# ObituaryMonitor

> SaaS obituary monitoring platform that continuously scans 2,500+ obituary sources and sends automated alerts when a name match is found.

ObituaryMonitor is a web-based SaaS application used by probate attorneys, estate professionals, insurance companies, debt collectors, genealogists, and individuals. It monitors funeral home websites, newspaper archives, and memorial platforms 24/7 and delivers email or SMS alerts when a high-confidence obituary match is detected.

## Core Features

- **Forensic Name-Matching Engine**: Advanced fuzzy logic and alias detection catches variations (e.g., "Jon" vs. "Jonathan", "Estate of...") that standard crawlers miss
- **Multi-Source Scanning**: Monitors 2,500+ funeral home websites, newspaper archives, and memorial platforms continuously
- **High-Confidence Matching**: Multi-factor scoring across name, location, age, and date signals — alerts only on 90%+ confidence matches
- **Instant Notifications**: Email and SMS alerts delivered as soon as a match is found
- **Court-Ready Audit Logs**: Time-stamped reports of every search and match for legal due diligence documentation
- **Certificate of Diligence**: Auto-generated compliance certificate documenting diligent search for probate proceedings
- **Case Management**: Organize watches by matter/case for professional users
- **Team Collaboration**: Shared access and role-based permissions (Professional tier)
- **Practice Management Integrations**: Native integrations with Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, and Rocket Matter

## Main Pages

### Public Pages
- / - Homepage (neutral router): broad keywords in title/meta; routes to /for-families vs /for-professionals; sections include “Where obituaries are published” and internal links to guides, /verify-death, /funeral-homes
- /for-families - Families & friends: obituary alerts/notifications; simple “add a name, we monitor, you get notified” flow
- /for-professionals - Professionals: monitoring + death verification + documentation (workflows, reports, bulk monitoring, API); routes to demo and report samples
- /how-it-works - How the monitoring system works
- /pricing - Subscription plans and pricing
- /compare - Monitoring vs. manual searching comparison
- /compare/best-obituary-monitoring-services - Buyer-intent hub: best obituary monitoring & alert services, search vs Google Alerts vs monitoring table, positioning (search databases vs continuous monitoring + notifications), internal buyer hub links (families, professionals, probate, skip tracing, funeral homes, vs Legacy / vs Google Alerts)
- /compare/obituary-monitor-vs-google-alerts - Detailed comparison with Google Alerts
- /about - Company information
- /faq - Frequently asked questions
- /demo - Request a firm demo and API access
- /solutions - Solutions overview
- /use-cases - Use case library
- /methodology - How matching and scoring works
- /name-matching - Advanced Name Matching for Deceased Records: 6-layer algorithm (exact, phonetic/Soundex, nickname dictionary, edit-distance/Levenshtein, maiden/alternate surnames, multi-factor confidence scoring). Includes common-name case studies, Legacy.com feature comparison table, and SoftwareApplication schema.
- /compliance-sample - Sample audit log download
- /personal - Personal/family plans (3-name watchlists from $15/mo)

### Solutions by Industry
- /probate-attorneys - Probate law practitioners
- /for-estate-attorneys - Estate planning and trust administration
- /for-insurance-companies - Policy claims and beneficiary notification
- /for-debt-collectors - Debtor death verification and estate claims
- /for-skip-tracers - Subject verification for investigations
- /for-genealogists - Family research and ancestor tracking
- /private-investigators - Private investigators & skip tracers: live/deceased signals, field-hour savings; sections include when investigators need death verification (use-case list), step-by-step death verification workflow table, and funnel links to skip tracing, monitoring, integrations, and death verification service
- /genealogy - Family/consumer genealogy use case

### Integrations
- /integrations - All integrations overview
- /integrations/clio - Clio Manage integration
- /integrations/mycase - MyCase integration
- /integrations/practicepanther - PracticePanther integration
- /integrations/rocketmatter - Rocket Matter integration

### Probate Coverage
- /probate - State coverage hub
- /probate/texas - Texas § 308.051 compliance page
- /probate/florida - Florida F.S. 733.2121 compliance page
- /probate/california - California probate monitoring
- /probate/new-york - New York probate monitoring
- /probate/illinois - Illinois probate monitoring
- /probate/georgia - Georgia probate monitoring
- /probate/pennsylvania - Pennsylvania probate monitoring
- /probate/massachusetts - Massachusetts probate monitoring
- /probate/washington - Washington probate monitoring
- /probate/colorado - Colorado probate monitoring
- /probate/arizona - Arizona probate monitoring
- /probate/michigan - Michigan probate monitoring
- /probate/north-carolina - North Carolina probate monitoring

### Pillar Pages (Topical Hubs)
- /guides/how-to-find-out-if-someone-died - **Guide cluster hub (death discovery):** routes “did someone die?” scenarios to supporting guides and toward notification + `/start-monitoring` (distinct from marketing `/verify-death`)
- /guides/how-to-find-an-obituary - **Guide cluster hub (obituary search):** routes search scenarios to tactical guides; `/funeral-homes` links here first
- /verify-death - Top-of-funnel hub page titled "Death Verification Methods". Organizes all death verification guides into 4 sections (obituary searches, death records, investigative methods, professional workflows) plus a routing decision block. No FAQs. Schema: WebPage + BreadcrumbList.
- /deceased-debtors - Hub page for deceased debtor collection: verifying debtor deaths, handling accounts, skip tracing, compliance, and obituary monitoring for debt agencies
- /creditor-claims-estate - Bridge pillar connecting probate and debt recovery: how creditors identify estates, file claims, navigate probate deadlines by state, and use obituary monitoring to maximize recovery windows. Includes an 8-state deadline comparison table and FAQ.
- /probate-creditor-claim-deadlines - All-50-states reference table of probate creditor claim deadlines. Explains the late-discovery risk (SSDMF delays vs. obituary monitoring speed), includes a detection timing comparison, a 5-step recovery workflow diagram, and cluster links to /creditor-claims-estate, /deceased-debtors, /probate, and /professional-monitoring. Schema: WebPage + Article + BreadcrumbList.
- /professional-monitoring - Professional product explanation page ("Death Intelligence for Professional Workflows"). Explains portfolio monitoring, confidence-scored alerts, and court-ready verification reports for debt collectors, probate attorneys, investigators, insurance teams, and asset recovery firms. Includes workflow diagram (death → obituary → detection → report → estate recovery), mock portfolio alert card, example verification report data block, and professional use case grid. Schema: WebPage + BreadcrumbList. No FAQPage, no SoftwareApplication. Primary CTA routes to /pricing/professional and /signup.
- /death-verification-api - B2B landing page for programmatic death verification API access (not self-service checkout). Headline: verify deceased individuals using obituary data; sections include sample API workflow diagram, JSON + visual match card examples, use cases (probate, collections, insurance, skip tracing, legal, genealogy), pricing/volume guidance, Request API Access lead form with monthly volume tiers, Request a Demo CTAs, and FAQ (not-found is not proof of life; no complete national death-record coverage claims). Schema: WebPage + FAQPage + BreadcrumbList. Linked from nav (For Professionals) and footer. Technical docs: /docs/api.

### Educational Guides
- /guides - All guides hub: organized into 4 categories — Obituary Research, Death Verification, Industry Workflows, Legal & Compliance
- **Topic funnel:** `/guides/how-to-find-out-if-someone-died` (death discovery hub) → supporting death guides → `/guides/how-to-find-an-obituary` (obituary search hub) → supporting obituary guides → `/guides/how-to-get-notified-when-someone-dies` + `/guides/obituary-monitoring-and-alerts` → `/start-monitoring`. `/funeral-homes` directory pages link to `/guides/how-to-find-an-obituary` first. New guides are listed in `src/app/sitemap.ts` (`guidePages`).

#### Obituary Research
- /guides/obituary-statistics - Research-style statistics guide ("Obituary Statistics in the United States"): CDC/NCHS annual deaths, NFDA funeral-home count, Legacy partner/coverage/pricing disclosures, where obituaries publish, timing and cost notes without invented national averages. Article + FAQPage + BreadcrumbList. `/obituary-statistics` 301 redirects here.
- /guides/how-to-find-an-obituary - **Pillar hub:** routes obituary search scenarios (comparison table to sub-guides: online, no location, no date, funeral homes, recency, where published, notice vs obituary, alerts)
- /guides/how-to-find-an-obituary-online - **Tactical merged guide:** Google, funeral homes, aggregators, missing location/date, common names, why searches fail, monitoring; 301 from `/how-to-find-someones-obituary-online`, `/how-to-search-obituaries-by-name`, `/how-to-find-an-obituary-by-name-without-location`, `/how-to-find-an-obituary-without-the-date-of-death`
- /guides/best-obituary-websites - Aggregators vs funeral homes vs newspapers; tradeoffs, not a single “winner”
- /guides/how-to-search-legacy-com-for-obituaries - Legacy.com filters, partner gaps, cross-checks
- /guides/how-to-find-old-obituaries-online - Archives, libraries, genealogy vs recent search
- /guides/how-to-find-burial-information - Cemetery and interment clues from notices and memorial DBs
- /guides/how-to-find-funeral-service-information - Visitation/service details from funeral home sites and notices
- /guides/where-to-find-death-notices - Short paid notices vs long obituaries; papers, homes, aggregators
- /guides/how-to-find-recent-obituaries - Sorting and source order for newest listings (pairs with last-24-hours guide)
- /guides/obituary-monitoring-and-alerts - Monitoring, alerts, nationwide vs local (pillar); `/guides/obituary-alerts-by-email`, `/guides/how-to-set-up-obituary-alerts`, `/guides/how-to-monitor-obituaries-for-a-specific-person`, `/guides/monitor-obituary-notices-nationwide` 301 here
- /guides/best-way-to-track-obituaries - Supporting guide: manual vs automated tracking, coverage & matching; funnels to monitoring pillar
- /guides/how-to-get-notified-when-someone-dies - Supporting guide: email/SMS death notifications; funnels to monitoring pillar
- /guides/where-obituaries-are-published - All obituary source types explained
- /guides/how-to-find-an-obituary-from-a-funeral-home - Funeral-home-first obituary search workflow
- /guides/how-to-search-funeral-home-obituaries - Structured funeral-home source search method
- /guides/do-all-funeral-homes-publish-obituaries - Coverage variability and search implications
- /guides/funeral-home-obituaries-vs-newspaper-obituaries - Primary vs secondary source comparison
- /guides/why-some-obituaries-are-not-published-in-newspapers - Why newspaper-only searches miss notices
- /guides/how-many-funeral-homes-publish-obituaries-online - Coverage-focused source analysis
- /guides/how-often-funeral-homes-update-obituaries - Publishing cadence and monitoring timing
- /guides/how-long-after-death-is-an-obituary-posted - Pillar timing guide: how soon, how often to check, delays, weekends/holidays, regional differences (replaces old /how-often and /how-soon URLs via redirect)
- /guides/how-funeral-homes-publish-obituaries - Full publication pipeline from family meeting to aggregator syndication
- /guides/how-long-obituaries-stay-online - Retention periods by source: funeral homes, Legacy.com, newspapers
- /guides/automated-obituary-monitoring - How automated monitoring technology works
- /guides/how-to-track-obituaries-online - Online tracking methods compared
- /guides/how-to-track-obituaries-for-family-history - Genealogy databases, surname tracking, and historical archives
- /guides/how-to-find-recent-obituaries-last-24-hours - Why recently published obituaries are hard to find, fastest methods, and how automated alerts eliminate manual searching

#### Death Verification
- /guides/how-to-find-out-if-someone-died - **Pillar hub:** routes “did someone die?” (online check, recent obits, records, funeral homes, public record meaning, no obituary, timing, alerts)
- /guides/how-to-check-if-someone-died-online - Tactical: what web search can/can’t prove vs certified records
- /guides/are-obituaries-public-record - Obituaries vs death certificates vs “public record” meaning
- /guides/difference-between-obituary-and-death-notice - Paid notice vs long tribute; search terms
- /guides/what-happens-if-someone-dies-and-there-is-no-obituary - Legal reality when no public notice; verification pivots
- /guides/how-to-find-out-if-someone-died-in-another-state - Multi-state vital records and search order
- /guides/how-to-confirm-someone-died - Informal vs legal-grade proof
- /guides/how-are-deaths-reported - Vital registration vs optional obituaries (U.S. overview)
- /guides/is-there-a-database-of-deaths - Why no single national public death list exists
- /guides/how-to-know-if-someone-died-without-an-obituary - Indexes, records, contacts when no notice
- /guides/how-to-find-death-records-online - Complete guide: every source type (obituaries, SSDI, state indexes, probate, genealogy DBs), search strategies by use case, certified copies
- /guides/how-to-find-out-if-someone-has-died - Free step-by-step methods for anyone (obituaries, SSDI, probate records)
- /guides/how-to-verify-if-someone-is-deceased - Professional verification workflow: obituary databases, SSDI, government records
- /guides/how-investigators-confirm-death - PI methods: death records vs. obituaries, common name handling, automated monitoring
- /guides/how-to-find-someones-death-record - Death certificates, state indexes, SSDI, and how records differ from obituaries
- /guides/death-record-search-guide - Free and paid databases: SSDI, state indexes, probate records, newspaper archives
- /guides/obituary-monitoring-vs-ssdmf - Why SSDMF lags 3–6 months and how obituary monitoring detects deaths weeks earlier
- /guides/how-to-know-if-someone-died - Overview of death verification options

#### Industry Workflows
- /guides/how-to-handle-deceased-debtor-accounts - FDCPA compliance, ceasing collection activity, transitioning to estate claims, documenting awareness timestamps
- /guides/probate-claims-for-creditors - State-by-state probate claim deadlines (TX 4mo, FL 3mo, CA 4mo, NY 7mo), filing procedures
- /guides/skip-tracing-deceased-subjects - Signs of death, obituary verification before field deployment, avoiding wasted investigations
- /guides/probate-attorneys-obituary-search - How probate attorneys use obituary searches for due diligence and heir identification
- /guides/verify-death-debt-collection - FDCPA-compliant death verification methods and documentation requirements
- /guides/estate-administration-notification-timeline - Estate admin notification timing
- /guides/bulk-obituary-monitoring - Portfolio-scale monitoring workflow
- /guides/monitor-multiple-names-for-obituaries - Multi-name monitoring playbook
- /guides/death-monitoring-for-law-firms - Law firm case-linked monitoring workflow
- /guides/death-monitoring-for-debt-collection - Deceased-debtor portfolio monitoring workflow
- /guides/obituary-monitoring-api - API integration workflow for monitoring systems
- /guides/automated-death-checks-for-client-lists - Automated checks across large client lists
- /guides/portfolio-death-monitoring - Governance + KPI model for monitoring programs

#### Legal & Compliance
- /guides/reasonable-diligence-creditor-notices - Due diligence standards for probate creditor notification
- /guides/digital-gap-newspaper-creditor-notices - Why newspaper-only notices fail modern diligence standards
- /guides/florida-probate-diligence-requirement - Florida F.S. 733.2121 compliance
- /guides/ai-monitoring-reduces-fiduciary-liability - AI monitoring and fiduciary risk reduction
- /guides/what-is-obituary-monitor - Service overview
- /guides/negative-obituary-search-certificate - Court-ready negative search documentation
- /guides/how-to-document-obituary-search-for-court - Court-focused search evidence documentation
- /guides/proof-of-death-search-for-probate - Proof-of-death workflow for probate matters
- /guides/reasonable-diligence-search-for-deceased-person - Repeatable diligence framework
- /guides/court-ready-death-verification - Court-ready verification operating model
- /guides/texas-probate-diligence-requirement - Texas-focused probate diligence page
- /guides/california-probate-creditor-notice-requirements - California creditor notice workflow
- /guides/new-york-probate-notice-to-creditors - New York notice-to-creditors workflow
- /guides/florida-probate-creditor-notice-requirements - Florida creditor notice workflow
- /guides/georgia-probate-death-notice-requirement - Georgia probate notice workflow
- /guides/illinois-probate-creditor-claim-deadlines - Illinois claim deadline workflow

### State Law Hub
- /probate-by-state - Central hub linking Texas, California, New York, Florida, Georgia, and Illinois state probate workflow guides

### Help & Support
- /help - Knowledge base and documentation
- /help/videos - Video tutorials
- /support - Contact support team
- /docs/api - API documentation (verify endpoint reference)
- /death-verification-api - B2B API access request landing page (lead form, demo CTA, volume/pricing guidance)

### Legal
- /terms - Terms of service
- /privacy - Privacy policy
- /legal-disclaimer - Legal disclaimers
- /security - Security information
- /compliance - Compliance documentation

## Subscription Tiers

### Personal (from $15/mo)
- Monitor up to 3 names
- Email notifications
- For individuals and families

### Professional
- Monitor up to 50 names
- Email + SMS notifications
- Forensic name-matching with alias detection
- Court-ready PDF audit reports and Certificate of Diligence
- Case management features
- Team collaboration
- Start with 7-day professional trial (no credit card required)

### Enterprise / Firm
- Custom name limits (hundreds to thousands)
- API access and webhooks
- Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther, Rocket Matter integrations
- Dedicated support
- Request firm demo and API access via /demo

## Key Terminology

- **Watch**: A person being monitored for obituary publication
- **Match**: An obituary found that corresponds to a watched person
- **Confidence Score**: Percentage indicating match accuracy (90%+ = high confidence)
- **Forensic Name-Matching**: Fuzzy logic engine that catches aliases, nicknames, and spelling variations
- **Certificate of Diligence**: Auto-generated document certifying a diligent search was conducted
- **Audit Log**: Time-stamped record of all monitoring activity for legal documentation
- **Due Diligence**: Legal standard (e.g., Texas § 308.051, Florida § 733.2121) requiring reasonable creditor search effort
- **Negative Search Certificate**: Documentation that a diligent search found no matching obituary
- **Sweep**: Periodic automated scan across all monitored obituary sources

## API

ObituaryMonitor offers REST API access for business workflows (death verification, obituary lookup with confidence scoring and source attribution). Request access via /death-verification-api (lead form with monthly volume tiers) or /demo; technical reference at /docs/api. Supports webhook delivery of match alerts into CRM and case management systems. Sales: sales@obituarymonitor.com or enterprise@obituarymonitor.com.

## Contact

- Website: https://obituarymonitor.com
- Support: support@obituarymonitor.com
- Enterprise Sales: enterprise@obituarymonitor.com
- Sitemap: https://obituarymonitor.com/sitemap.xml
- LLMs: https://obituarymonitor.com/llms.txt
- LLMs Full: https://obituarymonitor.com/llms-full.txt

## Technical Details

- Type: SaaS (Software as a Service) — web application, subscription billing
- Framework: Next.js, React, TypeScript
- Hosting: Netlify
- Database: PostgreSQL (Neon)
- Payment: Stripe (monthly subscriptions)
- Email: Resend
- SMS: Twilio

*Last Updated: April 5, 2026 — Synced Educational Guides with death-discovery and obituary-search pillar hubs (`/guides/how-to-find-out-if-someone-died`, `/guides/how-to-find-an-obituary`), new cluster guide URLs, internal-link funnel + `/funeral-homes` routing, merged tactical `/guides/how-to-find-an-obituary-online` (301 legacy URLs), and `guidePages` sitemap reference. Prior: March 31, 2026 compare/PI refresh.*