New York Obituaries
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Online Resources
- 1806-2007 New York Newspapers at MyHeritage ()$
- 1889 New York Times, Obituaries & Marriage Notices, 1889 at Ancestry ($), index
- 1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- New York Obituaries, by county
- Archives.com Obituaries for New York ($)
- Newspaper Obituary collection for New York: starts about 2003 to present ($)
- ProQuest Obituaries for New York($)
- Ancestry.com United States Obituary Collection for New York ($)
- Genealogy Buff New York
- New York Online Historical Newspapers
- Newspaper Archive ($)
- Online New York Newspapers
- New York Newspapers Online
- Historic American Newspapers 1836-1931 in New York
- America Historical Newspapers
- America’s Newspapers
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online
- Brooklyn Genealogy
- Buffalo History Museum Obituary Index 1811-1986
- Genealogy Bank
- Hudson River Valley Heritage (HRVH) Historical Newspapers
- Nassau County Libraries Historic Newspaper Collections
- New York Newspapers by county
- Northern New York Historical Newspapers
- NYS Historical Newspapers
- Old Fulton NY Post Cards
- Suffolk Historic Newspapers
- New York Genealogy Links - Newspapers and Obituary Indexes
Specific Counties
- Obituaries and cemetery records, Genesee, Allegany County, New York at FamilySearch, images
- Madison county obituaries (from various sources and years) at RootsWeb
- Orange County, Times Herald-Record Obituary Index at Orange County GenWeb
- Obituary notices appearing in Troy newspapers, 1797-1860 at FamilySearch, images
- Index to (select) Obituaries at Schoharie County NYGenWeb
- Obituaries from Gilboa Monitor (Schoharie) at Schoharie County NYGenWeb
- Schoharie County Republican obituary notices at FamilySearch, images
- Steuben County Obituary/Cemetery Index 1920-2007 at Steuben County Historian
- Center Moriches Obituary Index at US Gen Web
- Suffolk-Times Obituaries 1910-2003 (for Southold, Shelter Island, and Greenport) at Long Island Genealogy
- Center Moriches Record Obituary Index 1927-1934 at Long Island Genealogy
- Moriches Bay Obituary Index at US Gen Web
- Obituaries (and) marriages of Attica, New York at FamilySearch, images
Overview
Obituaries may provide information such as the age of the deceased, birth date and place, names of living relatives and their residences, maiden name, occupation, death date, cause of death, and place of burial. Deceased family members are frequently mentioned. Obituaries may also mention previous places of residence, immigration information, religion, and any social organizations or activities in which the deceased was involved.
Generally, the first step to obtaining an obituary is to find the death date of the person so that the obituary can be more easily found in a newspaper. Death dates may be obtained from the Statewide death index, or cemeteries in the local area where the person is believed to have died. Once a death date is known, the local library in the area may be contacted to learn whether or not they have newspapers for the time period needed, and if someone is willing to look for an obituary in that newspaper. If the newspapers are not held at the library, the local newspaper office may also be contacted to learn where older editions of the newspaper are kept. Some libraries and even newspaper publishers keep obituary files.