New York Obituaries

To begin, add an obituary record or view a list of locations and resources for New York obituaries.

There are very few places in the world like New York State. If this is your home and you are searching far and wide for New York obituaries, you will be happy to know that the Internet is the place to begin your search. A well populated state like this has a good half dozen resources online that you can explore.

Begin your quest with the website for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The folks there have put almost every issue, complete with obits, online from 1841 to 1902. The public library in Buffalo also has quite a collection of old listings online, as well. From their website, you can view listings starting in 1989 all the way up to the present. The Canastota Village Historian Website features an extensive collection of listings that includes local obits from as far back as 1876 all the way up to present day.

The Dansville Public Library has a free online collection you can browse, as well. Their listings go as far back as 1964 and go all the way up to this week. One final spot is the famed New York Times. They have listings going back to 1929. Finding New York obituary notices is easy if you know where to look first.

Listed are indexes and databases designed to help users research New York death notices.

Middletown Thrall Library
11-19 Depot Street
Middletown, NY 10940
p (845) 341-5483

The Middletown Thrall Library has developed an online obituary database that can be used by the public in order to try to find New York death notices from the area. They are available and indexed from May of 1981 through March of 1988. As more clippings are located, the dates move backward in an incomplete way.

Below is a list of New York newspaper obituaries to aid in genealogical research.

New York Daily News
450 W. 33 Street
New York, NY 10001
p (800) 692-6397

The New York Daily News brings news for people who live in the upper valley of New York. This site makes it easy for readers to find obituaries, by having a click link to them directly on the top of the page for easy linking.

New York Sun
102 Chambers St
Fl 2
New York, NY 10007
p (212) 406-2000

The obituaries for the well-known New York Sun are actually hidden underneath the news tab which is on the top of the page. Mouse over this tab and you will be able to select the quick link to obituaries, bringing you information not only for local people who have passed, but famous people as well.

New York Times
229 W 43rd St
New York, NY 10036
p (212) 556-3900

Finding obituaries at The New York Times website can be a little tricky. In order to find what you’re searching for, click on the link for today’s paper, and under that the link for obituaries, where you will find obituaries for famous people who have died. Then, on the right, you will find a link for all paid death notices. This is the link that you want.

North County News
1520 Front St
Yorktown Heights, NY 10598
p (914) 962-4748

Obituaries for many who live in the northern area of New York can be found at the North Country News. In order to find the obituaries, look to the sidebar on the site. The sidebar has a quick link to the obituaries that are recent and those that are older as well.

Poughkeepsie Journal
PO Box 1231
Poughkeepsie, NY 12602
p (854) 454-2000

The Poughkeepsie Journal is the place to go if you’re looking for information and obituaries for people who lived in this area of New York. Obituaries can be easily accessed on their web page simply by clicking on the quick link, marked “obits” on the top of the website.

Times Beacon Record
PO Box 707
Setauket, NY 11733
p (631) 751-7744

People who are looking for obituaries for those people who were residents of Setauket, New York, can find the information that they’re seeking at the Times Beacon’s online website, located easily by clicking he obituaries tab on the top of the web page, which is available on every page the site has.

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