Obituary Research for Brevard County

Obituaries for Brevard County may be researched in a number of ways, depending on the year of death:

Obituaries published in our local newspaper, Florida Today (which covers all of Brevard County), may be searched on microfilm available at the Melbourne Public Library (1969 to present) and the Central Brevard Library and Reference Center (1966 to present).

Earlier years of newspapers on microfilm include:

East Coast Advocate and Indian River Chronicle (weekly, 1890-1929) available at the North Brevard Library.

Florida Star (Titusville) (weekly, 1880-1914) available at the Central Brevard Library and Reference Center.

Cocoa Tribune (Cocoa) (1917-67) available at the Central Brevard Library and Reference Center.

Melbourne Times (Melbourne) (weekly 1926-1970) available at the Central Brevard Library and Reference Center and the Melbourne Public Library.

Titusville Star Advocate (weekly, 1930-1965) available at the North Brevard Library.

NOTE: The above newspapers do not have an index, so a death date will be needed for a successful search. See Obituary Research Requests for directions on how to request an obituary search from Brevard County Libraries.

Obituaries from 1999 to present can be searched online at the Florida Today Website.
Brevard County Libraries subscribe to the Obituaries and Death Notices database compiled by Newsbank. This is a national database covering various locations and time periods. This database is only accessible from within one of our system libraries.

Obituary Research Tips

Double-check spelling of the person's name.
Publication is usually in local newspapers where the death occurred.
Publication is usually at the discretion of the family or funeral home, and publication can be withheld for a variety of reasons.
Due to charges, the obituary you are seeking may not have been published. Obituaries are not always posted in newspapers.