Bay County Obituaries

Search strategies for the NewsHearld.com online Archives

This site contains a treasure trove of recent obituaries, but the search engine is difficult to use. It uses a Boolean “OR” logic per section, so any section containing all of the words you type in the “Search Words” box anywhere in an entire newspaper will be reported. If you search for Tom Jones, every issue with a section containing either Tom or Jones will be reported. There seems to be no way around this. Type in the name of the person you are searching for and add the keyword “obituaries.” If you get too many results, try including the middle name and/or nickname. Word order and capitalization don't matter, but spelling must be exact. Leave the dates blank if you don't know them. If you know the approximate date, add extra days to the “END DATE” because obituaries may not appear immediately after death.