Searching for Seattle Obituaries and Death Records

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

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Seattle WA Obituaries and Online Search

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

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What Seattle Obituaries Contain

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