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 Oregon 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
Oregon
- Baker County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Baker County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Bend Bulletin Newspaper Index
- Benton County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Benton County Obituary Index
- Clackamas County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Clackamas County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Clackamas County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Clackamas Death and Obituary Index
- Coos County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Coos County Obituary Indexes
- Corvallis Gazette-Times Newspaper Index
- Crook County Obituaries
- Deschutes County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Douglas County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- East Oregonian Obituaries, 1994-1998 (clippings)
- Forest Grove Newspaper Obituary Index
- Genealogical Forum of Oregon Miscellaneous Obituary Clipping Index
- Genealogical Forum of Oregon Obituary Index
- Grant County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Grant’s Pass Courier Obituary Index
- Grants Pass Daily Courier, Obituaries
- Hillsboro Death and Obituary Index
- Jackson County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Jackson County Obituary Indexes
- Jackson County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Josephine County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Josephine County Obituary Index
- Klamath County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Klamath County Obituary Index
- Lake County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Lake Oswego Newspapers Index
- Lane County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Lincoln County Obituaries
- Linn County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Linn Genealogical Society People Search
- Malheur County, Nyssa, Newspaper Obituaries, 1956-1995 (clippings)
- Malheur County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Marion County Articles of history from newspapers, 1850-1914 (clippings)
- Marion County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Marion County, Family records and Obituaries (clippings)
- Marion County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Multnomah County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Multnomah County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Northwest Heritage Obituaries with Canby Index
- Oregon Index Online, Obituaries Index Cards
- Oregon Newspapers Index
- Oregon Obituaries – Obit City
- Oregon Obituary Database
- Oregon Obituary Index
- Oregon Obituary Index
- Oregon GenealogyBuff Obituary Files
- Oregon USGenWeb Obituary Project
- Polk County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Portland Oregonian Index Search
- Rainier Newspapers Obituary Index
- Sherman County Death and Obituaries Index (transcriptions)
- Silverton County Obituaries, 1883-2000 (clippings)
- Silverton, Funeral cards and Obituaries
- Silverton County obituaries, 1883-2000
- Silverton, Obituary Collection, 1874-1920, 1924, 1959 (transcriptions)
- Tigard Death and Obituary Index
- Tillamook County Obituary Index
- Umatilla County Obituaries
- Umatilla County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Umatilla County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Union County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Union County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Union County, Obituaries and other Vital Records 1890-1930 (clippings)
- Upper Coquille Valley Obituary index
- Wallowa County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Wallowa County Obituary Index (transcriptions)
- Wasco County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
- Wasco County Obituaries (transcriptions)
- Yamhill County Obituaries and Death Notices (transcriptions)
If you wish to search this state’s historic newspapers for obituaries, click on Oregon Online Historical Newspapers Summary
Good Luck and Happy Hunting!
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