Are you looking for South Portland 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. South Portland obituaries, unlike death records, contain detailed information about the person's life - not just the name and date of death. In fact, South Portland, ME newspaper articles originally published Maine obituaries. A fairly recent phenomenon is the archiving of these South Portland obituaries, first through microfilm, and then through online databases.
South Portland obituaries include personal information on the character of the deceased and the accomplishments to his/her name. For example, South Portland, Maine obituaries might reveal to you that the subject was born in 1957, and that she had four siblings. South Portland, Maine obituaries further detail where the woman in question grew up, attended schools and worked.