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What is the best way to find family member obituaries online without paying-for-subscription?

JosephDiPiro
JosephDiPiro ✭
August 15, 2021 in General Questions

The obits are from 1980 to 2005. Thanks

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  • CDBurk
    CDBurk ✭✭✭
    August 15, 2021 edited August 15, 2021

    Hi @JosephDiPiro. We understand how frustrating is it to try to find obituaries online when many sites that contain obits are premium sites that require a paid subscription.

    We have found that there are some useful collections at FamilySearch. If you click Search then Records, then begin to type Obituaries into the Find a Collection field you will see many, many collections listed under the typing field. Scroll through the options to find a collection of interest.

    Find Obits.JPG

    Many obituaries are located in burial sites such as Find a Grave and Billion Graves.

    If you don't find what you are looking for in the collections you find here at FamilySearch, try doing a Google search using "Free obituaries online" as your search. We believe you will be directed to other sites which might contain information you are looking for.

    FamilySearch support can only provide instructions about what you might find doing research at our website. The following article which is found in our Help Center verifies how to search for a specific collection at FamilySearch. We believe it will be helpful

    https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/article/how-do-i-find-and-search-one-specific-collection-in-historical-records


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  • JosephDiPiro
    JosephDiPiro ✭
    August 15, 2021

    Thank you. I will check those out

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  • CDBurk
    CDBurk ✭✭✭
    August 16, 2021 edited August 16, 2021

    @JosephDiPiro, you are most welcome. I hope you find a free online site or a Historical Records collection at FamilySearch that can meet your needs. Thanks for posting your question.

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