Obituaries are notices of a deceased, usually
placed in newspapers by funeral homes, or members of the deceased's
family. The obituary traditionaly can include valuable information,
such as date of death and names of close family members. This
page provides links to Massachusetts obituaries, death records, Massachusetts
obituary databases and other Massachusetts genealogy resources
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
Funeralnet.com
- has a searchable database of US obituaries
Legacy.com
Search for obituaries and Guest Books from
over 175 Legacy.com-affiliated newspapers across the United
States
 Newspaper
Obituary Database - search
over 100 newspapers at Ancestry.com
 
Obituary
Daily Times - a searchable database of over 9 million newspaper
obituaries
ObitsArchive.com
- archives of death notices and obituaries
from hundreds of newspapers
Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts obituaries and provided
them online.
Massachusetts
Newspapers & Obituary Help - at AncestorHunt.com,
this site has a large collection links to newspaper obituaries
Massachusetts
Obituaries - database of archived newspaper obituaries
and obituaries contributed by members, maintained by US GenWeb
Archives
Directory
of Massachusetts Obituaries and Newspaper Links
transcription of over 250,000 obituaries as provided by researchers
Obits Index - Massachusetts
recent obituaries of individuals born in Massachusetts.
Other Massachusetts Genealogy Resources
I have included these additional genealogy sites because
they may contain Massachusetts obituaries and other online vital
records that you may find useful in your research.
Census Diggins census, marriage and military records
online
Cyndi's List
- Obituaries large collection of links
to Obituaries, indexed in alphabetical order
Massachusetts Vital Records
how to obtain copies
of birth certificates, marriage licenses, divorce decrees
and death records
Massachusetts Genealogy Links
- censuses, cemeteries, marriages, passenger
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