obituary

Prepared by Elisabeth Lindsay.

An obituary is a published notice of a death, sometimes with a brief biography of the deceased. Obituaries are an excellent source for genealogists as they include the date and usually place of the death. Many will include family tree information including other family members (e.g. parents, children). You may also want to look for necrologies, which are collections of obituaries within a certain time period, often published by an organization or institution.

Other resources include the Social Security Death Index (SSDI) and the U.S. Federal Census Mortality Schedules. In addition, are obituaries drawn from newspapers and the Genealogy Today Subscription Data, Obituaries collection.

Amherst College 1870 Obituary Record ($)
Amherst College 1878 Obituary Record ($)
Bowdoin College 1902 Obituary Record ($)
Colby University Alumni Obituary Record ($)
Franklin and Marshall College 1900 Obituary Record ($)
Franklin and Marshall College 1901 Obituary Record ($)
Franklin and Marshall College 1907 Obituary Record ($)
New and Corfu Lodges, I. O. O. F. Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1878 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1880 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1882 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1883 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1884 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1886 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1887 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1888 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1889 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1890 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1891 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1892 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1893 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1894 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1896 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1897 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1898 Obituary Record ($)
Williams College 1899 Obituary Record ($)
Yale College 1869 Obituary Record ($)
Yale College 1873 Obituary Record ($)
Yale College 1874 Obituary Record ($)
Yale College 1876 Obituary Record ($)
London 1905 Obituary

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