Intro
Obituaries are a good source for vital stats and concise summations of a person's life and significance.
Ordinarily the first place to search for them is in a newspaper index.
However, some newspapers collect and publish their obituaries in cumulative volumes.
Great Britain - Print Obituaries
Priests and prelates : the Daily Telegraph clerical obituaries by Call Number: Moody General Collection PR754.A1 P75x 2002ISBN: 0826463371
Obituaries from the Times, 1951-1960 : including an index to all obituaries and tributes appearing in the Times during the years 1951-1960 by Call Number: Jones Ref CT120.O16ISBN: 0930466160- Obituaries from the Times : including an index to all obituaries and tributes appearing in the Times during the years 1961-1970 by Call Number: Jones Ref CT120.O15
- Obituaries from the Times, 1971-1975, including an index to all obituaries and tributes appearing in the Times during the years 1971-1975 by Call Number: Jones Ref CT120.O17ISBN: 0913672181
Great Britain - electronic obituaries
- Great Victorian lives [electronic resource] : an era in obituariesInconsistent coverage (several non-British lives included). Includes an obituary for John Henry Newman.
