
- Flagler County Death and Obituary Index
- Florida Deaths and Obituaries
- Florida GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- Florida Miscellaneous Obituary Records
- Florida Obituaries – Obit City
- Florida USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Fort Meyers Senior High School Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Gainesville Sun Obituary Index, 1986-2007
- Hardee County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Hernando County Obituaries
- Highlands County Obituary Index
- Hillsborough County Miscellaneous Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Hillsborough County – Tampa Tribune Obituary Index
- Holmes County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Indian River County Obituary Index
- Indian River Genealogical Society Obituary Index
- Jacksonville Newspaper Indexes
- Lake County Obituaries
- Lee County Death and Obituary Index
- Lee County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Lee County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Lee County, Florida, Obituary Index, 1930-1997
- Marion County Obituaries (short transcriptions)
- Martin County Genealogical Society Death and Obituary Index
- Naples Death and Obituary Index
- Nassau County Obituaries
- Okaloosa County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Orange County Obituaries
- Orange County Library System Epoch Legacies
- Orlando Obituary Index, 1949-1991
- Osceola County Miscellaneous Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Palm Beach County Death and Obituary Index
- Palm Beach County Obituary Index
- Palm Beach Post Newspaper Index to Obituaries, 1980 through 1989
- Panama City News-Herald Obituary Indexes 1997-98
- Pasco County Death and Obituary Index
- Pasco County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Pasco County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Pasco County Obituary Index
- Pinellas County Obituary Index
- Pinellas County, Miscellaneous Obituaries, 1972-1992
- Pinellas Death and Obituary Index
- Polk County Death and Obituary Index 1881-1960
- Santa Rosa County Obituary Indexes
- Sarasota County Death and Obituary Index
- St. Petersburg Times Death and Obituary Index
- Sumter County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Sumter County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Tallahassee Democrat Obituary Index – August 3, 1997 – January 28, 1998
- Vero Beach Press Journal Obituary Index 1996
- Walton County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Winter Haven Herald Obituary Index
If you wish to search this state’s historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Florida Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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