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Michigan Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Michigan 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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Michigan Death & Obituary Data

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

1,084

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

4,806

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

407

Active sources monitored (30 days)

79

Counties with recent activity

22 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 22 hours ago

Michigan Death Data by County

79 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
Wayne County60149YesterdayActive
Macomb County39829YesterdayActive
Oakland County29227YesterdayActive
Kent County24715YesterdayActive
Muskegon County170102 days agoActive
Ingham County152122 days agoActive
Clare County1175YesterdayActive
St. Clair County1177YesterdayActive
Lenawee County1118YesterdayActive
Cass County1104YesterdayActive
Huron County1105YesterdayActive
Monroe County1107YesterdayActive
Saginaw County110113 days agoActive
Bay County1078YesterdayActive
Allegan County10493 days agoActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Michigan

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

Last 7 days

1,084

Previous 7 days: 1,327 · -18% vs prior period

Last 30 days

4,806

Previous 30 days: 7,555 · -36% vs prior period

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

What Michigan Death & Obituary Records Can Include

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

Name

100%

of recent Michigan records

Date of death

100%

of recent Michigan records

City / location

100%

of recent Michigan records

County

100%

of recent Michigan records

Source URL

100%

of recent Michigan records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Michigan records

Captured text excerpt

96.2%

of recent Michigan records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Michigan Death & Obituary Data

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

Detroit181Shelby Township122Grand Rapids111Bay City82Muskegon80Lansing74Saginaw73Monroe68Southfield65Blissfield62Norton Shores59Rogers City58

Michigan Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

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

How Michigan 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 Michigan 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 Michigan Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Michigan 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 Michigan records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Michigan Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Michigan 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 Michigan 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": "MI",
  "county": "Wayne",
  "county_slug": "wayne-county-mi",
  "city": "Detroit",
  "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.

Michigan Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Michigan Death Data

Choose the Michigan 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 Michigan Funeral Homes.