Get notified when an obituary is posted — without searching every day.
Add a name. We monitor funeral homes and obituary websites. You get notified when a notice is published.
Add a name once. We keep checking funeral homes and obituary sites for you—whether a notice appears in a few days, a few weeks, or much later—so you're not stuck refreshing pages or wondering if you missed it.
The relief: less mental load, less uncertainty, and no more hunting across funeral home websites one by one.
Monitoring 16,187+ obituary sources nationwide.
Example watch
Margaret J. Smith
Day 1
Monitoring started
We begin checking funeral homes, newspapers, and memorial sites.
Day 12
Still monitoring
No notice yet—that's normal. Checking continues in the background.
Day 27
Notice may have been published
A funeral home obituary page shows a possible match.
Day 27
You're notified
An email with a link—read the notice and confirm it's the right person.
Obituary notice found — open the link to read the full notice and confirm details.
Quiet checking continues until you hear from us—or you stop the watch.
You may not know where an obituary will appear
Obituaries may appear on funeral home websites, local memorial pages, newspapers, or regional obituary sites—often days or weeks after someone passes away. There is rarely one obvious place to look.
We continue monitoring across sources so you don't have to search manually.
We keep checking — so you don't have to
A one-time search is easy. What's hard is remembering to look again next week—and the week after—when obituaries can show up on funeral home sites you've never heard of. That's the burden we take off your shoulders.
- We continue checking automatically so you don't have to.
- No need to remember to search every few days.
- Monitoring continues in the background—even when life gets busy.
- You won't have to open dozens of funeral home sites yourself.
Unlike a single Google search, we don't stop after one pass—we keep watching thousands of public funeral and obituary sources so a late notice doesn't slip past while you're busy with everything else.
How it works
Add a name. We monitor funeral homes and obituary websites. You get notified when a notice is published.
Add a name
Enter the person’s name and what you know about location—once.
We keep monitoring
We check funeral homes and obituary sites in the background. No need to remember to search every few days.
You get notified
When a matching notice is published, you receive an email with a link—so you can read it and share with family.
What a few weeks of monitoring can look like
Every situation is different—but this is the kind of quiet persistence families rely on: checking continues even when nothing has appeared yet.
Day 1
You start monitoring
Add a name once. That's it—you're not on the hook to search again tomorrow.
Day 12
No obituary found yet
That's normal. Many families post later. We keep checking while you go about your days.
Day 27
A funeral home publishes a notice
Obituaries often appear on a funeral home site before you would think to look there.
Day 27
You receive an alert
An email with a link to the notice—so you can read it and share with family, without the guesswork.
You don't have to track the calendar—we do. That's what "monitoring continues in the background" means in practice.
Less to carry in your head
The hardest part isn't finding an obituary once—it's the uncertainty between checks, and wondering whether you should search again. We handle the remembering so you can focus on family.
Stop refreshing the same funeral home and newspaper sites hoping something appeared.
Get notified when a notice is published instead of guessing the timing.
Avoid the mental load of “I should check again this week.”
Skip hunting across dozens of funeral home websites one by one.
Reduce uncertainty when you don’t know which city or funeral home to search.
Share an alert with family quickly when something is found.
Why people use obituary monitoring
ObituaryMonitor is used when a death is expected and when someone has lost touch and wants to know if an obituary is ever published.
If any of these sound familiar, this is for you—from the first few days after a loss to months or years of staying informed.
Waiting for an obituary to be published after someone passes away
Planning travel for a funeral or service
Lost touch with someone and want to know if they pass away
Monitoring an elderly or ill relative
Researching family history or genealogy
Confirming whether someone has passed away
Sharing obituary information with family members
What to expect
Straight answers so you know what you're signing up for—no surprises, no pressure to keep checking yourself.
You can monitor someone for as long as you want. We keep watching funeral homes and obituary sites in the background and email you when a matching notice is published—whether that's days, weeks, or much later.
- We monitor funeral homes and obituary websites across the U.S.—not just one paper or city.
- After a recent death, many obituaries appear within 2–5 days—and we keep checking after that, too.
- You’ll receive an email when we find a match; open the link to confirm it’s the right person.
- If nothing appears for weeks, that’s okay—we’re still watching in the background.
- You can monitor multiple names from your account and cancel anytime.
More detail: how long after death obituaries are usually posted.
What obituary monitoring does (and doesn't do)
Families often ask what we're actually watching. Here's the simple version—we only scan public obituary and memorial content, not private life or government files.
What we monitor
- Funeral home obituary pages
- Online obituary websites
- Memorial and tribute pages
What we don't monitor
- Private records
- Government databases
- Social media accounts
Questions families ask
Real worries—answered in plain language.
How long after someone dies is an obituary posted?
Most obituaries are posted within 2–5 days after death, but some appear weeks or even months later. ObituaryMonitor continuously monitors obituary websites and funeral homes and notifies you when a notice is published.
What if there is no obituary posted right away?
Many families publish obituaries days or weeks after a death. Some notices appear much later—for memorials, updates, or other reasons. Monitoring means you don’t have to keep checking; we watch so you won’t miss it when it shows up.
Do I need to know the funeral home to monitor someone?
No. You don’t need to know the funeral home or city. We monitor funeral homes and obituary websites nationwide and alert you if a matching obituary is published.
How will I know it’s the right person?
Each alert links to the published notice so you can read it and confirm. You tell us the name (and what you know about location); we surface matches from public obituaries so you can verify it’s who you’re looking for.
How long can I monitor someone?
You can monitor someone for as long as you want. We continuously monitor obituary sources and notify you if an obituary is ever published.
What happens when you find an obituary?
We email you with a link to the published notice. You can open it, read the obituary, and share it with family—no need to discover it by searching random sites.
Do I have to keep checking the site myself?
No. That’s the point—we monitor for you. You’ll get an email when we find a match, so you don’t have to refresh obituary pages every day.
What obituary websites and funeral homes do you monitor?
We scan thousands of sources—funeral home obituary pages, major obituary and memorial sites, and tribute-style pages—across the U.S., not just one newspaper or city.
Is coverage nationwide?
Yes. We monitor sources across the United States so you’re not limited to a single region or paper.
Can I cancel anytime?
Yes. You can cancel from your account whenever you want—no long-term lock-in.
What if the alert isn't the right person?
Alerts link to the full published notice so you can read it and confirm. If it's not a match, you don't need to act—monitoring keeps running until the right notice appears or you stop the watch.
Who can see who I'm monitoring?
Your watch list is private to your account. We don't publish your names or share them with other users. We only scan public obituary and funeral home pages—the same pages anyone could find by searching.