Almost every person on the face of the earth wishes to trace their lineage. If a person was keen on doing so, it was a difficult process since they would have to conduct this search manually, and this might involve going through the public library, or requesting the state to grant access to public records. Since we are now thriving in the age of the Internet, we can easily overcome these hurdles. You can look through online obituary to trace your ancestors. At times, an obituary search has to be paid for; whereas, there are ways which will allow you to conduct the obituary search for free.
Here are some ways you can search for an obituary for free online.
- One of the easiest ways to search obituaries for free is by finding newspapers obituaries online. There are certain websites that give its users free access to newspaper obituaries. Certain websites such as legacy.com are quite useful when it comes to searching obituary for free on the online platform. You can run a simple search with the person’s first and last name, or by naming a particular state or country to narrow down the search.
- Usually, when a person dies, the funeral home sends out death notices. You can access these death notices online through websites like obitsforlife.com. However, such websites only have death notices issued by licensed funeral homes. Also, the websites only display death notices of those funeral homes that are members of the website.
- If you wish to search an obituary for free, you can even use the Social Security Death Index (SSDI). Various websites like genealogy.com and ancestry.com give its visitors free access to search SSDI free of cost. You can look up the person by using their first or last name, date of birth, social security number or their last known residence.
- You can search for an obituary for free by accessing the city or state death records. These date back longer than SSDI and can be considered to be one of the oldest archives for birth and death records. If you wish to find an obituary that dates back to the 1900s, you wouldn’t have to pay for the subscription which is otherwise charged if the obituary dates back to the 1700s.
- The national archives are where you can conduct your search for an obituary for free. It is the home to a lot of vital records, the birth, and the death records. Also, it contains links to various websites that allow you to search an obituary for free.