How can I search for obituaries from the Reno newspaper?
There are several options for locating obituaries, depending on when they would have appeared.
Newspaper Archive contains full pages of both Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal for most years from the 1870s through 1977. This database is available only within the Downtown Reno and Sparks branch libraries. This database also includes many other historical newspapers from around the U.S. and the world.
There is also an index to Reno newspaper obituaries integrated into our online catalog. This index covers the period from mid-1962 through September 2007. To search for obituary citations in that index, you will need to go to the catalog, select "Browse", enter the name of the deceased (last name, first name) into the search box, then click on "subject" to perform the search. If the name is there, click on it to view the record. You will need to click on the "Catalog Record" tab to view the details of the date and page the obituary appeared. Please note, you are only viewing an index to help locate the obituary and will not be able to view the obituary itself. Once you have the information, you can contact us for assistance retrieving the actual obituary. Also please note, the index does not include obituaries from the Sparks Tribune.
For obituaries appearing from 2003 to present, full-text is available online, with your Washoe County Library card, in the Proquest database for the Reno Gazette Journal.You can usually find it by simply typing the name of the deceased into the search box. If the name is very common, you may want to limit by date if you know approximately when the obituary would have appeared in the newspaper, to avoid getting a lot of incorrect results.
Outside of the library's resources, you can find very recent obituaries through the Reno Gazette-Journal website at RGJ.com by clicking on "Obituaries" (this is provided through Legacy.com, a national obituary listing website). The RGJ also has a limited (2002-2008) archive of obituaries formerly appearing on their site at http://acorn.rgj.com/obits/archive/ in full text.
If you require assistance using any of these resources or need us to retrieve an obituary, please contact us using our ask a librarian page.
Newspaper Archive contains full pages of both Reno Evening Gazette and Nevada State Journal for most years from the 1870s through 1977. This database is available only within the Downtown Reno and Sparks branch libraries. This database also includes many other historical newspapers from around the U.S. and the world.
There is also an index to Reno newspaper obituaries integrated into our online catalog. This index covers the period from mid-1962 through September 2007. To search for obituary citations in that index, you will need to go to the catalog, select "Browse", enter the name of the deceased (last name, first name) into the search box, then click on "subject" to perform the search. If the name is there, click on it to view the record. You will need to click on the "Catalog Record" tab to view the details of the date and page the obituary appeared. Please note, you are only viewing an index to help locate the obituary and will not be able to view the obituary itself. Once you have the information, you can contact us for assistance retrieving the actual obituary. Also please note, the index does not include obituaries from the Sparks Tribune.
For obituaries appearing from 2003 to present, full-text is available online, with your Washoe County Library card, in the Proquest database for the Reno Gazette Journal.You can usually find it by simply typing the name of the deceased into the search box. If the name is very common, you may want to limit by date if you know approximately when the obituary would have appeared in the newspaper, to avoid getting a lot of incorrect results.
Outside of the library's resources, you can find very recent obituaries through the Reno Gazette-Journal website at RGJ.com by clicking on "Obituaries" (this is provided through Legacy.com, a national obituary listing website). The RGJ also has a limited (2002-2008) archive of obituaries formerly appearing on their site at http://acorn.rgj.com/obits/archive/ in full text.
If you require assistance using any of these resources or need us to retrieve an obituary, please contact us using our ask a librarian page.