Delaware Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Delaware death and obituary data across supported counties. ObituaryMonitor detects newly published death information from funeral homes and obituary sources and makes eligible records available through API, CSV, and the County Feed portal.

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Delaware Death & Obituary Data

Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.

106

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

427

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

40

Active sources monitored (30 days)

3

Counties with recent activity

35 minutes ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 35 minutes ago

Delaware Death Data by County

3 counties with recent activity

Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across supported counties. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.

County30-day recordsSourcesLatest activityStatus
New Castle County16817TodayActive
Kent County14413TodayActive
Sussex County11510TodayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Delaware

Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.

Last 7 days

106

Previous 7 days: 131 · -19% vs prior period

Last 30 days

427

Compared with the prior 30-day window when available.

These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.

What Delaware Death & Obituary Records Can Include

Field availability across recent eligible Delaware County Feed records (trailing 30 days).

Name

100%

of recent Delaware records

Date of death

100%

of recent Delaware records

City / location

100%

of recent Delaware records

County

100%

of recent Delaware records

Source URL

100%

of recent Delaware records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Delaware records

Captured text excerpt

93.7%

of recent Delaware records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Delaware Death & Obituary Data

Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).

Wilmington102Dover40Smyrna39Bridgeville33Lewes28Newark23Felton22Camden Wyoming20Hockessin18Harrington16Seaford13Millsboro11

Delaware Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Delaware to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.

Browse Delaware Funeral Homes →

How Delaware County Feed Works

  1. ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
  2. New death records are detected and normalized.
  3. Geographic information is assigned where supported.
  4. Eligible Delaware records become available through County Feed.
  5. Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.

Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.

Access Delaware Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Delaware death and obituary records programmatically in JSON.

Explore the County Feed API →

CSV

Download or export records for operational workflows and CRM import.

Web Portal

Review and filter new Delaware records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Delaware Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Delaware counties for potential probate or inherited-property research.

Probate & Legal Services

Identify recent deaths within geographic service areas and support downstream estate workflows.

Financial Institutions

Use death signals as an additional input in deceased-customer and risk-monitoring processes. Financial institutions monitoring

Data & Software Companies

Integrate normalized death and obituary data into software products and operational systems.

Research / Operations

Monitor county-level death events without manually checking individual obituary websites.

Example Delaware Death Data API Record

Illustrative sample record — not an actual person.

{
  "id": "fh-sample",
  "full_name": "Sample Person",
  "first_name": "Sample",
  "last_name": "Person",
  "date_of_death": "2026-08-08",
  "state": "DE",
  "county": "New Castle",
  "county_slug": "new-castle-county-de",
  "city": "Wilmington",
  "source_type": "funeral_home",
  "obituary_url": "https://example.com/sample",
  "funeral_home_name": "Example Funeral Home",
  "indexed_at": "2026-08-08T14:22:00.000Z",
  "survivors_status": "ok"
}

This example shows the structure of an eligible County Feed record. Field names follow the public County Feed API notice schema. Internal-only fields are omitted.

Delaware Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Delaware Death Data

Choose the Delaware counties that matter to your organization and receive newly detected records through API, CSV, or the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Also see the national County Feed product page and Browse Delaware Funeral Homes.