Obituary alerts by email: we watch 17,565+ sources for you.
Add the names you’re waiting on. We check 17,565+ funeral-home and newspaper sources daily and email you when a matching obituary appears, whether that’s next week or next year.
Margaret J. Ellison
What are obituary alerts?
ObituaryMonitor Monitoring is an obituary alert service. You add the names you’re waiting on, we check 17,565+ funeral-home and newspaper sources daily, and we email you when a matching obituary is published, with the source link and a confidence score.
| What you provide | First and last name; city, state, age, or relatives improve matching |
|---|---|
| What you get | An email alert with the obituary link, location, and confidence score |
| Sources | 17,565+ funeral-home websites and newspaper obituary sections |
| Match threshold | 90% by default, adjustable |
| Plans | Starter $14.95/mo (3 names) · Individual $24.95/mo (7) · Plus $39.95/mo (10) |
| Billing | Monthly |
For the names you don’t want to miss.
People use Monitoring when they don’t know if, when, or where an obituary will be published.
A friend or relative you’ve lost touch with
You may not hear the news any other way. We’ll tell you if an obituary is published.
A family member’s estate or service
Waiting on a notice after a recent death, or keeping track of extended family.
Family history research
Watch for the people in your tree and get the obituary, source, and relatives it names.
Set it up once.
Add a name
First and last name, plus a city, state, or age if you know them. More detail means fewer false matches.
We keep checking
Funeral-home websites and newspaper obituary sections, checked daily, for as long as the watch is on.
We score each candidate
Name, location, age, and relatives are compared. Alerts start at 90% confidence, and you can change that.
You get an email
With the source link, so you can read the obituary and confirm or dismiss it.
Simple plans for personal use.
Up to 3 names.
- Email alerts with source and confidence
- 90% default threshold, adjustable
- Cancel anytime
Up to 7 names.
- Everything in Starter
- Room for extended family
- Cancel anytime
Up to 10 names.
- Everything in Individual
- For genealogists and large families
- Cancel anytime
Billed monthly · More than 10 names, or monitoring for a firm? See professional tiers (talk to sales).
What Monitoring is, and isn’t.
It is
- Email alerts when a matching obituary is published
- Checks funeral-home websites and newspapers, not one memorial network
- Every alert links to the original obituary
- You decide what counts as a match: 90% default, adjustable
It isn’t
- A death-records or government database search
- Proof of death, or a promise that an obituary will be published
- A people-search or contact-finding tool
What if no obituary has been published yet?
That’s normal. Many obituaries appear days or weeks after a death, and some never appear online. Your watch keeps running until you stop it.
How will I be notified?
By email. Each alert includes the name, location, source, and confidence score, with a link to the obituary.
Will I get false alarms?
Alerts start at 90% confidence by default. You can raise the threshold for fewer, surer alerts, or lower it to see more possible matches.
When does monitoring start?
You can save names when you create an account. Monitoring starts when you choose a plan.
Can I cancel?
Yes, anytime. Plans bill monthly.
Where does the data come from?
Public obituaries on funeral-home websites and newspaper obituary sections. We don’t use government death registries or private databases.
An alert you can review, not another search.
Monitoring sends an email when a name matches a published obituary. The source and match confidence help you decide what to review.
Alex Morgan
Austin, Texas
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