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How to Find an Obituary on Legacy.com

Searching for your loved one's obituary? Learn how to quickly find it on Legacy.com

Updated over 5 months ago

Legacy.com, the world's largest database of obituaries, makes it easy to find obituaries for loved ones and those in your community.

Start your search on the Obituary Search page.

Search by first and last name of the deceased and/or refine using the dropdown filters below:

  • Publish Date: the date that the obituary was published in a given newspaper or online

  • Result Type: the source for the obituary

  • Location: limit the search to a geographic region, state, city, or town in the US or Canada

  • Newspaper: refine by obituaries published in a specific newspaper. When you filter by newspaper, you can type in the 'Find a Newspaper' field for ease of searching or scroll through the list of newspapers

  • More Filters: Within the 'More Filters' option, you'll find all the above filters as well as one called 'Search Within Results.' 'Search Within Results' allows you to search for keywords within the selected range of obituaries

With these advanced obituary search filters, you can quickly find your obituaries of interest. Should you need any help along the way, please do not hesitate to reach out to our Legacy support team.

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