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Maine Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Maine 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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Maine Death & Obituary Data

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

155

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

704

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

76

Active sources monitored (30 days)

17

Counties with recent activity

30 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 30 hours ago

Maine Death Data by County

17 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
Kennebec County143102 days agoActive
Aroostook County97102 days agoActive
York County79122 days agoActive
Cumberland County77102 days agoActive
Penobscot County5144 days agoActive
Waldo County3944 days agoActive
Somerset County3754 days agoActive
Oxford County3134 days agoActive
Androscoggin County3056 days agoActive
Lincoln County2622 days agoActive
Hancock County2522 days agoActive
Franklin County2426 days agoActive
Piscataquis County1524 days agoActive
Knox County1322 days agoActive
Washington County914 days agoActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Maine

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

Last 7 days

155

Previous 7 days: 213 · -27% vs prior period

Last 30 days

704

Previous 30 days: 1,275 · -45% vs prior period

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

What Maine Death & Obituary Records Can Include

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

Name

100%

of recent Maine records

Date of death

100%

of recent Maine records

City / location

100%

of recent Maine records

County

100%

of recent Maine records

Source URL

100%

of recent Maine records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Maine records

Captured text excerpt

97.9%

of recent Maine records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Maine Death & Obituary Data

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

Gardiner83Portland36Skowhegan32Caribou28Scarborough28Boothbay26Belfast25Ellsworth25Springvale25Farmington24Mars Hill23Lewiston22

Maine Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Maine 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 Maine Funeral Homes →

How Maine 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 Maine 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 Maine Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Maine 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 Maine records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Maine Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Maine 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 Maine 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": "ME",
  "county": "Cumberland",
  "county_slug": "cumberland-county-me",
  "city": "Portland",
  "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.

Maine Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Maine Death Data

Choose the Maine 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 Maine Funeral Homes.