Searching for New Orleans Obituaries and Death Records

Are you looking for New Orleans obituaries and death records? While this is very useful in researching a family name, you are actually limited in what you can find when you search only for basic information. New Orleans obituaries, unlike death records, contain detailed information about the person's life - not just the name and date of death. In fact, New Orleans, LA newspaper articles originally published Louisiana obituaries. A fairly recent phenomenon is the archiving of these New Orleans obituaries, first through microfilm, and then through online databases.

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New Orleans LA Obituaries and Online Search

That brings us to online searching. Yes, you now have the opportunity to search for New Orleans obituaries. Thousands of people die in New Orleans each year, and most of these people are mentioned in local Louisiana obituaries. While looking up these records on microfilm would be a chore, with online New Orleans obituaries, all you need is a name, state of death, and year of death. Results are instant and can confirm the information you are searching for. However, New Orleans Louisiana obituaries also contain information you cannot get elsewhere, including Louisiana cemetery records, which usually only have transcriptions and years.

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What New Orleans Obituaries Contain

New Orleans obituaries include personal information on the character of the deceased and the accomplishments to his/her name. For example, New Orleans, Louisiana obituaries might reveal to you that the subject was born in 1957, and that she had four siblings. New Orleans, Louisiana obituaries further detail where the woman in question grew up, attended schools and worked.