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The Martins Ferry Public Library will provide a copy of an obituary, or a related article, from our microfilmed copies of LOCAL NEWSPAPERS. The newspapers are not indexed; therefore it is important that you provide an exact date of death.

If you do not know the exact date of death, try searching your local library's genealogy databases or try the Social Security Death Index or the Ohio Death Certificate Index. We also input obituary data in the RB Hayes Obituary Index. You can quickly search the index here:

Last Name:		(required)
First Name:		(optional)
Middle Name:		(optional)
Year of Death:		(optional / format YYYY)

The charge for this service is $5.00 for requests without an exact date of death and $3.00 for requests with an exact date of death. You will be contacted by email 1-2 business days after sending your request. You will be asked to send payment before the obituary research begins. If no obituaries are found, you are still charged the research fee.

The library also has an Obituary File for research use in the library. This file was created by town historian, Annie Tanks who passed away May 12, 2004. The Obituary File contains obituaries from approximately 1980 to the present. All local obituaries are cut out of the newspaper, filed and data entered the RB Hayes Obituary Index.

TO REQUEST AN OBITUARY PLEASE FILL OUT THE FOLLOWING FORM. YOU WILL BE CONTACTED BY EMAIL.

Name of deceased Date of death/event Place of residence Other information Your name Address City State Choose a State Outside US / Canada Alabama Alaska Alberta American Samoa Arizona Arkansas Armed Forces Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific British Columbia California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District Of Columbia Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Manitoba Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Brunswick New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Newfoundland North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Is Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Ohio Oklahoma Ontario Oregon Palau Pennsylvania Prince Edward Island Province du Quebec Puerto Rico Rhode Island Saskatchewan South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Yukon Territory Zip code Telephone You must enter a valid email address! E-mail Comments    *Note: if you wish to request another, you do not have to enter your personal information a second time.

You are always welcome to come to the library and do the research yourself. Photocopies cost .20 per page.

By mail:
Send obituary requests to:

Martins Ferry Public Library
Attention: Reference
20 James Wright Place
Martins Ferry, OH 43935

You can also pay with PayPal

By phone (if you have 1 or 2 requests):
Call our Reference Desk at 740-633-0314 and give all the pertinent information for your search.

Local Newspaper Microfilm Coverage:

Belmont County Childrens Home Register	1880 - 1947; vol. 1-2
Martins Ferry Evening Times	August 3, 1891 – December 26, 1892
Bellaire Herald	January 13, 1898 - January 5, 1899
NO MICROFILM	January 1893 – May 18, 1913
Bellaire Daily Leader	May 19, 1913 – September 30, 1913
NO MICROFILM	October 1913 – December 1913
Bellaire Daily Leader	January - June 1914
Bellaire Daily Independent & Bellaire Daily Leader	March 10, 1914 – September 30, 1920
NO MICROFILM	October 1920 – July 23, 1924
Flushing News	July 24, 1924 – Dec. 9, 1926
Martins Ferry Daily Times	January 4, 1926 – April 1926 (May 1926 missing)
Martins Ferry Daily Times	June 1926 – December 1926
Bellaire Daily Leader	January - December 1927
Flushing News	January 6, 1927 – May 30, 1929
Martins Ferry Daily Times	June 1927 – October 31,1927
Bellaire Daily Leader	January - December 1928
Martins Ferry Daily Times	August 1928 – October 1928
Martins Ferry Daily Times	January 1929 – April 1930
Flushing News	June 5, 1929 - Oct. 1, 1930
NO MICROFILM	May 1930; July 1930
Martins Ferry Daily Times	June 1930 – February 1932 (NO JULY 1930)
NO MICROFILM	March 1932
Martins Ferry Daily Times	April 1932 – November 1937
NO MICROFILM	December 1937
Martins Ferry Daily Times	January 1938 – December 1945
Martins Ferry Times Leader	January 1946 – Current

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