Death notices are submitted through a funeral home or the friends or family of the deceased. You can view death notices from the past year by visiting this link. To browse death notices by town, please click here.
Obituaries meanwhile are written by Globe staff members. Recent obituaries published in the Globe are listed here or you may click this link If you are looking for past obituaries.
If you cannot find what you are looking for using the resources above, we recommend contacting your local library to see if they have back issues of The Boston Globe from this time period available on microfilm.