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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.

219

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

1,061

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

100

Active sources monitored (30 days)

19

Counties with recent activity

34 minutes ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 34 minutes ago

Maine Death Data by County

19 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
York County20015YesterdayActive
Cumberland County18114TodayActive
Kennebec County15410TodayActive
Aroostook County10515TodayActive
Androscoggin County7411TodayActive
Oxford County608YesterdayActive
Penobscot County519TodayActive
Franklin County505TodayActive
Somerset County365YesterdayActive
Waldo County314TodayActive
Lincoln County2934 days agoActive
Hancock County2682 days agoActive
Washington County212TodayActive
Piscataquis County172TodayActive
Knox County163TodayActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Maine

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

Last 7 days

219

Previous 7 days: 292 · -25% vs prior period

Last 30 days

1,061

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 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

92.6%

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

97.5%

of recent Maine records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Maine Death & Obituary Data

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

Gardiner99Springvale93Farmington45Portland45Caribou38Scarborough35Auburn33Lewiston30Boothbay28Augusta26Skowhegan26Bryant Pond24

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.