Obituary monitoring, so you don’t have to search.
The Passings watches funeral homes, newspapers and memorial sites across the United States, and lets you know when an obituary is published for someone you care about.
Start MonitoringWe check every source daily, so new notices are found quickly.
States covered, from big cities to small towns.
Kinds of sources: funeral homes, newspapers and memorial sites.
About 1 minute to set up. After that, nothing to remember.
The Passings
Our story
Obituary alerts built for the moments that matter.
In the United States there is no single place that lists every death. Obituaries are spread across thousands of funeral home websites, local newspapers and memorial pages, and many are posted days, weeks or even months later.
People search the same websites again and again, and still miss the notice they were waiting for.
We built The Passings to change that. You add a name once and we keep checking for you every day. When a matching notice appears, you get an email right away, so you can stop searching and focus on what matters.
What we believe
The values behind everything we do.
Death is a sensitive subject. These principles guide how we build our service and how we treat the people who use it.
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Respect first
We handle every name with care. Our alerts are calm, clear and respectful, never alarming.
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Accuracy over noise
We would rather send one correct alert than many wrong ones, so we match names carefully.
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Your privacy matters
The names you watch stay private. We never share or sell your list to anyone.
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Simple for everyone
No technical steps. Anyone can set up monitoring in about a minute.
Our mission
No one should have to search every day to find out about a loss.
Whether you are a family member waiting for news or a professional following up to 10 people, we keep watch so you are informed at the right time.
- Funeral home websites
- Local newspapers
- Memorial and tribute sites
- All 50 states