Searching for San Francisco Obituaries and Death Records

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

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San Francisco CA Obituaries and Online Search

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

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What San Francisco Obituaries Contain

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