Kentucky Room staff members have been abstracting obituary information from the Owensboro newspapers since 1977. This online index is added to and updated almost daily. The amount of data abstracted divides the database into three time periods. The following three date ranges show the data listed for each of these periods:
 

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1842 - 1919: Detailed abstracts of obituaries
Name Obituary Date Age Birth Date Birth Place Death Date	Death Place Cemetery Cause of Death Survivors Comments
1920 – 1989: Brief abstracts of obituaries
Name Obituary Date Age	Death Place Birth Place
1990 - present: Detailed abstracts of obituaries
Name Obituary Date Age Birth Date Birth Place Death Date	Death Place Cemetery Cause of Death Survivors Comments