New Jersey Obituaries

Obituaries may provide information such as the age of the deceased, birth date and place, names of living relatives and their residences, maiden name, occupation, death date, cause of death, and place of burial. Deceased family members are frequently mentioned. Obituaries may also mention previous places of residence, immigration information, religion, and any social organizations or activities in which the deceased was involved.

Generally, the first step to obtaining an obituary is to find the death date of the person so that the obituary can be more easily found in a newspaper. Death dates may be obtained from the Statewide death index, or cemeteries in the local area where the person is believed to have died. Once a death date is known, the local library in the area may be contacted to learn whether or not they have newspapers for the time period needed, and if someone is willing to look for an obituary in that newspaper. If the newspapers are not held at the library, the local newspaper office may also be contacted to learn where older editions of the newspaper are kept. Some libraries and even newspaper publishers keep obituary files.

Online Resources

 * 1930-current United States Obituary Collection for New Jersey at Ancestry ($)
 * 1980-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
 * Online New Jersey Death Records & Indexes
 * Archives.com Obituaries ($)
 * ProQuest Obituaries for New Jersey($)
 * ObitsArchive.com - New Jersey, index($)
 * ObituariesHelp.org - New Jersey Newspaper Obituaries Listings, index
 * USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project, index($)
 * New Jersey Obituaries


 * 1704-1739 Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * 1756-1761 Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * 1756-1775 New Jersey, Newspaper Extracts 1756-1775($), index
 * 1762-1765 Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey at FamilySearch Digital Library.
 * 1768-1769 Extracts from American Newspapers, Relating to New Jersey at Internet Archive.
 * 1776-1993 New Jersey Newspaper Archives (1776-1993)($), index
 * 1859-1946 New Jersey Newspaper Collection at MyHeritage ($)
 * New Jersey Online Historical Newspapers
 * Newspaper Archive ($)
 * Chronicling America, index
 * Newspapers.com - Historical Newspapers in New Jersey($), index
 * New Jersey Newspapers