Ohio Obituaries

The Barberton Public Library offers an online obituary request feature through their Local History Room. From 1960 until today, the clippings have been saved and indexed from the area’s News and Journal, as well as from the Akron Beacon Journal. Once you have found the right file online, simply submit one dollar and your request in order to obtain a copy.

Requests for Ohio death notices can easily be made through the form available online at the Columbus Metropolitan Library website. Within a span of thirty two days, up to four obituaries can be asked for. The majority of searches take only two business days, so a response can usually be expected within that time.

The Local and Family History Resources from the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library provides the ability for you to search the obituary index online from your home computer. There are many different ways to broaden or refine your lookup, ranging from the name and date all the way to the cemetery in which the decedent was buried.

Over twenty five thousand names have already been indexed by the Louisville Public Library for the obituary database. Therefore, should you require a copy of one of those clippings, all you need to do is contact them with as much information as you can provide about the document and they will send you the data of up to five people at a time, for a three dollar fee.

With the local newspapers on microfilm, the Martins Ferry Public Library can provide you with a photocopy of the clipping of an obituary. As there is no index of the records as such, it is important that a date be provided along with the name of the decedent. If the information you give is complete, the fee is only three dollars, whereas it is five dollars when the precise date is unknown.

For a mere five dollars, you can obtain a photocopy of up to five obituary clippings from the Medina County District Library. If it was published in the Gazette at any point since the 1870’s (though there are a few available as far back as the 1850’s), the odds are that the file can be found. To check if it is available, use the online search index and then send in the results with your payment.

The Rodman Public Library provides a rather unique resource in that all of the publications within the Alliance newspaper can be searched for and found on their website. That being said, obituaries are quite easy to track down using this lookup online feature. Simply use the name of the decedent as the keyword and the clipping you require will be listed in the results.

The Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center boasts a tremendous obituary index for the state of Ohio. It contains records dating as far back as the 1810s and provides access to the information from over 1,500,000 clippings. This database is searchable online, where the last name must be entered exactly, but all other information is optional.

It is through the Williams County Public Library that the online searchable obituary index can be located and used. To receive a copy of the clipping, use the website form to locate the file you desire. Then, send the results of this query by mail and a photocopy of the original publication will be sent back to you.

Cincinnati local news makes it easy for readers to find the obituaries. Those who are searching simply have to click on the word “obits” on the top banner to be able to access obituaries and paid death notices in Ohio as well as some obituaries from Kentucky.

The Cincinnati Enquirer makes it easy for readers to find the obituaries. Those who are searching simply have to click on the word “obits” on the top banner to be able to access obituaries and paid death notices in Ohio as well as some obituaries from Kentucky.

At the Columbus News website, it is extremely easy to locate obituaries. Simply click on the word “obits”, which is underneath the sites main banner, and you will be able to select which obituary you would like to read. You can also search for obituaries, or death notices, from this same page.

The News-Herald brings the news to Willoughby, Ohio and also lists the obituaries directly on the site. This site makes it easy to find obituaries, by placing them on a quick link on the top of the page. Simply click on the word “obituaries” to be brought to the notices.

Cleveland, Ohio’s news is provided online by at Cleveland.com. In order to find obituaries on this site, the reader simply has to go to the home page. Underneath the news tab, the reader can find a tab labeled “death notices”, which is where all obituaries are listed for easy access.