How do I find an obituary in Illinois?

Obituaries and indexes from a few individual newspapers can be found in the FamilySearch Catalog by using a Place Search under: ILLINOIS – OBITUARIES. ILLINOIS, [Name of County] – OBITUARIES. ILLINOIS, [Name of County], [Name of Town] – OBITUARIES.

What’s the purpose of an obituary?

What is the Purpose of an Obituary? An obituary gives a glimpse of a deceased person’s life and spirit and can serve as a pertinent source of information for a funeral or memorial arrangements.

Why is it called an obituary?

An obituary is the notice of someone’s death. It is placed in the newspaper to alert others to the death. The noun obituary, which appears in English in the early 18th century, comes from the Latin obīre, where ob- means “toward,” and īre, “to go,” suggesting a “going toward” one’s death.

What does an obituary have?

An obituary (obit for short) is a news article that reports the recent death of a person, typically along with an account of the person’s life and information about the upcoming funeral. In large cities and larger newspapers, obituaries are written only for people considered significant.

Where to find obituary?

How to Find an Obituary for a Specific Person Newspapers. If you know the newspaper, or at least the town where a person lived and died, then a newspaper website can be a good place to begin. Legacy.com. Genealogy Websites. Web Search. Public Libraries.

When do obituaries come out?

After the death, obituaries were typically published about two days later, but you should begin the day after death, as it may have run that soon, depending on distance, deadlines, etc. Search at least a week to 10 days after the death. Sometimes it took time for someone to write and submit the obituary.

Do you have to publish an obituary?

No, the publishing of an obituary is not required, nor is a “notice to creditors” which one sees in the classifieds mandatory. Often the personal representative of an estate elects to publish a “notice to creditors” because it can have important benefits in the management of the estate.

How do you put an obituary in the paper?

Call the newspaper and ask for obituary prices. Most publications charge by the line or by the word. Write the obituary. Submit the obituary to the newspaper. Prepay for the obituary if required. If you prefer, ask your funeral home to make arrangements with the newspaper to submit the obituary and receive the bill.