Where can I find an obituary in the UK for someone?

Looking for an obit so I can find the name of the funeral home to send flowers to for someone that passed who lives in the UK, Cheshire area, could be in London area, name is Dorothy Mooney. Just want to see the obit listing so I can send flowers to the funeral home to give to family. If you find this obit for me, 30 points, I'll give 2 freebie questions to you too.

Where can I find an obituary in the UK for someone?
Obituaries are not automatically created in the UK, and the internet is not commonly used for these here, either.


To publish an obituary here, the death must be proved to be genuine with a Death Cerificate, to prevent malicious hoaxes.


The family or friends would need to pay for an entry, usually in a local newspaper, unless the person was somebody famous whose death would be of general interest.


You will need to find the place of death and then check local papers published in the following couple of weeks.


Most local newspapers in the UK are now free and paid for by advertisers, so there are several publications in each area.


Local libraries and the publishers should keep back copies.


You will need to have a death certificate to find fuller details and these can be obtained at a reasonable cost from http://www.gro.gov.uk/gro/content/deaths...





Of course if the death was notable for any reason, it could have been reported in the local newspaper.





Check this out for Cheshire newspapers:


http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/cheshire...





This may also be of use:


http://www.thisischeshire.co.uk/


http://www.uk-funerals.co.uk/funeral-dir...





If the death was in London you would need to find the specific place.





Hope this helps.
Reply:you'll have to check all the newspapers in Cheshire and London. There may not have been an obit inserted in the paper by the next of kin.