Death Notice Index
The Death Notice Index is a database listing the dates of death notices that have appeared in the Tulsa World and Tulsa Tribune. A death notice is not an obituary, as it will only give the person's name, age, occupation (if known), and location and time of services. Obituaries are classified ads, so they are not indexed. The Central Library has both the Tulsa World and Tulsa Tribune on microfilm in the Research Center on the 4th floor. Copies can be made from the microfilm at ten cents per page.
The Death Notice Index contains the name of the person and the date the death notice appeared in the newspaper, covering the years 1965-1990. The year 1964 is now being added, with updates made daily.
Sometimes, the name you are searching is not listed. It may help to try a different spelling of the person’s last name. There are many different ways to spell certain names, such as Lewis, Louis, Luis, or Stevens, Stephens, or Elliott, Elliot, Eliott, Eliot. If you are uncertain of the spelling of a last name, put the first few letters of a last name, such as ‘She’, which will bring up names from Shea to Shewmaker.
Occasionally, there are articles about deaths and the death notices do not appear in the newspapers. In those cases, the dates and/or page numbers of the articles appear in the index.
For death notices from 1989 to the present, library customers with a valid library card can visit their neighborhood library and search the Tulsa World online via a library subscription service.
For any questions regarding the Death Notice Index, please contact the Research Center at 596-7986 or
