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We monitor funeral homes, newspapers, and online obituary sites so you don't have to keep searching.
Scanning 21,000+ sources daily
ObituaryMonitor
Obituary published for John Smith
Denver, CO · Tap to view
Why people use obituary monitoring
Obituaries are often published days or even weeks after someone passes away. Many people find themselves checking funeral home websites and newspapers every day so they don't miss it.
ObituaryMonitor alerts you when an obituary is published so you don't have to keep searching.
People use this service for:
- Families waiting for an obituary to be posted
- Friends and relatives who don’t want to miss the service announcement
- Probate and estate matters
- Insurance and benefit verification
- Debt and asset recovery
- Genealogy research
Why timing matters
Search indexes lag local publishing
General search results are often days behind funeral home and regional listings. Monitoring the sources directly closes that gap.
Searching manually
- Indexing delay: often days to weeks
- Many local and regional sources never surface in one search
- Repeated, time-consuming checks
- Easy to miss spelling and formatting differences
With ObituaryMonitor
Automated monitoring aligned with how obituaries are actually published.
- Alerts in many cases within hours of publishing
- 21,000+ sources monitored directly
- Runs daily without you rechecking sites
- Name-matching tuned for real-world variation
How it works
Step 1
Tell us who to monitor
Enter a name and location.
Step 2
We monitor obituary sources
Funeral homes, newspapers, and obituary websites.
Step 3
Get notified
We email or text you when the obituary is published.
Set it once. We'll keep checking.
What we monitor
- Funeral home obituary pages
- Online obituary sites
- Newspaper obituary sections
- Regional obituary listings
Coverage includes 21,000+ funeral homes and obituary sources across the United States.
Sample email alert
Here's what a match notification can look like in your inbox.
Subject
Obituary published — John Smith
We found an obituary for John Smith in Denver, Colorado.
Click here to view the obituary →
Set up obituary monitoring
Takes less than 30 seconds to set up.
Monitoring begins after signup. You can add multiple names and locations.
ObituaryMonitor monitors 21,000+ sources nationwide. Get alerts when high-confidence matches are found.
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