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.

How to Delete or Memorialize an Instagram Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete or Memorialize an Instagram Account After Someone Dies

In the days after someone dies, the world doesn’t pause the way your body wishes it would. A phone still lights up. A “new follower” notification still appears. A friend...

Cryptocurrency Inheritance: How to Locate Wallets and Recover Access Legally - Funeral.com, Inc.

Cryptocurrency Inheritance: How to Locate Wallets and Recover Access Legally

After someone dies, families often expect the hard part to be paperwork: death certificates, phone calls, and a stack of accounts that need to be closed or transferred. Crypto adds...

How to Delete or Memorialize a Facebook Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete or Memorialize a Facebook Account After Someone Dies

The first time a “Memories” notification appears after someone has died, it can feel like the internet is refusing to accept reality. A photo resurfaces. A birthday reminder pops up....

How Much Do Digital and Newspaper Obituaries Cost? 2025–2026 Price Ranges and Ways to Save - Funeral.com, Inc.

How Much Do Digital and Newspaper Obituaries Cost? 2025–2026 Price Ranges and Ways to Save

If you have never had to place an obituary before, the pricing can feel like it comes out of nowhere. You may be juggling calls, paperwork, and family logistics, and...

Online Memorial Walls (Kudoboard and Similar): How They Work, Costs, and Moderation Tips - Funeral.com, Inc.

Online Memorial Walls (Kudoboard and Similar): How They Work, Costs, and Moderation Tips

When someone you love dies, the first wave of decisions can feel relentless. You might be coordinating a service, answering messages, updating relatives who live hours away, and trying to...

How to Livestream a Funeral: Recommended Hardware, Internet Options, and Audio Basics - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Livestream a Funeral: Recommended Hardware, Internet Options, and Audio Basics

When someone you love dies, distance can add a second kind of ache. You may be coordinating relatives who can’t travel, friends who are immunocompromised, a grandparent who can’t manage...

VR and Remote Grave Visits: What’s Available Now and What the Future Might Look Like - Funeral.com, Inc.

VR and Remote Grave Visits: What’s Available Now and What the Future Might Look Like

There is a specific kind of ache that shows up when you want to stand at a graveside and you simply can’t. Sometimes it’s distance. Sometimes it’s health. Sometimes it’s...

Metaverse Cemeteries and Virtual “Plots”: What They Are, Pros/Cons, and Questions to Ask - Funeral.com, Inc.

Metaverse Cemeteries and Virtual “Plots”: What They Are, Pros/Cons, and Questions to Ask

Grief has always needed a place to go. For some families, that place is a headstone you can touch. For others, it’s a shelf at home with a photo and...

Dead Man’s Switch Emails: How They Work, Safer Alternatives, and When to Use Them - Funeral.com, Inc.

Dead Man’s Switch Emails: How They Work, Safer Alternatives, and When to Use Them

Most families don’t start thinking about a dead man’s switch email because they want dramatic “messages from beyond.” They start because they’ve watched what happens when one person is the...

How to Download a Loved One’s Social Media Memories: Archives, Limits, and Best Practices - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Download a Loved One’s Social Media Memories: Archives, Limits, and Best Practices

In the days after a death, the internet can feel strangely loud. A phone still lights up. A “memory” feature surfaces a photo you weren’t ready to see. Friends post...

iCloud Inheritance and Apple Legacy Contact: How Access Works and What Families Need - Funeral.com, Inc.

iCloud Inheritance and Apple Legacy Contact: How Access Works and What Families Need

After someone dies, families are asked to carry grief and logistics at the same time. And in a life that runs on devices, one of the most emotional logistical questions...

How to Transfer Genealogy Files After a Death: GEDCOM Exports, Media, and Account Ownership - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Transfer Genealogy Files After a Death: GEDCOM Exports, Media, and Account Ownership

When the person who managed your family tree dies, the loss is not only personal—it can feel like the family’s history is suddenly at risk. You might know there are...

DNA Data Storage Explained: Storing Digital Memories in DNA, What’s Real Today, and What’s Next - Funeral.com, Inc.

DNA Data Storage Explained: Storing Digital Memories in DNA, What’s Real Today, and What’s Next

Families have always tried to keep what matters close. Sometimes that means a quilt handed down through generations. Sometimes it’s a familiar recipe written in an old notebook. And very...

Smart Urns Explained: Screens, QR Codes, NFC, Apps, and the Privacy Questions to Ask - Funeral.com, Inc.

Smart Urns Explained: Screens, QR Codes, NFC, Apps, and the Privacy Questions to Ask

When a family chooses cremation, the questions often arrive in waves. First, there’s the immediate, practical “what happens next,” and then—sometimes days or weeks later—there’s the quieter realization that the...

Grief Support on Reddit: How to Use Online Forums Safely (and When to Step Back) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Grief Support on Reddit: How to Use Online Forums Safely (and When to Step Back)

In the middle of grief, time can feel strange. Nights stretch. Mornings arrive too quickly. The people who love you may not know what to say, and you may not...

How to Make a Digital Memorial Scrapbook in Canva: Templates, Printing, and Sharing - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Make a Digital Memorial Scrapbook in Canva: Templates, Printing, and Sharing

A few days after a loss, many families find themselves doing the same quiet work: opening phones and old photo boxes, rereading messages, and trying to gather pieces of a...