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Obituaries

Introduction

Obituaries are a form of death announcement. They are very valuable to genealogical research, although they vary in the information included. Obituaries may be found in a funeral program, a newspaper, a local history, or in family papers.

Online Resources

• Arkansas Obituaries at PublicLibraries.com. (Free)
  • gives links to obituary newspaper columns, official government records, and societies that may help in searched for obituaries
  • 32 newspapers are linked; images included; most show only recent obituaries
  • 3 newspapers have historic obituary archives obituaries: Area Wide News, Ashley County Ledger, Northwest Arkansas Times

• ObitFinder at Legacy.com. (Free)
  • newspaper obituaries only very recent, but entire obituary and source cited
  • also uses Social Security Death Index

• Arkansas Obituary Collection at ancestry.com (Free/$)
  • 62 newspaper titles included
  • shows date range of obituary for each newspaper title
  • links to search box for particular paper
  • search results link to full obituary image

• ObitsArchive at ObitsArchive.com (Index Free; copies of articles $)
  • large every name index of obituaries and death notices

• Order Online Obituaries at archives.com ($)

• 1899-2012 United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 at FamilySearch; index and images — How to Use this Collection

• Obituary Project at Arkansas USGenWeb (Free)
  • obituaries submitted by individuals
  • organized by county

Lists of Links

The following sites search the Internet for links to obituaries and other records:

• Arkansas Obituary, Genealogy Resources and Help at AncestorHunt.com (Free)
  • includes obituary search engines etc.
  • includes newspaper links with obituary images

• Arkansas Obituaries links at cyndislist.com (Free)

• Death Records and Indexes at DeathIndexes.com [copyright Joe Beine] (Free)
  • a few obituary links are given among other death links
• ObitsArchive.com - Arkansas ($)
• ObituariesHelp.org - Arkansas Newspaper Obituaries Listings
• Online Arkansas Death Indexes, Records & Obituaries
• The Obituary Link Page - Arkansas Obituary Links
• Arkansas Obituaries
• United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch; index and images — How to Use this Collection
  
  

Newspapers

• Arkansas Online Historical Newspapers
• Arkansas Newspapers ($)
• Arkansas Online Historical Newspapers Summary - The Ancestor Hunt
• Arkansas Newspapers
• Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers
• GenealogyBank.com, Arkansas Newspaper Archives (1819 - 1999) ($)
• NewsLink | Newspapers | U.S. | Arkansas
• Newspaper Abstracts - Arkansas
• NewspaperARCHIVE.com - Arkansas ($)
• Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers in Arkansas ($)
• OnlineNewspapers.com - Arkansas
  
  

Additional Obituary Resources

• The "United States Obituaries" and "United States Newspapers" Wiki articles list sources for finding obituaries and the newspapers that published them. Also, see "Arkansas Newspapers" for additional sources and how to locate newspapers.

• Click FamilySearch Catalog and select the topics "Obituaries" and "Obituaries-Indexes" For counties, add a comma and the county name in the search box, then click Search.

• Check county genealogy and historical societies.

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