UK Death Notices and Obituary Search
In the United Kingdom, recent deaths are often recorded as funeral notices, death notices or family announcements rather than long obituaries. Start with Funeral Notices and local newspaper notice pages; for older searches, use the British Newspaper Archive, Findmypast and civil-registration indexes, adding the town, county or historic county whenever possible.
Editorial review: Obituary Search · Last reviewed September 15, 2026
Search these sourcesRecent obituaries and death notices
Start here when the death or publication was within the last 30 years.
Funeral Notices
FreeLocal and national UK death notices, funeral notices, in memoriams and acknowledgements.
- Coverage
- Recent UK death and funeral notices
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Legacy.com
FreeRecent newspaper and funeral-home obituaries from participating publishers and funeral providers.
- Coverage
- Primarily recent notices; coverage varies by publisher
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Historical newspapers and archives
Use place and a date range to narrow title-specific collections.
The British Newspaper Archive
PaidHistoric local newspapers containing obituaries, death notices and other family announcements.
- Coverage
- Historic British and Irish newspapers; dates vary by title
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Findmypast
Paid or trialBritish and Irish death records, newspapers and family-history collections, including historical notices.
- Coverage
- British and Irish records; collection dates vary
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Newspapers.com
Paid or trialDigitized newspapers useful when a name, location and approximate publication date are known.
- Coverage
- Digitized newspapers; dates vary by title
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
FamilySearch
Free accountHistorical obituary collections, civil records and family-history indexes from many countries.
- Coverage
- Historical collections; dates vary by collection
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Find a Grave
FreeCommunity-contributed cemetery memorials with burial details, photographs and short biographies from many countries.
- Coverage
- Worldwide memorials; dates and detail vary
- Last reviewed
- September 15, 2026
Search by region
Use the town and county associated with the person, but remember that historic county names and newspaper circulation areas may differ from modern administrative boundaries.
Free and paid access
Recent funeral notices are usually searchable free. Historical newspaper images commonly require a subscription, while some indexes can be viewed with a free account.
If the name search fails
Try family announcement, funeral notice and in memoriam searches, plus surname variants and initials. Search the local paper for the residence and for the place of death.