Jackson County Obituary Index

For years our RVGS volunteers have been clipping obituaries from the Ashland Daily Tidings, the Medford Mail Tribune, and the Upper Rogue Independent newspapers. Bound and indexed volumes of these obituaries are available for you to use in our library. You will also find bound and indexed collections of donated obituaries from earlier years, but these are obviously not complete. These "donated" obituaries were bound when a sufficient number were collected to make a volume, making overlap in year range inevitable. In all cases, indexing is by surname, maiden name and previous marriage name.

If you are unable to visit the library, our staff will research and copy obituaries for $10.00 per individual. This includes all newspaper references for the same person. You should keep in mind that, while newspaper announcements usually contain biographical information provided by family and friends, this is not always the case. If we determine that an obituary contains only the date of death and burial place, we will endeavor to supplement the newspaper obituary with other information in our records. There is, of course, no guarantee that we will find more information in our records than is contained in the newspaper announcement itself.

Follow one of the links below to see the index for that year or year range. If you find a name of interest and would like a copy of the obituary, follow the link for the request form at the top of the index, print it and fill it in, and send it along with a check for $10 to the address on the form.