# What's a good obituary service?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 4, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-obituary-service/667947 "2013-09-04T00:28:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-obituary-service/667947/1 "2013-09-04T00:28:58Z")

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I don’t mind a pay one, so long as it’s not too \*steep. I used to use [genealogybank.com](http://genealogybank.com), but the last time I used it it didn’t seem to get as many hits as it used to several years ago. Any thoughts???

\*I don’t have a good value for ‘steep.’

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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:** [September 4, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-obituary-service/667947/2 "2013-09-04T01:24:22Z")

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What do “obituary services” do? If you want to publish an obituary or death notice, then I think [Legacy.com](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legacy.com) might work. They host online obituaries for many newspapers in the US.

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-obituary-service/667947/3 "2013-09-04T02:09:15Z")

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What’s “too steep?”

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2013, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-a-good-obituary-service/667947/4 "2013-09-04T02:32:37Z")

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50/year is steep. But I’d at least consider it.