Currentobituary.com Index - FamilySearch Historical Records

United States

What Is in This Collection?
The collection consists of and index to obituaries published on Currentobituary.com. Obituaries are from all over the United States. The collection covers the years 2001 to 2014.

What Can This Collection Tell Me?
The records may contain any of the following:


 * Name of the deceased
 * Birth, death and burial date and place
 * Residences
 * Names of family members
 * Name of funeral home
 * Cause of death
 * Funeral officiator
 * Name of newspaper, date and place of publication
 * Other details such as military service

How Do I Search the Collection?
To begin your search you will need to know:
 * The name of your ancestor
 * The approximate date of death
 * The place where your ancestor lived
 * The names of other family members and their relationships

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s obituary, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. Save a copy of the image or transcribe the information. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details. Add this new information to your records of each family. You should also look for leads to other records about your ancestors.

I Found Who I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use information from the obituary to locate church records
 * Use information to find the family in census records
 * Use the information to find a death certificate
 * Use the information found in the obituary to search for the family in additional state and county records

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names
 * Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name

Citing This Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image.


 * Collection Citation:

“Currentobituary.com Index, 2001-2014. ” Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. From multiple collections. Index. Currentobituary.com. http://www.currentobituary.com.

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