Searching for Franklin County Obituaries and Death Records

Are you looking for Franklin County obituaries and death records? While this is very useful in researching a family name, you are actually limited in what you can find when you search only for basic information. Franklin County obituaries, unlike death records, contain detailed information about the person's life - not just the name and date of death. In fact, Franklin County, KY newspaper articles originally published Kentucky obituaries. A fairly recent phenomenon is the archiving of these Franklin County obituaries, first through microfilm, and then through online databases.

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Franklin County KY Obituaries and Online Search

That brings us to online searching. Yes, you now have the opportunity to search for Franklin County obituaries. Thousands of people die in Franklin County each year, and most of these people are mentioned in local Kentucky obituaries. While looking up these records on microfilm would be a chore, with online Franklin County obituaries, all you need is a name, state of death, and year of death. Results are instant and can confirm the information you are searching for. However, Franklin County Kentucky obituaries also contain information you cannot get elsewhere, including Kentucky cemetery records, which usually only have transcriptions and years.

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What Franklin County Obituaries Contain

Franklin County obituaries include personal information on the character of the deceased and the accomplishments to his/her name. For example, Franklin County, Kentucky obituaries might reveal to you that the subject was born in 1957, and that she had four siblings. Franklin County, Kentucky obituaries further detail where the woman in question grew up, attended schools and worked.