Schenectady Gazette Obituary Archives (2024)

FAQs

How do I find an obituary for a specific person in NY? ›

New York Public Library subscribes to many databases that can help researchers locate obituaries and death notices. The most useful are our newspaper databases. Oftentimes obituaries can be located by entering a person's name and week of death into the newspapers databases.

Many funeral homes publish obituaries on their websites. These can usually be located with a Google search on the person's name. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, and some newspaper publishers maintain clipping files of obituaries.

Legacy.com. Search the world's largest obituary database.

A death notice is a brief, factual statement that announces someone's death to the public. An obituary also includes facts surrounding a person's death, but also includes biographical information, stories, and anecdotes to help honor that person's memory.

We recommend ordering online through VitalChek, which is the fastest way to receive your certificate. There are two parts to the death certificate: The standard certificate of death, which includes the deceased's name, gender and date of birth. The confidential medical report of the cause of death.

MyObits: Obituary Listings on the App Store.

These auto-obits can be written well ahead of their due date and circulated among friends and loved ones at any time you wish. You may get feedback that inspires revisions. They can be written in the first person or the third person, writer's choice. The overriding impulse is to tell the truth as you know it.

North Dakota newspaper The Forum of Fargo-Moorhead ran what is certainly one of the shortest obituaries ever published. Accompanying a photograph and name of local resident Douglas Legler, the obit, which ran Wednesday, had just two simple words: “Doug died.”

Are obituaries public domain? ›

Copyright and Obituaries. To be clear, obituaries are protected by copyright. They are creative works of expression that are fixed into a tangible medium of expression. Both the text and the images that make up an obituary are protected by copyright (even if the facts and information are not).

Obituaries are not required by law , so the deceased's family might have chosen to forego publishing one. Publishing an obituary can be expensive , and the funds may be unavailable. The deceased has few family members or friends , so there might have, unfortunately, been no need for an obituary.

What Not to Include in an Obituary. Obituaries should never be written in the first person as they're not a personal tribute. As stated above, avoid including any personal addresses or phone numbers. Also, the cause of death is not necessary, as careers and education are not necessary details to include as well.

Posting an obituary is not a legal requirement and is a sentimental action. Families don't have to publish one if they don't want it or do not have the funds to do so. While you do not have to share a death note or obituary, you must file a death certificate with your state's office.

In NY, there is no legal mandate to publish an obituary in a newspaper when someone dies. The official state paperwork is a death certificate, which is filed with the state's office of vital statistics by a medical certifier or a licensed funeral home director, not by the family of the deceased individual.

Obituaries are easiest to search for in the Obituaries section, which can be found at nytimes.com/section/obituaries. Below the Overlooked section, select Search. Enter the name associated with the obituary and select enter/return on your keyboard.

You can make a request for court records directly to the Clerk of the Court or the County Clerk that has the records. Criminal records are available from the court system. Each records search costs $95.00.

Want to know how to find out how someone died for free online? Consider looking through online obituaries and obituary websites. You may be able to find an obituary of the person who died, or at the very least a death notice that shows the date they passed away.