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Massachusetts Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Massachusetts 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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Massachusetts Death & Obituary Data

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

644

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

2,593

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

300

Active sources monitored (30 days)

19

Counties with recent activity

22 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 22 hours ago

Massachusetts 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
Middlesex County47359YesterdayActive
Norfolk County30632YesterdayActive
Bristol County30128YesterdayActive
Plymouth County27726YesterdayActive
Worcester County25741YesterdayActive
Essex County23732YesterdayActive
Suffolk County17723YesterdayActive
Hampden County15120YesterdayActive
Berkshire County143102 days agoActive
Barnstable County8483 days agoActive
Hampshire County67103 days agoActive
Cobb County451YesterdayActive
Franklin County2144 days agoActive
Wicomico County171Sep 7Active
Cook County1516 days agoActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Massachusetts

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

Last 7 days

644

Previous 7 days: 749 · -14% vs prior period

Last 30 days

2,593

Previous 30 days: 4,261 · -39% vs prior period

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

What Massachusetts Death & Obituary Records Can Include

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

Name

100%

of recent Massachusetts records

Date of death

100%

of recent Massachusetts records

City / location

100%

of recent Massachusetts records

County

100%

of recent Massachusetts records

Source URL

100%

of recent Massachusetts records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Massachusetts records

Captured text excerpt

96%

of recent Massachusetts records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Massachusetts Death & Obituary Data

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

Fall River132Quincy74Wareham74Arlington72Springfield67Richmond53Peabody51Haverhill48New Bedford47Brockton46Marietta45Worcester44

Massachusetts Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

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

How Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Massachusetts Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts 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": "MA",
  "county": "Suffolk",
  "county_slug": "suffolk-county-ma",
  "city": "Boston",
  "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.

Massachusetts Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Massachusetts Death Data

Choose the Massachusetts 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 Massachusetts Funeral Homes.