Dayton Obituary and Genealogy Database

The Dayton Obituary and Genealogy Database contains genealogical information for researchers, including the following:

• Obituary Index: Information on obituaries and death notices appearing in Dayton newspapers 1850-2019. Newspapers indexed include the Dayton Daily News, the Dayton Journal, and others. Not all years are included, but additional information is added to the index daily. This index includes citations only. FULL-TEXT OBITUARIES ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN THIS INDEX.


• Service Notes: World War II Service Notes that ran in the Dayton Herald, Dayton Journal, and Dayton Daily News (from 1941-1945).


• County Histories: Name index to histories of Montgomery County and the Miami Valley, with links to the full-text.


• Marriages: Miscellaneous scattered dates in the 1920s and 1930s showing some, but not all, marriages announced in the Dayton newspapers.


• And more! Other types of genealogical information will be added as the project progresses.

Fill in as much or as little information as you know about the obituary you need to find.

Name Publication All Publications NewspapersDayton Daily JournalDayton Daily NewsDayton Evening NewsDayton HeraldDayton Journal HeraldDaytoner ZeitungGedenk BlaetterMiamisburg BulletinMiamisburg NewsBooksBiographical History of Preble County, Ohio; Compendium of National BiographyCentennial History of Troy, Piqua and Miami County, OhioCentennial Portrait and Biographical Record of the City of Dayton and of Montgomery County, OhioDayton and Montgomery County, Resources and PeopleDayton, Ohio - an Intimate HistoryEarly Dayton: with Important Facts and Incidents from the Founding of the City of Dayton, Ohio, to the Hundredth Anniversary, 1796 - 1896Firelands PioneerHistory of Darke CountyHistory of Dayton, OhioHistory of Greene County; Together with Historic Notes on the Northwest, and the State of OhioHistory of Jackson County, OhioHistory of Montgomery County, OhioHistory of the City of Dayton and Montgomery CountyHistory of Warren County, OhioMemoirs of the Miami ValleyMiami Valley GenealogiesPioneer Life in Dayton and Vicinity 1796 - 1840Some Dayton Saints and ProphetsSouthern Ohio and Its Builders Date All Months JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember Publication Info Sort By Date Last Name First Name Publication Volume

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Full-text obituaries: Many full-text obituaries can be found in the Dayton Daily News 1898-1922 and the Dayton Daily News 2018-Present databases (Library card holders only) as well as the Dayton Daily News Obituary page (2007-present).

Questions about the use of this database or to obtain a copy of an obituary or death notice, please send a request to history@daytonmetrolibrary.org giving the complete citation found in the index. Because of the high volume of requests, we ask that you send no more than three requests at a time. For statistical purposes, please indicate your zip code.