Searching for Norfolk Obituaries and Death Records

Are you looking for Norfolk 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. Norfolk obituaries, unlike death records, contain detailed information about the person's life - not just the name and date of death. In fact, Norfolk, VA newspaper articles originally published Virginia obituaries. A fairly recent phenomenon is the archiving of these Norfolk obituaries, first through microfilm, and then through online databases.

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Norfolk VA Obituaries and Online Search

That brings us to online searching. Yes, you now have the opportunity to search for Norfolk obituaries. Thousands of people die in Norfolk each year, and most of these people are mentioned in local Virginia obituaries. While looking up these records on microfilm would be a chore, with online Norfolk 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, Norfolk Virginia obituaries also contain information you cannot get elsewhere, including Virginia cemetery records, which usually only have transcriptions and years.

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What Norfolk Obituaries Contain

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