Online Pennsylvania Death Indexes and Obituaries
- Pennsylvania Obituaries Archive (copies of individual obituaries can be obtained online for a fee) includes...
- Allentown Morning Call (1/1/2004-Current)
- Erie Times-News (1/1/1995-6/17/1999; 7/28/2000-Current)
- Harrisburg Patriot-News (1/1/1995-Current)
- Lancaster Intelligencer Journal & Lancaster New Era (1/2/1995-Current)
- Philadelphia Inquirer (1/16/1981-Current)
- Philadelphia Daily News (7/21/1982-Current)
- Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (5/29/1990-Current)
- Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (1/19/2005-Current)
- Scranton Electric City (11/22/2005-Current)
- Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (10/1992-Current)
- and many other Pennsylvania newspapers
- Adams County Library System - Index of Local Obituaries from Gettysburg Newspapers assorted years (more are being added)
- Allegheny County Cemeteries
- Allegheny County: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review Obituaries Oct 2001-present for Pittsburgh, Greensburg & Southwestern Pennyslvania
- Allegheny County: St. Clair Cemetery Burials (Mt. Lebanon, PA)
- Berks County Records includes Birth, Marriage, Death & Estate Records for Berks County and the City of Reading
- Blair County: Altoona Mirror Obituary Index 1940s to present
- Butler County: Butler Area Public Library Online Obituary Database 1818-2000
- Cambria County GenWeb Site includes an obituary index 1993-2003 & many cemetery indexes
- Chester County Death Index 1893-1907
- Chester County Archives Death Index 1852-1855 & Coroner's Inquisition Papers 1720-1940 (with gaps) also includes will records, marriage records and more
- Clarion County Deaths Recorded 1925-1932
- Cumberland County Cemeteries
- Eastern Pennsylvania Obituaries Index 1800s - 2000 (60,000 entries)
- Erie County Cemeteries
- Fayette County Genealogy Project - Cemetery Records also includes obituaries & other records
- Greene County Genealogy and Vital Records Indexes includes indexes for births, marriages, obituaries, wills and deaths
- Huntingdon County Deaths 1807-1846
- Lackawanna County Will Indexes 1878-1927
- Lancaster County: Columbia Spy Newspaper Online 1830-1889 includes marriage & death notices
- Lawrence County: New Castle Public Library Marriage & Obituary Database
- Lebanon County Graveyards (some with complete or partial transcriptions)
- Lycoming County: Newspapers Surname Index 1807-1904 includes obituaries and marriages
- Northampton County: Bethlehem Globe-Times Obituaries Indexes for assorted years back to 1867 (from the Bethlehem Area Public Library)
- Philadelphia City Death Certificates 1803-1915 from FamilySearch Labs (indexed) these are currently being tested so there may be errors or missing data; using FamilySearch Labs requires registration and a waiting period
- Somerset County: WPA Records Project Cemetery Transcriptions
- Westmoreland County: Latrobe Bulletin Obituaries and Death Notices Index, December 18, 1902-present from the Adams Memorial Library
- York County Death Indexes includes indexes for affidavits of death 1877-1958, death records 1893-1906, estate files 1959-1967 & many other records
- Pennsylvania Necrology Scrapbook searchable digitized scrapbooks (from microfilm) of obituaries clipped from Pennsylvania newspapers from 16 October 1891 to 3 March 1904 - includes many Civil War veterans (this is a partial index for this time frame)
Also Helpful...
Ordering Pennsylvania Birth & Death Certificates 1906 to Present (fees and restrictions apply)
Offline Finding Aids for Philadelphia & Pittsburgh Death Records
Microfilm items listed here can be ordered from local LDS Family History Centers
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