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 New Mexico 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
New Mexico
- Albuquerque Journal – 2005-
- Bernalillo County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Curry County Obituary Index
- Curry County, New Mexico Abstracts of Obituaries, 1912-2005
- Doña Ana County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Eddy County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Eddy County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Grant County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Grant County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Grant County Obituary Index
- Hobbs Public Library Death and Obituary Index
- Lea County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Lea County Obituaries Index
- Lincoln County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Lincoln Independent 1890 – Obituary Index
- Los Alamos County Obituary Index
- Luna County Obituary Index 2007-2009
- Miscellaneous New Mexico Obituary Indexes (by county)
- Native American Obituaries Index
- New Mexico GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- New Mexico Military Institute Obituaries (transcriptions)
- New Mexico Miscellaneous Transcribed Obituaries by County
- New Mexico Obituaries – Obit City
- New Mexico Obituary and Death Notice Archive (transcriptions)
- New Mexico Tech Alumni Obituaries (transcriptions)
- New Mexico USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Otero County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Palace of the Governors Obituary Index
- Pueblo Obituary Index
- San Juan County Newspaper Obituary Records Index
- Santa Fe New Mexican Obituaries 2000- (transcriptions)
- Sierra County Obituary Index
- Taos County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Taos County Obituary Transcriptions
- Union County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Valencia County, Obituaries (transcriptions)
- White Oaks Golden Era, 1884-1886 – Obituary Index
If you wish to search this state’s historic newspapers for obituaries, click on New Mexico Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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