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Obituaries, Death Notices, and Guides to Burial Places of Notables How to Locate Obituaries and Deatn NoticesThe most common place to find both obituaries and death notices is in newspapers. The New York Public Library has a vast collection of newspapers published in the United States, both current and historical. These can be located through searching our catalog CATNYP either by a title search or by doing a keyword search for a town or city and the word newspapers: Chicago Defender Buffalo and newspapers Obituaries and death notices can also be found in other publications, such as family newsletters, alumni news, trade publications, and other specialized periodicals. Professionals, scholars and members of societies and other organizations often will have a notice published in publications relating to his or her field. It sometimes can be helpful to consult a guide or bibliography on obituaries and death notices and how to locate them. One such useful bibliography is Betty Jarboe’s Obituaries: A guide to sources. This book lists major works and indexes of obituaries by state or country in which the obituary was published. Other titles similar to Jarboe’s book can be located through a search in CATNYP for the terms Obituaries and Bibliographies or Guides |