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.

Firearms in an Estate (2026): Legal Basics for Transferring or Selling Guns After Someone Dies

Firearms in an Estate (2026): Legal Basics for Transferring or Selling Guns After Someone Dies

In the first days after someone dies, families are often trying to do two hard things at once: grieve and protect what needs protecting. A wallet, a set of keys,...

Autopsy Reports and Death Certificates: How to Request Them and What They Can Reveal

Autopsy Reports and Death Certificates: How to Request Them and What They Can Reveal

In the first days after a death, paperwork can feel like an added weight on top of grief. Families are often trying to do two things at once: make decisions...

Crypto After Death: Managing Bitcoin, NFTs, and Digital Collectibles in an Estate

Crypto After Death: Managing Bitcoin, NFTs, and Digital Collectibles in an Estate

After a death, families often discover that the hardest problems aren’t always emotional or ceremonial. Sometimes they’re technical. A bank account can be unlocked with paperwork. A phone bill can...

How to Create a Digital Vault for Passwords and 2FA Before You Die - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Create a Digital Vault for Passwords and 2FA Before You Die

The first time a family gets stuck, it rarely looks dramatic. It looks like a phone that won’t unlock. A laptop that keeps asking for a password nobody knows. A...

How to Document Aquamation Wishes: Wills, Advance Plans, and What Families Need to Know - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Document Aquamation Wishes: Wills, Advance Plans, and What Families Need to Know

Most people don’t sit down to write about death because they feel “ready.” They do it because they’ve watched a family they love scramble under pressure—trying to honor someone’s values...

Home Funerals 101: What’s Legal, What It Costs, and When to Use a Funeral Home - Funeral.com, Inc.

Home Funerals 101: What’s Legal, What It Costs, and When to Use a Funeral Home

A home funeral is one of those ideas that can feel both surprisingly simple and emotionally enormous at the same time. In the first hours after a death, families often...

Can You Be Buried with Your Pet? State-by-State Rules and What Cemeteries Allow (2026) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Be Buried with Your Pet? State-by-State Rules and What Cemeteries Allow (2026)

If you are asking whether you can be buried with your pet, it usually comes from a very simple place: you loved them, they were family, and the idea of...

Digital Executors: Who They Are and Why You Need One - Funeral.com, Inc.

Digital Executors: Who They Are and Why You Need One

A few days after someone dies, the world keeps doing what it always does. Phones buzz. Emails arrive. A streaming service charges a card on file. A “memories” notification appears...

What Happens to Your World of Warcraft Account and Gold When You Die? - Funeral.com, Inc.

What Happens to Your World of Warcraft Account and Gold When You Die?

For many players, Azeroth isn’t “just a game.” It’s where you spent late nights after work, where you celebrated a first clear with people who became real friends, where a...

Creating a Goodbye Video Message to Send After You Die: A Practical, Private Guide - Funeral.com, Inc.

Creating a Goodbye Video Message to Send After You Die: A Practical, Private Guide

Most people don’t set out to make a “legacy video.” They start with something simpler: the wish that the people they love won’t feel alone in the quiet weeks after....

LinkedIn Ghost Profiles: How to Report a Death, Memorialize, or Close the Account - Funeral.com, Inc.

LinkedIn Ghost Profiles: How to Report a Death, Memorialize, or Close the Account

A few weeks after someone dies, the world keeps moving in ways that can feel strangely sharp. A calendar reminder pings. A bank statement arrives. And sometimes, a LinkedIn notification...

Can You Inherit Airline Miles When Your Spouse Dies? What’s Legal vs. What Airlines Allow - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Inherit Airline Miles When Your Spouse Dies? What’s Legal vs. What Airlines Allow

In the days after a death, life gets divided into two kinds of tasks: the ones that feel sacred, and the ones that feel strangely administrative. You might be choosing...

Can You Be Buried on Your Own Property? A 50-State Guide to Home Burial Laws - Funeral.com, Inc.

Can You Be Buried on Your Own Property? A 50-State Guide to Home Burial Laws

The question usually arrives quietly, sometimes in the middle of a hard week and sometimes years before anyone dies: “Could we bring them home?” For some families, the idea of...

DIY Green Burial: How to Dig a Grave by Hand Legally and Safely - Funeral.com, Inc.

DIY Green Burial: How to Dig a Grave by Hand Legally and Safely

Some families come to green burial because it feels like the most honest goodbye: simple, close to the earth, and aligned with the life the person lived. Others arrive here...

Is Alkaline Hydrolysis Legal in Your State?: Status Map + How to Verify - Funeral.com, Inc.

Is Alkaline Hydrolysis Legal in Your State?: Status Map + How to Verify

If you’re reading this, you’re probably doing one of the hardest kinds of research: the kind you do while grieving, or while trying to plan ahead so your family doesn’t...

Flying with Ashes on American Airlines (2026): TSA Screening, Carry-On Rules & Urn Tips - Funeral.com, Inc.

Flying with Ashes on American Airlines (2026): TSA Screening, Carry-On Rules & Urn Tips

The day you fly with cremated remains doesn’t feel like a normal travel day. You may be heading home after a death away from home, traveling for a memorial service,...