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Ohio Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Ohio 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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Ohio Death & Obituary Data

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

1,660

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

6,976

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

641

Active sources monitored (30 days)

85

Counties with recent activity

41 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 41 hours ago

Ohio Death Data by County

85 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
Cuyahoga County699712 days agoActive
Franklin County504332 days agoActive
Summit County459272 days agoActive
Lucas County319222 days agoActive
Hamilton County277312 days agoActive
Stark County275262 days agoActive
Mahoning County267242 days agoActive
Montgomery County260222 days agoActive
Trumbull County201182 days agoActive
Knox County17232 days agoActive
Lorain County162172 days agoActive
Jefferson County134122 days agoActive
Licking County13072 days agoActive
Warren County125112 days agoActive
Richland County12264 days agoActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Ohio

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

Last 7 days

1,660

Previous 7 days: 1,886 · -12% vs prior period

Last 30 days

6,976

Previous 30 days: 9,997 · -30% vs prior period

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

What Ohio Death & Obituary Records Can Include

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

Name

100%

of recent Ohio records

Date of death

100%

of recent Ohio records

City / location

100%

of recent Ohio records

County

100%

of recent Ohio records

Source URL

100%

of recent Ohio records

Funeral home / publisher

100%

of recent Ohio records

Captured text excerpt

97.9%

of recent Ohio records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Ohio Death & Obituary Data

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

Columbus291Akron274Cleveland219Toledo219Cincinnati199Bladensburg153Youngstown150Dayton119Mansfield101Marietta87Springfield78North Royalton74

Ohio Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources

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

How Ohio 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 Ohio 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 Ohio Death Data Your Way

API

Receive eligible Ohio 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 Ohio records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.

Who Uses Ohio Death Data?

Real Estate Investors

Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Ohio 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 Ohio 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": "OH",
  "county": "Franklin",
  "county_slug": "franklin-county-oh",
  "city": "Columbus",
  "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.

Ohio Death Data & County Feed FAQ

Start Monitoring Ohio Death Data

Choose the Ohio 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 Ohio Funeral Homes.