
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
Oklahoma Obituaries
- Adair County Obituaries (Transcriptions
- Adair County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Adair County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Adair County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alfalfa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alfalfa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Alfalfa County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Atoka County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Atoka County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Atoka County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Atoka County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bartlesville Obituary Index
- Beaver County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Beaver County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Beaver County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Beaver County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Beckham County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Beckham County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Beckham County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Beckham County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Blaine County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Blaine County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Blaine County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Blaine County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bryan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bryan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Bryan County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Caddo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Caddo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Caddo County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Caddo County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Canadian County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Canadian County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Canadian County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Canadian County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Carter County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Carter County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Carter County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cherokee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cherokee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cherokee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cherokee County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Choctaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Choctaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Choctaw County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Choctaw County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cimarron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cimarron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cimarron County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cimarron County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cleveland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cleveland County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cleveland County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Coal County Obituaries Index (Transcriptions)
- Coal County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Coal County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Coal County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Comanche County Native American Obituary Index
- Comanche County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Comanche County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Comanche County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Comanche County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cotton County Obituaries and Index, 1901-May 1998
- Cotton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cotton County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Cotton County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Craig County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Craig County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Craig County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Craig County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Creek County Obituaries
- Creek County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Creek County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Creek County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Custer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Custer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Custer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Custer County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Delaware County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Dewey County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Dewey County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Dewey County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Dewey County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Edmond Obituary Index
- Ellis County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ellis County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ellis County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ellis County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Enid News and Eagle Obituary Indexes
- Garfield County Death and Obituary Index
- Garfield County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Garfield County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Garfield County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Garfield County, Obituaries, 1963-1986 (Clippings)
- Garfield County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Garvin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Garvin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Garvin County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Garvin County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grady County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grady County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grady County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grady County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grant County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grant County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Grant County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Greer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Greer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Greer County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Harmon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Harmon County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Harmon County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Harper County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Harper County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Harper County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Haskell County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Haskell County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Haskell County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Haskell County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hughes County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hughes County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hughes County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Hughes County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jackson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jackson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jackson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jackson County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jefferson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jefferson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jefferson County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Jefferson County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Johnston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Johnston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Johnston County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Johnston County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kay County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kay County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kay County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kay County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kingfisher County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kingfisher County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kingfisher County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kingfisher County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kiowa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kiowa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Kiowa County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Latimer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Latimer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Latimer County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Latimer County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lawton Public Library Native American Obituary Index
- Le Flore County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Le Flore County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Le Flore County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lincoln County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lincoln County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lincoln County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Lincoln County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Logan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Logan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Logan County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Logan County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Love County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Love County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Love County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Love County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Madill, Watts Funeral Home Records and Obituaries, 1926-2005
- Major County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Major County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Major County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Major County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Major County/Fairview Obituary Index
- Marshall County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Marshall County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Marshall County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mayes County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mayes County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mayes County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Mayes County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McClain County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McClain County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McClain County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McCurtain County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McCurtain County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McCurtain County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McCurtain County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McIntosh County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McIntosh County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McIntosh County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- McIntosh County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Murray County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Murray County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Murray County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Murray County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muscogee Nation News Obituary Index
- Muskogee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskogee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskogee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskogee County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Muskogee Newspaper Obituary Index
- Muskogee, Obituary Card File, 1888-1993
- Noble County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Noble County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Noble County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Noble County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Northeastern Oklahoma Death and Obituary Index
- Nowata County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Nowata County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Nowata County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Nowata County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- OKBits Obituaries by County (Transcriptions)
- Okfuskee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Okfuskee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Okfuskee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Okfuskee County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oklahoma County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oklahoma County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oklahoma County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oklahoma County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Oklahoma GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- Oklahoma Historical Society Obituary Index
- Oklahoma Miscellaneous Obituary Indexes
- Oklahoma Obituaries – Obit City
- Oklahoma, Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Buried in Oklahoma
- Oklahoma, Oklahoman Obituary Index, 1972-2012
- Oklahoman Obituary Index
- Okmulgee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Okmulgee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Okmulgee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Okmulgee County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Okmulgee Daily Times Death Notices & Obituary Index
- Osage County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Osage County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Osage County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Osage County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ottawa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ottawa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ottawa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ottawa County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pawnee County Obituary Index
- Pawnee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pawnee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pawnee County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pawnee County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Payne County Obituary Index 1940-2003
- Payne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Payne County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Payne County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Picher and the Tri-State Area Hard Rock Mining Men Obituaries, 1913-2000
- Pittsburg County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pittsburg County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pittsburg County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pittsburg County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Ponca City, Obituary File Cards, 1920-1996
- Pontotoc County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pontotoc County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pontotoc County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pontotoc County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pottawatomie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pottawatomie County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pottawatomie County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pushmataha County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pushmataha County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pushmataha County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Pushmataha County, Obituaries (Transcriptions), 1900-1925
- Pushmataha County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Roger Mills County, Kiowa Cemetery
- Roger Mills County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Roger Mills County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Roger Mills County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Roger Mills County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rogers County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rogers County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rogers County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Rogers County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Seminole County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Seminole County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Seminole County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Seminole County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Sequoyah County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Sequoyah County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Sequoyah County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Sequoyah County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Stephens County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Stephens County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Stephens County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Stillwater NewsPress Obituary Index
- Stroud Obituary Indexes
- Stroud, Obituary Index
- Talbot Library and Museum Obituary Index
- Texas County Obituaries
- Texas County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Texas County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Texas County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Texas County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tillman County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tillman County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tillman County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tillman County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tulsa County Obituary Index
- Tulsa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tulsa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tulsa County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tulsa County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Tulsa World Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wagoner County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wagoner County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wagoner County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wagoner County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washington County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washington County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washington County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washington County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washita County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washita County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washita County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Washita County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Wilson, Alexander Funeral Home Records (including Obituaries), 1926-2004
- Woods County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woods County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woods County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woodward County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woodward County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woodward County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woodward County, Obituaries (Transcriptions)
- Woodward County, OKBits Obituaries (Transcriptions)
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