We’re the world’s largest online memorial destination: A network of obituaries that connects thousands of local funeral homes, news outlets, and communities across all 50 U.S. states and six countries.
Families and well-wishers everywhere come here to publish, find, and share tributes to people they care about.
Writing a loved one’s life story and publishing it in an obituary, where people can discover it, pay tribute, and offer sympathy, is one of the most important ways we find meaning when someone dies.
At Legacy, you can submit an obituary to the local news for publication—and if you need to, you can get instant help with writing that obituary, using our free, AI-powered assistant. You can look up someone who has died and send condolences or flowers to their family; find local funeral information; and learn more about all the different ways in which people are memorialized, from cremation-specific services to charitable gifts.
Our company was born in Chicago in the late 1990s, when a small team of people came together around a big idea: that putting obituaries online would forever transform the way we commemorate our loved ones.
The very first obituary posted on Legacy.com told the life story of Frank H. Bartol, a hard-working immigrant farmer born in 1896 who came to Michigan, built a poultry empire, raised a loving family, and lived to dance the polka at his own 100th birthday party.
Today, twenty-five years and 40 million obituaries later, Legacy serves as one of the top sources of hometown information in the United States and beyond. And Frank's memory still lives on.
40 Million Monthly Visits
2 Million Tributes & Condolences shared each year
5 Million memorial trees planted
17,000 Charitable Organizations Supported
2,700 local news partners
Top-50 U.S. news site
Legacy works hand in hand with the nation’s most reliable and trustworthy local news publishers, funeral providers, family history services, and charitable institutions, including:
“Helping people publish their families’ obituaries has given me a life-changing realization: When someone we love dies, our relationship with them doesn’t. It really does keep on going. Putting our memories and feelings into words helps keep those relationships alive forever.”
Alan Press
Chief Executive Officer
“Over more than 20 years of reading and writing obituaries at Legacy, I’ve discovered countless fascinating life stories. It has truly taught me that every life is precious and worth remembering.”
Linnea Crowther
News Editor
“Reading the obituaries from my hometown every day keeps me feeling connected to the place where I grew up. Especially in smaller communities, obituaries are the heart and soul of the local news.”
Connie Walsh
Vice President of Advertising
“One of the main responsibilities of a funeral director is to tell people that someone has passed away. Legacy helps them do that in the best possible way, by making sure the obituary announcement is seen by the largest audience of people who care.”
John Heald
General Manager, Funeral Home Channel
“So many people have a real need to share their memories of a loved one they’re missing, and that need doesn’t follow any clock or calendar. Legacy gives them a place where, even in the middle of the night—even years later!—they can express those feelings in a way that really matters.”
Stopher Bartol
Founder
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