Morristown Daily Record Obituary (2024)

FAQs

How do I find a local obituary? ›

You can typically find current obituaries through a simple online search (if one was written). Most funeral homes and cremation providers publish obituaries on their websites. Older obituaries are becoming increasingly easier to find online. Search old newspapers or genealogy sites.

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.

A basic online search may reveal an obituary or information about a memorial service. Type the person's name and words like “death,” “obituary,” or “memorial” and any personal information you may have, such as their date of birth or names of close relatives who could be mentioned as one of their surviving kin.

As funeral homes across America post obituaries to their respective funeral home website, The Obituary App organizes them all into particular cities. Now, a user can look at all the obituaries posted by multiple funeral homes in one place.

Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation. The site attracts more than 30 million unique visitors per month and is among the top 40 trafficked websites in the world. Legacy Inc. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.

Death certificates are public record, so any member of the public can obtain a copy at the city or town clerk's office where the death occurred.

Many funeral homes publish obituaries on their websites. These can usually be located with a Google search on the person's name. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, and some newspaper publishers maintain clipping files of obituaries.

Are Alabama death records public? ›

By Alabama law, death certificates are confidential records with restricted access for 25 years from the date of death. Death certificates more than 25 years old may be obtained by anyone upon payment of the proper fee.

An obituary is not a legal document, and it's not required. However, taking the time to write an obituary for your loved one is a lovely way to honor the deceased.

Death certificates are public records, accessible to anyone. Emanuel County Probate Court maintains an archive of local death certificates from 1927 onward. If you need a death certificate from before 1927, you'll need to contact the Georgia Office of Vital Records, which holds records dating back to 1919.

Ultimately, whether or not to publish an obituary is personal and should be made with the needs and wishes of the deceased and their loved ones in mind.

To submit a death notice to a newspaper you can go to the paper's website and follow the instructions there, or you can go to Legacy.com and find a link to the newspaper's death notice submission page there. To submit an obituary online, use our resource Guide: Filing a Death Notice or Obituary.

Two state-level California Death Indexes can be found at Ancestry.com (a database anyone can access from any library branch and Central Library) or FamilySearch.org (a free internet database).

Start by searching online – using the person's full name (middle names may make it easier to narrow down the list of obituaries to the one you are seeking) and the word “obituary” or “death” and “Texas.” If too many options arise, add more identifiers to help narrow your search.