Greene County Death Records

Free Databases Online

  • Social Security Death Index (SSDI). The Death Master File (DMF) from the Social Security Administration (SSA) currently contains over 74 million records. 
  • Ohio Death Certificate Index 1913 — 1937.  The Ohio Historical Society online  database indexes Death Certificates of persons that died in Ohio for the listed years. 
  • USGenweb Obituary Project.  Table of the Ohio counties that have obituaries online in the Ohio USGenWeb Archives which includes Greene County, Ohio.
  • International Genealogical Index (IGI).   North American database contains approximately 600 million names of deceased individuals. These names have been patron submitted or extracted from thousands of original.
  • Ancestry World Tree.  Ancestry World Tree GEDCOM files are voluntarily submitted by Ancestry users.
  • Rootsweb WorldConnect.  Gedcom Files are voluntarily submitted.
  • Obituaries Database on Rootsweb.com Database contains 71,871 records (24,826 distinct surnames)
  • Seventh-day Adventist Obituary Index  The Obituary Index is a subset of the Seventh-day Adventist Periodical Index which is sponsored in cooperation with other Seventh-day Adventist college and university libraries in North America. (requires registration to search)
  • American Memorials Obituary Registry A National Database of current obituaries and death notices. Searchable by Name, City, State and Keywords.

Paid Subscription Sites with sources

Other Resources for finding Death records and Obituaries.

Ohio Historical Society Death Records

Greene County Records Center and Archives

Volunteer Lookups

  • Obituary Lookup Volunteer listings for Ohio are by county.  The Obituary areas the volunteer covers and the resources available are listed along with the volunteer's name and e-mail address, and web page if any.

Greene County Newspapers

  • 1842 Obituaries, Ohio Free Press Newspaper, Xenia, Ohio.
  • Ohio Death Notices and Obituaries in Newspapers around the State of Ohio With Greene County, Ohio Connections.
  • Obituaries submitted by individuals and posted on OHGREENE-L Mail list. Covers various years.
  • Obituaries submitted by individuals and posted on Greene County Rootsweb Message Board. Covers various years.