The focus of this category is obituaries which are used for the purpose of obtaining genealogical information.
 
 
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Provides official death records and obituary search and information. Search results includes death certificates, death notices, funeral and cemetery records, date of birth, date of death, birth location, birth records, genealogy database and grave search.
http://www.deathrec.com
Makes accessible thousands of obituaries, searchable by name, state, dates of birth or death, and other variables.
http://www.make-family-tree.com/freeobituaries.html
The official Social Security database contains millions of records of deaths as reported to the Social Security Administration. Most listings contain dates of birth and death, county and state, first and last name, Social Security numbers, and residence at the time of death, and in which cemetery the subject was interred.
http://genealogy-data.com/ssdi/searchssdi.htm