Genealogy and Obituaries

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With resources for all grade levels, this collection provides almost 200 million articles, ebooks, videos and more on a wide range of topics and interests.

Obituary Daily Times is a free searchable index of daily published obituaries across the world. It is distributed by email, and usually has over 2500 entries a day. It is a mailing list and does not contain the actual obituaries, but serves to provide information for family research on a daily basis.

Formerly known as America’s Obituaries and Death Notices

Find obituaries and death notices from over 4,000 newspapers nationwide with easy-to-use search options.