Massachusetts Obituaries

United States   Massachusetts    Obituaries

Online Resources

 * Massachusetts Obituaries
 * Obituaries.com
 * Obituary Depot at D'Addezio
 * Archives.com Obituaries for Massachusetts ($)
 * Newspaper Obituary collection for Massachusetts: starts about 2003 to 2011 ($)
 * Genealogy Buff User-Contributed Obituaries
 * ProQuest Obituaries for Massachusetts($)
 * Obituary Links Page, by town and county
 * Online Massachusetts Death Records &amp; Indexes
 * Ancestry.com United States Obituary Collection for Massachusetts ($)
 * Massachusetts Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1988 - Current) at Genealogy Bank
 * Ancestor Hunt Obituaries
 * Obits.Archive
 * Massachusetts Obituaries, by county and town
 * — index and images
 * 2001-2014 - at FamilySearch — index

Obituaries in Massachusetts and other parts of New England can generally be found in the local town or county papers. Many obituaries for Boston and the surrounding area can be found in:

Boston Athenaeum. Index of Obituaries in Boston Newspapers, 1704-1800. Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall and Company, 1968. .

American Antiquarian Society. Index of Obituaries in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784 to 1840. Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall and Company, 1961. . The obituaries are abstracts of the news items and are listed alphabetically.