Virginia Death Feed & Obituary API
Access continuously updated Virginia death and obituary data across counties and independent cities. 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.
Virginia Death & Obituary Data
Aggregate metrics from ObituaryMonitor's eligible County Feed notice universe — not official vital statistics.
730
Deaths detected in the last 7 days
3,050
Deaths detected in the last 30 days
273
Active sources monitored (30 days)
103
Areas with recent activity
12 days ago
Latest snapshot refresh
Data updated 12 days ago
Virginia Death Data by Area
103 areas with recent activity
Explore recent death and obituary activity detected across counties and independent cities. Search the coverage table below to see where eligible County Feed records have been detected during the last 30 days.
| Area | 30-day records | Sources | Latest activity | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfax County | 253 | 12 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Richmond city County | 224 | 8 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Roanoke city County | 130 | 6 | Sep 13 | Active |
| Chesapeake city County | 107 | 6 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Petersburg city County | 105 | 4 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Smyth County | 80 | 6 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Virginia Beach city County | 80 | 9 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Fredericksburg city County | 77 | 3 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Chesterfield County | 75 | 4 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Roanoke County | 70 | 3 | Sep 13 | Active |
| Fairfax city County | 67 | 1 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Patrick County | 65 | 1 | Sep 14 | Active |
| Salem city County | 62 | 4 | Sep 13 | Active |
| Rockingham County | 52 | 4 | Sep 12 | Active |
| Loudoun County | 49 | 5 | Sep 14 | Active |
Recent Deaths Detected Across Virginia
Counts of death and obituary records detected by ObituaryMonitor — not official state mortality totals.
Last 7 days
730
Previous 7 days: 865 · -16% vs prior period
Last 30 days
3,050
Previous 30 days: 5,776 · -47% vs prior period
These figures represent records detected by ObituaryMonitor and should not be interpreted as official state mortality statistics.
What Virginia Death & Obituary Records Can Include
Field availability across recent eligible Virginia County Feed records (trailing 30 days).
Name
100%
of recent Virginia records
Date of death
100%
of recent Virginia records
City / location
100%
of recent Virginia records
Area
100%
of recent Virginia records
Source URL
100%
of recent Virginia records
Funeral home / publisher
100%
of recent Virginia records
Captured text excerpt
91.6%
of recent Virginia records
Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Virginia Death & Obituary Data
Cities with recent eligible activity (not a complete list of every community).
Virginia Funeral Homes & Obituary Sources
ObituaryMonitor monitors funeral homes and obituary sources across Virginia to detect newly published death and obituary information. Eligible records become available through County Feed. Listing a source here does not imply a partnership.
How Virginia County Feed Works
- ObituaryMonitor monitors thousands of obituary and funeral-home sources.
- New death records are detected and normalized.
- Geographic information is assigned where supported.
- Eligible Virginia records become available through County Feed.
- Customers receive new records through API, CSV, or portal delivery.
Data is continuously collected from monitored sources — not sold as a static list.
Access Virginia Death Data Your Way
API
Receive eligible Virginia 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 Virginia records through the ObituaryMonitor portal.
Who Uses Virginia Death Data?
Real Estate Investors
Monitor newly detected deaths in selected Virginia areas 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 Virginia 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": "VA",
"county": "Fairfax",
"county_slug": "fairfax-county-va",
"city": "Fairfax",
"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.
Virginia Death Data & County Feed FAQ
Start Monitoring Virginia Death Data
Choose the Virginia areas 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 Virginia Funeral Homes.