The Funeral.com Journal

Resources to help you create tributes as unique as the people (and pets) you love. Learn how engraving, photos, colors, and symbols add meaning; discover scattering rituals and at-home memorial ideas. We focus on the details that matter—because small choices can carry a lifetime of comfort.

Choosing a Cremation Urn (or Keepsake) Without Feeling Rushed: A Family Guide to Urns, Pet Memorials, and Cremation Jewelry - Funeral.com, Inc.

Choosing a Cremation Urn (or Keepsake) Without Feeling Rushed: A Family Guide to Urns, Pet Memorials, and Cremation Jewelry

Most people don’t set out to become an expert in memorial choices. The questions usually arrive in a small, heavy moment—when the funeral home asks what kind of container you...

Do You Really Own Kindle Books? Licensing, Family Access, and What Happens After Death - Funeral.com, Inc.

Do You Really Own Kindle Books? Licensing, Family Access, and What Happens After Death

After someone dies, families often expect to handle “the big things” first: the service, the paperwork, the phone calls, the home. Then the quieter questions arrive—the ones nobody prepared you...

Can You Share Audible Books With Family? Household Sharing, Limits, and Best Practices - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Share Audible Books With Family? Household Sharing, Limits, and Best Practices

Families share stories in all kinds of ways. Sometimes it’s a paperback passed across the kitchen table. Sometimes it’s a chapter read aloud during a long drive. And sometimes, especially...

Pre-Death Declutter Checklist: A Practical Plan to Lighten the Load for Your Family - Funeral.com, Inc.

Pre-Death Declutter Checklist: A Practical Plan to Lighten the Load for Your Family

Decluttering before death is not about “getting rid of your life.” It is about making fewer hard decisions land on the shoulders of the people who love you. When families...

How to Transfer a Tesla After Someone Dies: Account, App Access, and Factory Reset Steps - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Transfer a Tesla After Someone Dies: Account, App Access, and Factory Reset Steps

After someone dies, families often discover that a Tesla is different from other vehicles in one important way: day-to-day “ownership” isn’t just a title document—it’s also a digital relationship managed...

Can You Inherit Airline Miles? What Loyalty Programs Allow (and How to Plan) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Inherit Airline Miles? What Loyalty Programs Allow (and How to Plan)

When someone dies, the practical tasks often arrive before the emotions have even settled. You might be coordinating a service, calling family members who need to travel, sorting through a...

What Happens to an Airbnb Host Account When Someone Dies? A Family Checklist - Funeral.com, Inc.

What Happens to an Airbnb Host Account When Someone Dies? A Family Checklist

When someone dies, the internet does not pause with the rest of life. Guests still arrive, automatic messages still send, payouts still process, and calendars still accept new bookings unless...

Finding Biological Parents: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Records, DNA Matches, and Support Resources - Funeral.com, Inc.

Finding Biological Parents: A Step-by-Step Guide Using Records, DNA Matches, and Support Resources

If you’re trying to find biological parents, you already know the search is rarely “just research.” It’s paperwork and detective work, yes—but it’s also hope, grief, curiosity, and sometimes fear,...

Genealogy DNA Ethics: Privacy, Consent, and What to Consider Before You Test - Funeral.com, Inc.

Genealogy DNA Ethics: Privacy, Consent, and What to Consider Before You Test

For many people, a DNA kit starts with something simple: curiosity, a family story that never quite added up, or a desire to feel closer to the people who came...

Why People Crash Funerals: Psychology, Motives, and How Families Can Protect Privacy - Funeral.com, Inc.

Why People Crash Funerals: Psychology, Motives, and How Families Can Protect Privacy

It often begins as a small, confusing moment. You are standing near the guest book or the front row, trying to do the simple things grief demands—accept hugs, remember names,...

How to Organize a Funeral Potluck: Sign-Ups, Food Safety, Labels, and Less Stress - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Organize a Funeral Potluck: Sign-Ups, Food Safety, Labels, and Less Stress

The day of a service has a way of blurring at the edges. People arrive in waves, hugging in the doorway, holding casseroles in foil pans, carrying paper bags of...

Estranged Family at Funerals: Seating, Boundaries, and Keeping the Focus on the Deceased - Funeral.com, Inc.

Estranged Family at Funerals: Seating, Boundaries, and Keeping the Focus on the Deceased

If you are walking into a funeral with an estranged relative on the guest list, you are not imagining the tension. A service that is supposed to be about honoring...

Kids at Funerals: Age-Appropriate Behavior Expectations and How to Prepare Them - Funeral.com, Inc.

Kids at Funerals: Age-Appropriate Behavior Expectations and How to Prepare Them

When you are grieving, it can feel like there is no margin for error. Adding children to the day can bring up a new layer of worry: kids at funerals...

Planning When Family Is Long-Distance: Coordination Shortcuts - Funeral.com, Inc.

Planning When Family Is Long-Distance: Coordination Shortcuts

When a death happens and the people who love someone most live in different places, grief can start to feel like project management. One person is calling a funeral home...

When to Hold a Pet Memorial: Timing That Supports Kids and Adults - Funeral.com, Inc.

When to Hold a Pet Memorial: Timing That Supports Kids and Adults

The days after a pet dies can feel strangely quiet. The routines that anchored your home—morning walks, the sound of paws on the floor, the small “I’m here” moments—suddenly stop....

Storing Passwords and Digital Legacy Details: What Families Actually Do - Funeral.com, Inc.

Storing Passwords and Digital Legacy Details: What Families Actually Do

It rarely starts with a grand “planning day.” More often, it starts with a small, urgent moment: someone is gone, the house is quiet, and the person who always handled...