Death Library Reviews

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Membership Costs:

Membership costs at DeathLibrary differ according to length of subscription, as follows:

• 1 Year Access - $14.99
• 2 Year Access - $19.99
• 5 Year Access - $22.99

 

Features:

• Obtain death records and obituaries on practically everyone in the US
• It takes less that one minute to complete a full search!
• Instant access to death records, obituaries, place of burial, SSN, relatives and much more.
• Records are available on anyone in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and Western Europe.
• Search results contain a vast amount of information including name, age, birthplace, date, marriage information, employment, memberships, hobbies, spouse, children, close relatives.
• Search by US State or by region.
• 100% Safe and discreet searches
• FAQs and Email help. Free support, seven days a week!
• For an extra $9.95, you get unlimited access to a number of additional resources: People Lookups, Inmate Records, Ancestry Records, Death Records, Sex Offenders, Census Records, Court Records & Cell Phone Trace.
• For a further $9.95, you get unlimited access to a number of further resources, including Criminal Records, Civil Records, DMV Records, and your All-in-One Background Check Database.

 

Performing a Search using DeathLibrary:

DeathLibrary.com allows users to search by the following criteria:

• First Name
• Last Name
• Gender
• Country
• City
• ZIP Code

 

Editor's Verdict:

DeathLibrary offers unlimited access to a range of death records, obituaries and associated research materials. From $14.99 a month, users can search a wide variety of useful genealogical materials. Records are available on anyone in the US, Canada, UK, Australia and Western Europe, and return detailed search results including a variety of additional (and highly useful) pieces of data. As well as dates of death, users get information on name, age, birthplace, birth date, marriage information, employment, memberships, hobbies, spouse information, children and information on close relatives.

This site is perhaps not ideally suited to those new to family history research and genealogy. DeathLibrary is not only a little limited in its focus - offering access primarily to death dates and information - but it is also extremely difficult to navigate at times owing to the myriad of links which litter the homepage (and indeed, many of the subsequent pages). The site is, however, inexpensive to join, and if access to death records and obituaries for the countries covered is all you are interested in, this site could be for you. DeathLibrary does offer some additional services, but many are questionable in their application to genealogy. We're not sure how access to services such as Cell Phone Trace, the Sex Offenders register, Criminal Records, Civil Records, Credit Checks, DMV Records, and your 'All-in-One Background Check' is particularly relevant to genealogical research, and found their inclusion a little odd.

That said, if you're interested in these records (for whatever purpose) paying the additional fees could prove fruitful for you if you wish to trace a missing family member, for example. We were particularly impressed by the range of supportive materials featured on DeathLibrary, with the site offering a range of helpful resources to aid in your research. With FAQs and email support available seven days a week too we were pleasantly surprised by how supportive DeathLibrary is, especially for novice users. The site does, however, lack any software to produce a family tree, and this is a significant issue for the serious genealogist.

DeathLibrary certainly doesn't offer access to the same comprehensive record collection as some of the sites we review. Certainly our highest rated site in this category, Ancestry.com offers a great deal more for a similar monthly subscription cost. We would suggest checking out another site, such as Ancestry.com, which offers a bit more for your monthly subscription, and includes some great family tree software.

Please note that Death Library has now been discontinued.