Everything My Local Obits does.

On any phone or computer

• Free, with no account Open mylocalobits.app and start reading. There is no sign-up, no password and nothing to buy.
• Installs to your home screen Add My Local Obits to your home screen and it opens full screen like an app, with no app store.
• Works on every screen Phone, tablet or computer. On a computer, a column beside the feed sums up your areas.
• In English or Spanish Choose Español at the bottom of any page and the app reads in Spanish, dates included.
• Larger text Make the text larger on any device, and the app remembers it.

Areas

• Follow a town, ZIP or county Choose a town, a ZIP or postal code, or a county, and every funeral home around it joins your feed.
• Choose the distance Pick 5, 10, 15, 25 or 50 miles around each area, and change it at any time.
• Use your location One tap adds the area around you. Your location is used only when you tap it.
• Rename an area Give an area a name of your own, like “Mom’s town” or “Where I grew up.”
• Every state and province Towns across the United States and Canada, with obituaries from the funeral homes and cremation services there.

The feed

• Newest first, every day New obituaries from every funeral home in your areas, in one list, checked around the clock.
• Just the facts Each listing shows only the name, date, age, town and funeral home.
• No ads, ever There are no ads in the listings, on the pages or in the emails.
• Every name links to the obituary Select a name to open the official obituary on the funeral home’s own website, with the service details, guest book and flowers.
• A New tag on what’s new A gold New tag marks the obituaries posted since you last opened the app.
• A flag for veterans A small flag beside a name shows the obituary is for a veteran.
• Share any obituary The share button sends the link to the official obituary by text, email or any app on your phone.

The funeral homes

• Every funeral home in your areas See every funeral home and cremation service in your areas, and how many are in your feed.
• Not Interested Leave a funeral home out of your feed with one tap, and bring it back any time.
• Follow a funeral home anywhere Follow a single funeral home outside your areas, like the one in the town where you grew up.
• Ask for a funeral home If one is missing, add its name or website and it is checked and added.

Search

• Search anything Type a name, a funeral home, a website or a town, and see every match at once.
• Search beyond your areas Search reaches every funeral home My Local Obits reads, not only the ones in your feed.
• Older obituaries Looking for someone who died before My Local Obits began? It searches the funeral homes’ own websites near a town for you, then the wider web.
• Add a town or other names Add a town, a maiden name or a high school to an older search to narrow it down.

Hearing about it

• Phone notifications Get a notification on your phone when a new obituary is posted in your areas.
• When posted, morning or evening Choose to hear right away, in one morning summary, in one evening summary, or not at all.
• The morning email One short email each morning with the new obituaries from your areas.
• Name Watch Watch up to ten names. If one appears in a new obituary at any funeral home My Local Obits reads, in any area, you are told.

Your devices

• Link your other devices Get a code on one device and enter it on another to use the same areas and choices on your phone, tablet and computer.

Public pages

• A page for every state and town Recent obituaries for every state and town, open to anyone, with no app and no account.
• A page for every funeral home Each funeral home has its own page of recent obituaries, with its town, its website and an At a Glance summary.
• Found by Google and AI search The pages are built so search engines and AI assistants can read them and send people to the right obituary.

What funeral homes get

• Listed automatically, at no cost Your obituaries appear on My Local Obits as you post them on your own website. There is nothing to set up.
• Every reader goes to your site Every name links to the obituary on your website, where families read it, sign the guest book and send flowers.
• Help with your SEO Links to your obituaries from public town and state pages help families find your website on Google and in AI search tools.
• People are told when you post Families who follow you get a notification or a morning email when you post a new obituary.
• A free Follow Our Obituaries banner Add a banner to your website in the size and style you choose. Visitors who select it follow your funeral home in one step.

What is kept

• Only the basics Only the name, dates, age, town, funeral home and veteran flag are kept, with the link to the official obituary.
• No account, no sign-in The app keeps your areas and choices for your device, or for the devices you link.
• Your location stays yours Your location is used only when you tap the location button, to add the area around you.

• Free for families Reading, searching, notifications, the morning email and Name Watch cost nothing, with no account.
• Free for funeral homes Every funeral home’s listing and its Follow Our Obituaries banner cost $0. About 10,000 funeral homes are already listed.
• No contract, nothing to sign There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to cancel.