Obituaries are notices of a deceased, usually
placed in newspapers by funeral homes, or members of the deceased's
family. The obituary traditionally can include valuable information,
such as date of death and names of close family members. This
page provides links to California obituaries, death records, California
obituary databases and other California genealogy resources
Search for Obituaries by County:
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Large Obituary Databases
There are some sites on the internet that have large obituary
databases from many sources and often, because of their size
can provide a search box to quickly find the obituary for
which you may be searching:
World's Largest Online Newspaper Archive
instantly search over 660 million obituary, marriage,
birth and death announcements in 12 million newspaper pages
from 1690-today
Legacy.com
Search for obituaries and Guest Books from
over 175 Legacy.com-affiliated newspapers across the United
States
Find Obituaries in Newspapers Going Back 400 Years!
over 13 million
death notices and obituaries.
Obituary
Daily Times - a searchable database of over 14 million newspaper
obituaries
GenealogyBank - Over 1 Billion Records - California Newspapers
- search death notices and obituaries in California newspapers
California Obituaries
Databases of obituaries from many newspapers typically may
contain the following information: date of death, age at death,
newspaper name, date of paper and page of citation. Some sites
may even have scanned original California obituaries and provided
them online.
California
Newspapers & Obituary Help - at AncestorHunt.com,
this site has a large collection links to newspaper obituaries
California
Obituaries -
database of archived newspaper obituaries and obituaries contributed
by members, maintained by US GenWeb Archives
Directory
of California Obituaries and Newspaper Links
transcription of over 250,000 obituaries as provided by researchers
Obits Index - California
recent obituaries of individuals born in California.
California Genealogy Resources
I recommend you try these sites as
they may contain California obituaries and other online vital
records that could be useful in your research.
World's Largest Online Newspaper Archive
instantly search over 660 million obituary, marriage,
birth and death announcements in 12 million newspaper pages
from 1690-today
California
Death Records Search over 1 Billion records at Genealogy Archives
California
Marriage Records Search at Genealogy Archives
California
Birth Records Search at Genealogy Archives
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