USGenWeb Archives Obituaries Project

Obituary Project

Welcome to the
USGenWeb Obituary Project!

This project will endeavor to provide transcriptions of public domain obituary indexes and obituaries. Copyrighted materials for which written permission has been obtained may be included as well. Also current obituaries (after 1949) may be extracted. Click here for a template to use when extracting. There is more information available: (1) How to Submit Files, (2) Guidelines, (3) About the Obituary Project and (4) Tips for Locating an Obituary

The Coordinators listed below are NOT look-up volunteers,
they do not have the resources to perform obituary look-ups.
Please refer to Obituary Tips for help on finding an obituary.
Or you may try RootsWeb Obit Look-up Volunteers
at Obit Lookup Volunteers

Thinking about Adopting a State? Please see
the Guidelines Page for more information.

*State*	*Coordinator*	*State*	*Coordinator*
Alabama	Gina Brown	Montana	Adopt Me!
Alaska	Adopt Me!	Nebraska	Adopt Me!
Arizona	Adopt Me!	Nevada	Gerry Perry
Arkansas	Sandra Kornegay Rhodes	New Hampshire	Adopt Me!
California	Adopt Me!	New Jersey	Cyndie Enfinger
Colorado	Mary Ann Hetrick	New Mexico	Adopt Me!
Connecticut	Jo Branch	New York	Shay Gage
Delaware	Adopt Me!	North Carolina	Adopt Me!
District of Columbia	Alice Warner	North Dakota	Adopt Me!
Florida	Cyndie Enfinger	Ohio	Maggie Stewart
Georgia	Adopt Me!	Oklahoma	Linda Simpson
Hawaii	Adopt Me!	Oregon	Maggie Stewart
Idaho	Adopt Me!	Pennsylvania	Cyndie Enfinger
Illinois	Deb Haines	Rhode Island	Adopt Me!
Indiana	Judi Burns	South Carolina	Adopt Me!
Iowa	Alice Warner	South Dakota	Adopt Me!
Kansas	Maggie Stewart	Tennessee	Nan Starjak
Kentucky	Sherri Bradley	Texas	Mary Ann Hetrick
Louisiana	Jo Branch	Utah	Nichole Larsen
Maine	Adopt Me!	Vermont	Adopt Me!
Maryland	Cyndie Enfinger	Virginia	Alice Warner
Massachusetts	Adopt Me!	Washington	Nichole Larsen
Michigan	Jana Cortez	West Virginia	Edith Mccartney
Minnesota	Adopt Me!	Wisconsin	Kathy Grace
Mississippi	Adopt Me!	Wyoming	Adopt Me!
Missouri	Adopt Me!

Thinking about Adopting a State? Please see the
Guidelines Page for more information.

Obituary Project Coordinator
Maggie Stewart

The USGenWeb Archives Obituary Project was developed in April 2000. Newspapers have given permission to archive published obituaries to help researchers.

RootsWeb has provided free access to the USGenWeb Archives since 1996, and like our volunteers, is dedicated to free online genealogy.

Here is how you can help with
the Obituary Project:

Contact local newspapers to ask permission for the USGenWeb Archives Project to archive their obituaries (sample letter). Contact Maggie Stewart with the name of the newspaper and name and title of person granting permission from the publication.
Check with state archives and genealogical societies to locate microfilm or other sources of pre-1929 (public domain) newspapers to transcribe obituaries from.
Volunteer to transcribe obituaries from newspapers already granting permission (must have access to their publication or website.
Create an index of obits from your local newspaper.

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