STEP 01
Begin
Anyone who knew them may start a draft. We ask for the names they answered to, the dates you know, and a first account of why they mattered.
About the registry
For lives lived through screens.
Some of our most meaningful relationships exist almost entirely online. Gamertags, usernames, and handles become extensions of who we are. When someone passes away, those identities can quietly disappear — accounts go silent, communities lose touch, and the people we shared whole worlds with begin to fade.
obituaries.io exists to keep them. We are a registry — a public, permanent record of people who mattered to the communities they were part of, indexed by the names those communities used. We were founded by people who have lost online friends ourselves, and who could not find anywhere appropriate to leave flowers.
“Three principles we hold to be self-evident:”
- i. Digital relationships are real ones.
- ii. Anyone whose absence is grieved deserves a place to be grieved.
- iii. The memory of a person is most accurately kept by the people who knew them.
- iv. A record of care should outlive platform decay, account deletion, and silence.
I. How the registry works.
STEP 02
Verify
Editors review submissions for duplicates, abuse, and basic good faith. The standard is care, not gatekeeping.
STEP 03
Publish
Once approved, the memorial becomes searchable by every listed identity. Friends can add tributes as the community finds the page.
STEP 04
Keep
The record is preserved, mirrored, and eventually backed by permanent storage for paid tiers. The account may vanish; the address remains.