Tucson Citizen (Tucson, Arizona) Newspaper Obituaries (1999 - 2009)

The Tucson Citizen Obituary Archives are essential for uncovering your Arizona heritage.

Older newspapers often use handwritten scripts that can be difficult to read, but this online archive eliminates that challenge, providing easy access to valuable historical records.

Why explore local obituaries?

• You discover more about your family's history.
• You reconnect with distant relatives.
• You uncover the stories of your ancestors' lives.
• You access almost 150 years of local history.

How to Search the Tucson Citizen Obituary Archives

Simply enter the last name of the relative you're researching and click "Search." This is an excellent starting point for your research.

For more precise results, follow these steps:

• Step 1: Enter your relative's full name and include a middle name.
• Step 2: Add a keyword, such as a school or town name.
• Step 3: Exclude certain keywords to filter out irrelevant results.
• Step 4: Specify a range of years to help distinguish between individuals with the same name.
• Step 5: Adjust the sorting order to view the best matches, the newest entries, or the oldest records.

Here are some tips to help you uncover the right information:

• Begin with details from recent family members to trace older generations.
• Search using initials, as many older obituaries used them instead of full names.
• When researching a female relative, try searching under her husband's name.
• Be mindful of common misspellings, as names were often incorrectly spelled in the past.

Additional resources to explore

• Archives of US Newspapers
• Birth, Marriage, and Death Records
• Lists of Ship Passengers
• Public Records
• Index of Social Security Deaths
• Records on US Cultural and Ethnic Groups

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