# Online obituary recommendations

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-obituary-recommendations/647378>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 16, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-obituary-recommendations/647378 "2013-01-16T14:10:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-obituary-recommendations/647378/1 "2013-01-16T14:10:27Z")

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Hi, I’ve recently lost a loved one and was thinking of placing an online obituary in addition to the local newspaper. I’ve had a look around and there seem to be a few sites so I was wondering if anyone can either offer up some personal experience or point me towards those sites that are considered to be the best.

I don’t mind having to pay if the best sites are not free.

Thanks in advance.

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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-obituary-recommendations/647378/2 "2013-01-16T14:35:58Z")

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I think the biggest company in the business is [Legacy.com](http://Legacy.com). No idea if it’s the “best” or even how you’d measure that.

Also I reported the thread so it can be moved to IMHO.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-obituary-recommendations/647378/3 "2013-01-16T14:47:00Z")

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Since the OP is looking for advice, let’s move this to IMHO.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 4:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-obituary-recommendations/647378/4 "2013-01-16T16:13:01Z")

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The small, home town newspaper where I grew up as a kid has an online version of the paper that also has the obituaries. I would think that is fairly common in some smaller towns/cities.

As far as larger metropolitan areas, I am not sure if they put obituaries online - or if there is an extra charge - but I would think putting an obituary in any of those papers and paying an extra fee (if any) would probably suffice. That would at least make it searchable on Google.

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**Author:** ![snorlax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@snorlax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snorlax)\
**Post date:** [January 16, 2013, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/online-obituary-recommendations/647378/5 "2013-01-16T18:40:19Z")

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Thanks for the comments. I’ll check with the funeral home about whether the obit will include an online page as well.