Each day, America’s Obituaries & Death Notices consolidates records from hundreds of newspapers nationwide into a single, fully searchable database. This comprehensive resource features more than 29 million listings—approximately 90% of all recent obituaries and death notices published in the United States. An extensive, daily editorial review of every section of each newspaper ensures that all obituaries and death notices are added to this database—including paid and unpaid death notices in the classifieds and records.

Faster, more accurate search results
Each record in America’s Obituaries & Death Notices is individually indexed, providing bibliographic citation information: the newspapers’ name, date, city, state, edition and page number. Also, an intuitive, map-based interface enables librarians and researchers to search specific cities, states, regions or the entire country. Both the indexing and the map-based interface ensure faster, more accurate search results and are offered only by NewsBank.

Easily find names of deceased and family
Three easy-to-use search fields—name, publication date and keyword—enable librarians and researchers to pinpoint specific information, and helpful search hints guide users with tips and techniques on how to execute searches. Users of America’s Obituaries & Death Notices also have the ability to truncate names to identify spelling variations, and the powerful search engine supports Boolean, proximity and wildcard searches. New content is added daily.

A valuable tool for various types of research
Usage statistics from public libraries prove that obituaries and death notices are some of the most useful and requested types of information. America’s Obituaries & Death Notices provides a wealth of valuable information on the deceased’s occupation, avocation, education, military service, church affiliation and more, as well as the deceased’s family members and colleagues nationwide. This valuable research tool meets the needs of genealogists, fundraisers, journalists, private investigators, insurance company staff, event organizers and many other patrons, all of whom can enjoy unlimited remote access.