
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
New York Obituaries
- Albany County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Albany County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Albany County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Albany Newspaper Obituary Index 1986-
- Allegany County Historical Society Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Allegany County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Allegany County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Allegany County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Attica Obituaries
- Berne Obituary Index (Transcriptions)
- Brockport Death and Obituary Index, 1856-1923
- Bronx County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bronx County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Brooklyn Area Obituaries and Death Notices
- Broome County Republican, Death Notices 1831-1870
- Broome County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Broome County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Broome County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Buffalo African American Funeral Program & Obituary Collection
- Buffalo and Erie County Death and Obituary Index
- Buffalo Dziennik Dla Wsystkich Obituary Index
- Buffalo New York Deaths Collection & Index
- Buffalo Obituary Index
- Canastota Obituary Index
- Cattaraugus County Miscellaneous Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cattaraugus County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cattaraugus County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cattaraugus County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cayuga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cayuga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Center Moriches Record Obituary Index 1927-1934
- Chautauqua County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chautauqua County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chautauqua County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chemung County Death and Obituary Index
- Chemung County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chemung County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chemung County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chenango County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chenango County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chenango County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Chenango County, Sherburne Newspapers, Deaths 1864-1900
- Clinton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Clinton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Columbia County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Columbia County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Columbia University Physicians and Surgeons Obituary Database
- Connetquot Public Library Death and Obituary Index
- Cortland County Miscellaneous Obituaries
- Cortland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cortland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County Death and Obituary Indexes (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delhi, Delaware County, Delhi Gazette, Deaths Nov. 1819 to Aug. 28, 1844
- Dutchess County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Dutchess County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Dutchess County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Erie County Grand Island Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Erie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Erie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Erie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Essex County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Essex County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Franklin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Franklin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Franklin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Fredonia Censor Death Notices, 1819-1899
- Fulton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Fulton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Fulton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Genesee County Obituary Indexes
- Genesee County, Obituaries (Index)
- Genesee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Genesee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Genesee, Allegany County, Obituaries and Cemetery Records
- Glen Cove Newspapers Obituary Index
- Glens Falls Post Star Obituary Index
- Goshen Public Library Death and Obituary Index
- Greene County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Greene County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Greenwood Lake Public Library Obituary Files (Clippings)
- Hamilton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hamilton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hamilton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hamilton, Madison County Newspapers, Deaths, Births, and Marriages 1818-1886
- Herkimer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Herkimer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Herkimer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Herkimer Evening Telegram Obituary Index
- Ithaca Journal Obituary Index. 1903
- Ithaca Journal Obituary Indexes (numerous)
- Jefferson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jefferson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jefferson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kings County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kings County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kings County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lansingburgh Newspapers Obituary Notices 1787-1895
- Lansingburgh Obituary Index
- Lewis County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lewis County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lewis County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lisle Obituaries, 1909-1912
- Livingston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Livingston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Livingston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Livingston County/Dansville Deaths and Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Long Island Advance Obituary Index
- Long Islander, Death Index 1839-1864
- Madison County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Madison County Obituaries (Clippings)
- Madison County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Madison County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Madison County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Medical Register of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut Index of Obituaries 1862-1895
- Middletown Obituary Index 1981-1988
- Monroe County Miscellaneous Deaths and Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Monroe County, Obituaries (Abstracts)
- Monroe County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Monroe County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montgomery County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montgomery County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Montgomery County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Moriches Bay Obituary Index
- Morrisville and Madison County, Death Notices, 1840-1844
- Nassau County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Nassau County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Nassau County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Nassau County/West Hempstead Death and Obituary Index
- New York City Newspaper Obituary Index 1999-
- New York County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- New York County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- New York County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- New York Evening Post Deaths, November 16, 1801 to May 22, 1822
- New York GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- New York Obituaries – Obit City
- New York State Newspaper Obituary Index 1986-
- New York Times Obituaries Index
- New York USGenWeb Obituary Project
- New York Weekly Museum Marriage and Death Notices 1789-1796
- Niagara County Obituary Index
- Niagara County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Niagara County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Niagara County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oneida County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oneida County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oneida County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oneida County/Waterville Times Death and Obituary Index
- Oneida Sachem Marriages and Deaths 1855-1862
- Onondaga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Onondaga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Onondaga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ontario County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ontario County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ontario County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Orange County Times Herald Obituary Index
- Orange County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Orange County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Orange County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Orange County/Middletown Death and Obituary Index
- Orleans County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Orleans County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Orleans County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oswego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oswego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oswego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Otsego County Newspapers Obituary Index 1808-1875
- Otsego County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Otsego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Otsego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Otsego County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Peekskill Obituary Index
- Putnam County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Putnam County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Queens County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Queens County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rensselaer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rensselaer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rensselaer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Richmond County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Richmond County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Richmond County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rochester Newspaper Death Notices
- Rochester Obituary Index
- Rockland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rockland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rockland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saratoga County Death and Obituary Indexes
- Saratoga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saratoga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Saratoga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schenectady County Obituary Indexes
- Schenectady County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schenectady County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schenectady County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schoharie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schoharie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schoharie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schuyler County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schuyler County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Schuyler County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Seneca County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Seneca County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Seneca County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- St. Lawrence County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- St. Lawrence County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Steuben County Obituary Index
- Steuben County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Steuben County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Steuben County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Suffolk County – Mattituck-Laurel Library Obituary Indexes
- Suffolk County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Suffolk County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Suffolk County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Suffolk County/Local Moriches Obituary Indexes
- Suffolk County/Long Island Advance Obituary Index
- Suffolk Times Obituary Index 1900-2003
- Sullivan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Syracuse; Onondaga County and adjacent areas of Central New York, Obituaries and Biographical Clippings 1860 to 1926
- Tioga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tioga County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tompkins County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tompkins County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tompkins County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tompkins County/Ithaca Journal Obituary Indexes
- Troy Newspapers Obituary Index 1797-1860
- Troy Obituary Index
- Ulster County Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ulster County, Obituaries (Abstracts)
- Ulster County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ulster County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Warren County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Warren County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Warren County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washington County, Obituaries (Abstracts)
- Washington County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washington County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wayne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wayne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wayne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- West Hempstead Obituary Index
- Westchester County Death and Obituary Index
- Westchester County Miscellaneous Obituaries
- Westchester County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Westchester County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Westchester County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Western New York Index
- Wyoming County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wyoming County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wyoming County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Yates County Penn Yan Newspaper Obituary Index
- Yates County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Yates County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Yates County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Yonkers Death and Obituary Index
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I am looking for obituaries for Brooklyn,NY.
Can you help me?