Wisconsin Obituaries

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Online Obituary Resources

• 1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
  
• Wisconsin Genealogy Index includes obituaries in the 150,000-entry index.
• Wisconsin Medical Journal Physician Obituary Database (1903-2008)
• Online Wisconsin Death Records and Indexes
• Northeast Wisconsin Obituary Page
• ObitsArchive.com - Wisconsin ($)
• ObituariesHelp.org - Wisconsin Newspaper Obituaries Listings
• The Obituary Link Page - Wisconsin Obituary Links
• USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project Wisconsin
• Wisconsin Obituaries
• Wisconsin, Local Literature Records at MyHeritage - index ($)
• Wisconsin Online Historical Newspapers
• Wisconsin Newspaper Archives (1833 - 1992), GenealogyBank, ($)
• Newspaper Abstracts Wisconsin
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• Historical Newspapers in Wisconsin
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Overview

Obituaries have been published in Wisconsin since the mid- to late-nineteenth century. 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 a variety of records. See: Wisconsin Vital Records.