Obituaries in Milwaukee, WI | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (2024)

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How do I find an obituary for a specific person in Wisconsin? ›

Recent obituaries from the current year can be viewed, many without images, at the Wisconsin State Journal web site. Obituaries before the current year can be obtained by browsing the newspaper microfilm or can be requested (with a two-week date range) by phone, mail, or email.

Need help publishing an obituary in Milwaukee Journal Sentinel? Obituaries can also be telephoned to our support team at +1 (800) 917-9207 or sent by email to gannettobits@​obituaries.com.

Placing an obituary in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel starts at $61.00.

Many funeral homes publish obituaries on their websites. These can usually be located with a Google search on the person's name. Local genealogical and historical societies, public libraries, and some newspaper publishers maintain clipping files of obituaries.

Wisconsin birth, death, marriage, and divorce records from October 1907 to now are available. You can order them from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office. Birth, marriage, death, and divorce records are also available through Wisconsin county Register of Deeds offices.

Obituaries and death notices can be published by alumni organizations, religious or community institutions, and professional organizations, or online.

The Web site hosts obituaries and memorials for more than 70 percent of all U.S. deaths. Legacy.com hosts obituaries for more than three-quarters of the 100 largest newspapers in the U.S., by circulation.

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Why does it cost so much to post an obituary? Publishing an obituary in the newspaper is expensive because of the limited space papers have. Newspapers value every inch of each page, so they must charge to use that limited space for an obituary.

Do you have to post an obituary in Wisconsin? ›

You are not legally required to place an obituary or death notice in the newspaper. However, if you would like a template to create an obituary, we can provide an electronic template for you. Sometimes, if the estate enters probate, you may need to place a legal notice in a public newspaper.

Many newspapers charge by the line or inch for obituaries, not by the word.

As funeral homes across America post obituaries to their respective funeral home website, The Obituary App organizes them all into particular cities. Now, a user can look at all the obituaries posted by multiple funeral homes in one place. There are two obituary feeds within The Obituary App.

Copyright and Obituaries. To be clear, obituaries are protected by copyright. They are creative works of expression that are fixed into a tangible medium of expression. Both the text and the images that make up an obituary are protected by copyright (even if the facts and information are not).

Free; index to death and burial records from the state of Wisconsin. Microfilm copies of original records are available at the FamilySearch Library and at some FamilySearch Centers. Free; index of deaths from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office. Also at Ancestry.com, free at FamilySearch centers.

Placing an obituary in the Wisconsin State Journal starts at $142.50.