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Online Resources[edit | edit source]
- 1899-2012 United States, Obituaries, American Historical Society of Germans from Russia, 1899-2012 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index & images
- 1980-2014 United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index and images
- Massachusetts Obituaries
- Obituaries.com
- Archives.com Obituaries for Massachusetts ($)
- Newspaper Obituary collection for Massachusetts: starts about 2003 to 2011 ($)
- Genealogy Buff User-Contributed Obituaries
- ProQuest Newspapers.com Library ($)
- Obituary Links Page, by town and county
- Online Massachusetts Death Records & Indexes
- Ancestry.com United States Obituary Collection for Massachusetts ($)
- Massachusetts Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1988 - Current) at Genealogy Bank
- Obits.Archive
- Massachusetts Obituaries, by county and town
- Massachusetts Obituaries Project
- Massachusetts Obituary Lookups
- Index of Death Notices in the Vineyard Gazette 1850-1875
- Massachusetts Data Library
- Massachusetts Obituaries
Overview[edit | edit source]
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. FS Library film 823596.
American Antiquarian Society. Index of Obituaries in Massachusetts Centinel and Columbian Centinel, 1784 to 1840. Boston, Massachusetts: G. K. Hall and Company, 1961. FS Library fiche 6051402–06. The obituaries are abstracts of the news items and are listed alphabetically.
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