About ObituaryMonitor
We help families, estate professionals, and organizations stay informed about life events that matter—with accuracy, respect, and reliability.
Our Mission
To provide timely, accurate death notifications that enable families to grieve, professionals to serve their clients, and organizations to fulfill their obligations—all while treating this sensitive information with the respect and privacy it deserves.
We believe that knowing about a loved one's passing—or a client's, or a debtor's—shouldn't require hours of manual searching. Our technology handles the monitoring, so you can focus on what matters: taking appropriate action with compassion and care.
50
States Covered
24/7
Monitoring
90%+
Match Confidence
1000s
Sources Scanned
Our Values
These principles guide everything we do, from product development to customer support.
Accuracy First
We prioritize precision over volume. Our 90%+ confidence threshold ensures you only receive alerts that matter, minimizing false positives and respecting your time.
Privacy & Respect
We understand the sensitivity of death notifications. Your watch list is encrypted, never shared, and we only monitor publicly available obituary sources.
Reliability
Our systems run 24/7, scanning thousands of obituary sources across all 50 states. When a notice is published, you'll be among the first to know.
Transparency
No hidden fees, no long-term contracts, no surprise charges. Simple pricing based on your needs, with the freedom to cancel anytime.
Why Obituary Monitoring Matters
In the United States, information about deaths is remarkably fragmented. Unlike centralized vital records systems in some countries, American death records are distributed across thousands of sources: funeral home websites, daily newspapers, online memorial platforms, and regional aggregators. This fragmentation means that finding a specific obituary often requires checking dozens of sources manually, a process that is both time-consuming and unreliable.
For families, this fragmentation can mean missing the opportunity to attend a funeral or memorial service for a distant relative because no one thought to check the right source at the right time. For professionals, it can mean missing critical legal deadlines or continuing to pursue cases that should have been closed. In both cases, the consequences of delayed or missed notification can range from emotional distress to significant financial and legal complications.
ObituaryMonitor addresses this challenge by centralizing the monitoring process. Instead of manually checking multiple sources, our users add the names of people they want to track and let our system handle the rest. We scan over two thousand five hundred obituary sources continuously, applying intelligent matching algorithms to identify potential matches with high confidence. When a match is found, we deliver immediate notification via email and optional SMS text message.
This automated approach provides several advantages over manual checking. First, it is more comprehensive: our source list includes many small and regional sources that most people would never think to check. Second, it is more consistent: automated monitoring never forgets, never takes a vacation, and never gets distracted by other priorities. Third, it is more timely: we check sources multiple times daily, so obituaries are typically detected within hours of publication rather than days or weeks later.
Who We Serve
Our service is trusted by a diverse range of users who need reliable, timely notifications.
Families
Monitor elderly relatives or estranged family members
Estate Attorneys
Initiate trust administration and probate proceedings
Private Investigators
Skip tracing and asset recovery research
Genealogists
Family history and heir search projects