Obituary Index
Below find the Fall River Herald News Obituary Index. At present, we have indexing available for many years of the 1930s through the 2010s. This project is still a work in progress and we will make more index files available as they are completed.
Each year links to a PDF sorted by last name and includes the individual's first and last name, maiden and spouse names if applicable, and the date the obituary appeared in the paper. No other data is listed in the index. To see the full obituary, which may include burial information and names of relatives, you can access the newspaper online, if it is available, or come to the library and read the newspaper on microfilm. Printing is available at 25¢ per page.
If you know the full name and date of death, you can submit an obituary request via mail or email. Each obituary request is $2.00. Please limit requests to no more than 3 at a time. Please send written requests to Fall River Public Library, Attn: Reference Department, 104 North Main Street, Fall River, MA 02720.
Some Fall River newspapers are available online. At the current time, we have access to the Fall River Herald News (1926-1965 and 1998-2000), Fall River Globe (1924-1927), and an assortment of other Fall River Historic Newspapers (1826-1923). These collections are keyword searchable. We also have text-only access to the Fall River Herald News, 1999-present, through Newsbank (you will need your library card to log in remotely). Any newspapers that do not fall in this date range must be accessed on microfilm.
| 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s |
| 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 |
1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
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| 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s |
| 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 |
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |