Obituaries, Death Notices, and Guides to Burial Places of Notables

Using the Library’s Catalogs

General instructions for locating materials are given in the Research Guide, How Do I Find a Book?.  The following information is specific to the topic at hand.

In CATNYP, use the Subject or Word search including the word obituaries or death notices followed by the name of the geographical area:

            Obituaries Indiana
            Obituaries Pennsylvania Fayette County

            Death notices New York

Occasionally these materials can be found under a different format, using a Word or Subject search such as:

            Registers of birth Virginia Wythe County

            Registers of births, etc. Alabama

            Cemeteries United States