
One of the main goals for genealogists is to find obituaries. Obituaries are a gold mine of information. They provide death dates and locations, funeral and cemetery information, and 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 obituary information and transcriptions of obituaries from newspapers have been provided for free online. These searchable indexes provide the location in old newspapers where the obituary can be found. Sometimes the scanned newspaper clipping is included.
And remember you can always find online historical newspapers to search for obituaries for free on this website (links at Newspaper Links).
Here are a few articles that may be helpful:
- How to Find Historical Obituaries
- What is the Future of Obituaries?
- What is the Difference Between an Obituary, a Death Notice, an Obituary Index, and a Death Index?
- 32 Reasons Why Searching for Obituaries is Like Finding Gold
- 9 Ways to Effectively Find Obituaries in Online Newspapers
Each entry below will be appended with one of the five types of obituaries: Transcriptions, Clippings, Index, Abstracts, or Online.
Online entries present an obituary on a website that publishes online obituaries, generally, a phenomenon that occurs after the year 2000.
Indexes are just that, an index that at a minimum includes the deceased’s name and the name and date of the newspaper that the obituary appears in. Some indexes also include the date of death, so be careful if you are recording the date in your genealogy database. Make sure that it is the death date.
(Updated May 2023)
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
Michigan Obituaries
- Alcona County Newspaper Articles
- Alcona County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alcona County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alcona County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alger County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alger County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alger County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Allegan County Genealogy Indexes (Clippings)
- Allegan County, Genealogical Records (Transcriptions)
- Allegan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Allegan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Allegan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Allegan County, Obituary and anniversary Card File ca. 1884-2004
- Allegan County, Obituary and anniversary Card File ca. 1884-2004
- Alpena County Obituary Indexes
- Alpena County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alpena County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alpena County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Amboy Township Obituary Scrapbook (Clippings)
- Antrim County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Antrim County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Arenac County Obituary Indexes
- Arenac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Arenac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Arenac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Banner Obituary Card File, 1867-1997 (Clippings)
- Baraga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Baraga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Barry County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Barry County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bay City Times Death and Obituary Index
- Bay County Death and Obituary Index
- Bay County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bay County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bay County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Benzie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Benzie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Berrien County, Obituaries (Abstracts)
- Berrien County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Berrien County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Branch County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Branch County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Branch County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Branch County, Obituary Notices (Clippings)
- Calhoun County Newspaper Index
- Calhoun County Obituaries Index
- Calhoun County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Calhoun County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Calhoun County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cass County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cass County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cass County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Charlevoix County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Charlevoix County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Charlevoix County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Charlevoix Obituary Index (Clippings)
- Cheboygan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cheboygan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cheboygan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chippewa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chippewa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chippewa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chippewa River District Library Obituary Index
- Clare County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Clare County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Clare County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Clinton County Death and Obituary Index
- Clinton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Clinton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Clinton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Crawford County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Crawford County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delta County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delta County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delta County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delta County, Escanaba Morning Press Index, 1909-1910
- Delta County, Obituary Card File, 1890-2004 (Clippings)
- Detroit News Death and Obituary Index
- Detroit Obituary Indexes
- Dickinson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Dickinson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Downriver Genealogical Society, Obituary Card Collection, 1913-1999 (Clippings)
- Downriver Genealogical Society, Obituary Card Collection, 1953, 1979-1982, 1986-1989 for the area of Wayne County, Michigan and Windsor, Ontario (Clippings)
- Eaton County Obituaries (Transcriptions and Clippings)
- Eaton County Obituaries and Miscellaneous Records 1874-1922
- Eaton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Eaton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Eaton County, Obituaries and Miscellaneous Records 1874-1922
- Emmet County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Emmet County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Emmet County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Flint Public Library Death and Obituary Indexes
- Fremont Area Death and Obituary Index
- Genesee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Genesee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Genesee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gladwin County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gladwin County Obituary Index
- Gladwin County Record, Obituary Index
- Gladwin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gladwin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gladwin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gogebic County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gogebic County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grand Haven Tribune Obituary Index 1891-2022
- Grand Rapids Obituary File, 1930-1970 (Clippings)
- Grand Rapids Press and Herald Obituary Index
- Grand Rapids, De Wachter Obituary Card File, 1868-1985
- Grand Traverse County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grand Traverse County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grand Traverse County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gratiot County Obituaries (transcribed)
- Gratiot County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Gratiot County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grayling, Crawford County Avalanche, Obituaries 1994-1995, 2000-2006
- Grosse Pointe Public Library Obituary Index
- Hartford Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Herrick Public Library, Obituary Card File, ca. 1890-2003 (Clippings)
- Hillsdale and Lenawee Counties, Obituary and Marriage Card File 1860-2004
- Hillsdale Area Obituaries (Clippings)
- Hillsdale County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hillsdale County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hillsdale County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hillsdale County, Obituary Card File, ca. 1900-2004
- Hillsdale County, Obituary Files, ca. 1900-2004 (Clippings)
- Houghton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Houghton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Houghton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Huron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Huron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Huron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Huron Daily Tribune Obituaries Index
- Ingham County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ingham County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ionia County Obituaries
- Ionia County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ionia County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Iosco County, Michigan, Obituaries Index, 1978-1990
- Iosco County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Iosco County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Iosco County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Iron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Iron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Iron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Isabella County Death and Obituary Index
- Isabella County Obituary Index (Clippings)
- Isabella County Obituary Indexes
- Isabella County, Michigan, Obituary Index, 1875-2005
- Isabella County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Isabella County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Isabella County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ithaca, Gratiot County Herald, Obituaries, 1884-1924
- Jackson County, Newspaper Index, ca. 1860-ca. 1990’s
- Jackson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jackson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jackson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jackson County, Obituary Index
- Jackson County, Obituary and anniversary Collection ca. 1965-2000
- Jackson County, Obituary Card File, 1970-1987 (Clippings)
- Jonesville Obituaries (Clippings)
- Kalamazoo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kalamazoo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kalamazoo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kalamazoo Gazette Index
- Kalkaska County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kalkaska County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kalkaska County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kent County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kent County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kent County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kent County, Vital Records and Obituaries, 1892-1913 (Clippings)
- Keweenaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Keweenaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kingsley, Obituaries, ca. 1950-2002 (Clippings)
- Lake County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lake County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lake County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lansing State Republican, Death and Marriage Index, 1855-1860
- Lapeer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lapeer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lapeer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lapeer County, Obituary Card File, ca. 1880-2004
- Leelanau County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Leelanau County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Leelanau County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lenawee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lenawee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lenawee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lenawee County, Obituary Card File, ca. 1840-ca. Oct. 2005
- Litchfield Gazette Obituaries, August 1901-November 1921, November 1924-November 1925
- Livingston County Death and Obituary Index
- Livingston County Death Notices (Clippings)
- Livingston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Livingston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Livingston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Livonia Observer Death and Obituary Index
- Luce County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Luce County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Luce County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mackinac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mackinac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mackinac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Macomb County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Macomb County Obituary Index
- Macomb County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Macomb County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Macomb County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Manistee County Obituary Index
- Manistee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Manistee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Manistee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Marquette County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Marquette County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mason County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mason County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mecosta County Genealogical Society Death and Obituary Index
- Mecosta County, Obituaries (Index)
- Mecosta County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mecosta County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Menominee County Death and Obituary Index
- Menominee County Journal Obituary Index
- Menominee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Menominee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Menominee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Michigan GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- Michigan Obituaries – Obit City
- Michigan Obituaries, 1820-2006
- Michigan D.A.R. Genealogical Collection (includes Obituaries)
- Midland County Obituary Index
- Midland County Obituary Index 1928 – 1950
- Midland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Midland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Midland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Midland Genealogical Society Obituary Index
- Milford Death and Obituary Index
- Missaukee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Missaukee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Monroe County News Death and Obituary Index
- Monroe County Obituary Search
- Monroe County, Michigan, Obituary Index,1821-2012
- Monroe County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Monroe County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montcalm County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montcalm County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montcalm County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montmorency County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montmorency County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskegon County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskegon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskegon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskegon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Newaygo County, Memorial Newspaper ca. 1890-1982 (Clippings)
- Newaygo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Newaygo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Newaygo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Newaygo County, Obituary Card File, ca. 1900-2006
- Oakland County Death and Obituary Index (Clippings)
- Oakland County Obituary Index 1890-1999
- Oakland County, Farmington Township Obituaries Index from area Newspapers
- Oakland County, Michigan, Historical Resources Obituary Index, 1970-2009
- Oakland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oakland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oakland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oceana County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oceana County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oceana County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ogemaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ogemaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ogemaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ontonagon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ontonagon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Osceola County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Osceola County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oscoda County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oscoda County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Otsego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Otsego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Otsego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ottawa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ottawa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ottawa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Owosso Argus-Press Obituaries
- Pinconning Press and Pinconning Journal Death and Obituary Index
- Presque Isle County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Presque Isle County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Presque Isle County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rochester Historical Society, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Roscommon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Roscommon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saginaw County Poor Farm Obituaries (Clippings)
- Saginaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saginaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saginaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saginaw Library Obituary Index
- Saint Clair County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saint Clair County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saint Clair County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Sandusky Obituary Index
- Sanilac County Jeffersonian Newspaper and Obituary Indexes
- Sanilac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Sanilac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Sanilac County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saugatuck Area Obituaries (Clippings)
- Schoolcraft County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Shiawassee County Argus Press Obituary Index
- Shiawassee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Shiawassee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Shiawassee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Southwest Michigan Obituary Index
- Southwest Michigan, Obituary Index, 1875-2012
- St. Clair County, Obituary Card File, 1975-1995
- St. Joseph County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- St. Joseph County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- St. Joseph County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- St. Joseph County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- State Republican Death Index, April 28, 1855 to Jan. 1, 1870
- Sturgis and surrounding area, Obituaries, ca. 1970-2005
- Sturgis Journal Obituary Card File, ca. 1930’s – 2006
- Three Rivers Commercial-News Obituary Card File, ca. 1900 – Mar. 2006
- Three Rivers, Riverside Cemetery, Obituaries 1935-1945
- Traverse City area, Obituaries ca. 1900-July 2005 (Clippings)
- Traverse City Record-Eagle Index
- Traverse City Record-Eagle, Obituaries ca. 1900-1992 (Clippings)
- Trenton Historical Society Obituaries
- Tri-state Obituaries: (Indiana-Ohio-Michigan), 1970-1974
- Tuscola County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tuscola County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tuscola County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tuscola County, Obituary Card File, ca. 1820-Feb. 2006
- Van Buren County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Van Buren County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Van Buren County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Van Buren County, Obituary Card File, ca. 1880-2005
- Warren Public Library Obituaries
- Washtenaw County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washtenaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washtenaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washtenaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wayne County Review Obituary Index
- Wayne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wayne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wayne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wayne County, Obituary Card File, ca. 1880-1995
- Western Michigan Newspapers Index
- Wexford County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wexford County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wexford County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woodbridge Township, Obituaries (Clippings), 1890’s-1960’s
- Wyoming, Kent County, Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Burials and Obituaries
- Wyoming, Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Burials and Obituaries
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