Online obituary abstracts are available as Microsoft Excel files.
Obituaries are abstracted from local newspapers as follows:
AG=Alamance Gleaner (weekly newspaper from Graham, NC)
ML=Mebane Leader (weekly newspaper from Mebane, NC)
SD=State Dispatch (weekly newspaper from Burlington, NC)
TN=Times-News (daily newspaper from Burlington, NC)
These newspapers are available on microfilm in the Local History Collection at May Memorial Library. The Alamance Gleaner and the Mebane Leader are also available in digital format at the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center website at https://www.digitalnc.org/collections/newspapers/
View recent local obituaries at the Times-News website at https://www.thetimesnews.com/obituaries/ Current obituaries are available for public viewing, but you must be a subscriber to view archived obituaries.
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Obituary Abstracts 1875-1914
These records are not available online,
but can be searched in their index at May Memorial Library .
Contact the librarian at reference.staff@alamancelibraries.org
to request a search be performed.
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Early Obituary Index to the Alamance Gleaner, State Dispatch, and Mebane Leader for the time period 1875-1914
