Virginia Death Feed & Obituary API

Access continuously updated Virginia 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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Virginia Death & Obituary Data

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

1,047

Deaths detected in the last 7 days

4,772

Deaths detected in the last 30 days

281

Active sources monitored (30 days)

110

Counties with recent activity

14 hours ago

Latest snapshot refresh

Data updated 14 hours ago

Virginia Death Data by County

110 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
Fairfax County43015YesterdayActive
Roanoke city County21710YesterdayActive
Chesapeake city County19715YesterdayActive
Martinsville city County18484 days agoActive
Henry County1586YesterdayActive
Virginia Beach city County15812YesterdayActive
Salem city County15411YesterdayActive
Richmond city County1418YesterdayActive
Bedford County11562 days agoActive
Chesterfield County10810YesterdayActive
Roanoke County1037YesterdayActive
James City County1005YesterdayActive
Lynchburg city County9582 days agoActive
Patrick County886YesterdayActive
Pulaski County8872 days agoActive

Recent Deaths Detected Across Virginia

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

Last 7 days

1,047

Previous 7 days: 1,317 · -21% vs prior period

Last 30 days

4,772

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 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

98.5%

of recent Virginia records

Source URL

100%

of recent Virginia records

Full obituary text

95.3%

of recent Virginia records

Where ObituaryMonitor Detects Virginia Death & Obituary Data

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

Roanoke286Chesapeake197Richmond197Fairfax190Martinsville179Virginia Beach158Vienna152Salem149Danville103Lynchburg100Williamsburg100Stuart88

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.

Browse Virginia Funeral Homes →

How Virginia 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 Virginia 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 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 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 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 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 Virginia Funeral Homes.