Where to Find Obituaries at the Library

1.       Obituaries published Nov 11 1987- Jun 30 2013 – are in bound copies of Hernando Today at    the Main library, 238 Howell Avenue in downtown Brooksville.

        You can take a photo of the obituary with a smartphone or camera, or transcribe it by hand.

2.       Obituaries published 1920’S - June 17^th, 1992-  are on  microfilm at the West Hernando         branch, 6335 Blackbird Avenue, near Weeki Wachee. 

     These are the old Brooksville newspapers, such as the Daily Sun-Journal, Brooksville Sun, etc.

      The Train Depot Museum on 70 Russell St. in Brooksville has an index of obituaries for the                microfilm.

       Museum hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday, 12-3  Phone: 352-799-4766

       The microfilm viewer at the West branch does not have a printer. The Homosassa branch of  the        Citrus County library has a microfilm viewer with a printer:

      4100 So. Grandmarch Ave, Homosassa

      Phone 352-628-5626

      Hrs: Mon-Thu 10-7, Fri-Sat 10-5

Our library will need your name and card number, and a list of the reels you borrow (you can take up to 3 at a time):

   You can also take a photo of the obituary with a smartphone or camera, or transcribe it by hand.

3.       Florida Newspaper Database, in our E-Resources (ask library staff for assistance if needed).

        St. Petersburg Times-  Jan 1 2000 -  Dec 31 2011 (plus a few editions from previous years)

       Tampa Bay Times     -   Jan 1 2012 - present (plus a few editions from previous years)

        Tampa Tribune        Jan 1 1999-June 22, 2011 (plus a few editions from previous years)

        Hernando Today   December 8 2006 - October 30 2009

      Obituaries from this database and can be printed, emailed or downloaded to your computer di-
      rectly from the database     

      If you can’t find an obituary, check Ancestry.com on the library website, or  familysearch.org.
      They may have the location of the obituary you are seeking.