Searching for Staten Island Obituaries and Death Records

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

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Staten Island NY Obituaries and Online Search

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

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What Staten Island Obituaries Contain

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