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Rhinelander Area Newspaper Obituary Index 1882 – 2006.

Rhinelander District Library in conjunction with the Northwoods Genealogical Society created an index of obituaries from the Rhinelander, Wisconsin area newspapers. Here you will find alphabetical listings of the obituaries appearing in those newspapers dating back to 1882.

Some good natured disclaimers:

This index is as accurate as several dozen volunteers working from microfilm over a period of 30 years could make it. Every attempt was made to include every name, however…Depending on the time period and publications, some newspapers had a formal obituary column, but many did not – which sometimes made the comprehensive gathering of death notices quite challenging. Volunteers had different notions of whether news stories about out of town accident victims and the like qualified for the file. The microfilm came from a variety of archival and commercial sources, not all of which had access to every single issue of all published newspapers. No attempt was made by the volunteers to create a record of every missing issue within individual rolls of film. There may be gaps we aren’t aware of. We know it isn’t perfect, but it’s pretty close.

Information on Newspaper Publications

How to get a copy of an obit

• To obtain a photocopy of the obituary from the newspaper send a SASE along with $3.00 for each obituary. Be sure to include name of the person, the obituary date and name of the newspaper. Send requests and payment to: Northwoods Genealogical Society, C/O Rhinelander District Library, 106 N Stevens St, Rhinelander, Wi 54501. Also include your email address if possible." Search and copy fees will be returned to the Library to increase the genealogy collection.
  
  
• You may visit the Rhinelander District Library located in beautiful downtown Rhinelander Wisconsin, in person and obtain copies of the obituaries directly from the newspaper microfilm.

Obituary Index

Intro    A    B-BEN    BER-BOZ    BRA-BY    CA-CM    CO-CZ    DA-DH    DI-DZ    E    F    G-Gj    Gl-Gz    Ha-Heh    Hei-Hof    Hog-Hy    I    J    Ka-Kj    Kl-Ky    La-Le    Lh-Ly    Ma    Mc-Me    Mi-My    N    O    Pa-Pe    Pf-Q    Ra-Rh    Ri-Rz    Sa-Sch    Sco-Si    Sm-Sr    St-Sz    T    U-V    W-We    Wh-Wy    XYZ    Appendix