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Public Domain Obituaries (pre-1931) and Abstracts:

(See copyright info)

Volunteers Needed!

This is a new project for Hawaii and we hope to make it a success by getting many local newspapers & funeral homes involved!

We encourage individuals with Hawaii Obituaries dated before January 1, 1931, to come forward with them. Please submit them in e-mail to Hawaii Obituaries, and include the source of your obituary. We will be glad to credit you as the source of this information.

Ways You Can Help:

Do you currently receive a Hawaii Newspaper? If so you too could be part of this project by helping us create Abstract Obituaries from current data. Please contact us for further details on this.

You can also help us by submitting a letter to the publisher of any local Hawaii Newspaper and get permission for current obits to be published. A sample letter can be found here.

Go through old newspapers (published prior to 1931) and copy the obituaries found. We will also accept single obituaries that you have in your files. You can submit either complete obituaries or abstracts (just the facts) of the obituaries. Check with your local library to see what old newspapers they have on microfilm.

Copyright Law:

The Hawaii Obituary Project will abide by today's copyright laws.  Obituaries published after December 31, 1930, unless:

-you were the original author of the obituary, or

-the newspaper in question grants permission to reprint the obituary, or

-the obituary is that of a family member (you must give the relation), or

-you submit an abstract of your obituaries. A good abstract might give the paper's name, name of deceased, age, date of death, and date that the obituary appears in the paper (in parenthesis).