Welcome to Obituary Central

Obituary Central is an obituary database for finding obituaries and performing cemetery searches. Please use the following research tools to help with your obituary search.
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Obituary Research Tools

CanadianObits.com - Research by province, fulltext searchable.

GenealogyBuff.com - Massive datasets - Research by state - fulltext searchable.

Find and Access Obituaries and Death Records Online - Get a 7 Day Free Trial

Order Birth, Marriage & Death Certificates Online

Online US Federal Census Records Search for Obituary Information

Search Historical Newspaper Collections

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GenLookups.com - Massive datasets - Research by state - fulltext searchable.

HonorStudentsArchive.com - Research honor rolls from across the USA.

WeddingNoticeArchive.com - Research wedding and anniversary notices from across the USA.

Obituary and Cemetery Research Tools

Obituary Links Page - A comprehensive directory of links to online obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, birth, marriage, and death notices, arranged by state and county!

Obituary Archive Search Engine - A collection of search engines that accesses only obituaries, allowing keyword (surname) searches!

Canadian Obituary Links - Links to online Canadian obituaries, cemetery inscriptions, birth, marriage, and death notices, arranged by territory!

GenLookups.com - Obituary Archives - Huge archive of obituaries, searchable and arranged by states.

GenealogyBuff.com - Obituary Collections - Huge collection of obituaries, searchable and arranged by state and county.

Obituary Central Birth Calculator - Tool for determining birth date.

ObitsArchive.com - The ABSOLUTE Largest Archive of Obituaries on the web with hundreds of thousands to search through!

VitalRecordsGuide.com - Your complete guide to finding birth certificates, death records, marriage licenses, and divorce on the Web.

Rootsweb Sites - Classified - A categorized directory of Rootsweb sites - some you may have never seen!

Special Obituary Collections on the Web - A collection of sites which host an archive of obits for an organization or group.

And click HERE to search the ODT Index of 10,142,919 obituaries!

Obituary Central Users' Discussion Forum - A discussion forum for the users of these sites.

Social Security Death Index

Other Research Tools

Order Birth and Death Records Online! - Order birth and death records easily using this online service.

GenLookups.com -A directory of lookup volunteers and sites arranged by state!

FamGen.net - A place to put your family tree online for free!

Surname Search Utility - Have you had trouble researching your surnames using the popular search engines?
Try this tool for your hard-to-deal-with surnames!

Adoption Resources - Online resources for researching adoption records and adoption parent/child location.

Marriage Search Engines - Marriage research tools for various states.

Historical & Genealogical Societies of the United States - Many of the society pages have collections of data that can be researched online.   This tool is an ever-growing directory of online society pages as well as links to society addresses and lists.

Obituary Registry

Legacy ObitFinder

Obituary Daily Times

Free Obituary Lookups

Investigative Research