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 Report and Remove a Snapchat Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Report and Remove a Snapchat Account After Someone Dies

In the days after someone dies, there are the visible tasks—calls to family, decisions about services, the paperwork that arrives in thick envelopes. Then there are the quieter ones that...

How to Close a YouTube Channel After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Close a YouTube Channel After Someone Dies

In the first days after a death, families often expect the hardest decisions to be the obvious ones: the phone calls, the paperwork, the memorial, the quiet moments when you...

How to Close or Memorialize a LinkedIn Profile After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Close or Memorialize a LinkedIn Profile After Someone Dies

In the days after a death, life splits into two tracks that don’t always feel like they belong together. On one track: the human work of grief—phone calls, photos, stories,...

How to Delete a TikTok Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Delete a TikTok Account After Someone Dies

It’s strange how grief can arrive in two different languages at the same time. One language is the heart: shock, love, disbelief, the quiet moments when you reach for your...

How to Deactivate an X (Twitter) Account After Someone Dies - Funeral.com, Inc.

How to Deactivate an X (Twitter) Account After Someone Dies

The first time you see a notification from someone who has died, it can feel like the world has tilted. A birthday reminder. A “new follower.” An old post resurfacing...

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...

Setting Up a Memorial Scholarship Fund: Endowment vs. Annual Awards and a Practical Checklist - Funeral.com, Inc.

Setting Up a Memorial Scholarship Fund: Endowment vs. Annual Awards and a Practical Checklist

After a death, there is often a quiet moment when the immediate tasks slow down—when the calls are mostly returned, the service is complete, and the house feels both too...

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....

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...

Right to Be Forgotten in 2026: What the Laws Actually Allow (EU vs U.S.) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Right to Be Forgotten in 2026: What the Laws Actually Allow (EU vs U.S.)

In the first days after a death, families are asked to make decisions that are both deeply personal and unexpectedly public. A name appears online. An obituary is shared. A...

Are Video Wills Legal? What U.S. Law Typically Requires (and How Video Can Still Help) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Are Video Wills Legal? What U.S. Law Typically Requires (and How Video Can Still Help)

If you’ve ever watched someone record a “just in case” message on their phone, you already understand why families ask this question. A camera feels immediate. It feels clear. And...

Blockchain Wills and Smart Inheritance: What’s Legal Today and What’s Still Hype - Funeral.com, Inc.

Blockchain Wills and Smart Inheritance: What’s Legal Today and What’s Still Hype

When someone dies, support often arrives in the simplest ways people know: a meal at the door, a card in the mail, money sent quietly so the family can breathe....

Locked Phones After Someone Dies: Legal Options for Families (Without “Hacking”) - Funeral.com, Inc.

Locked Phones After Someone Dies: Legal Options for Families (Without “Hacking”)

When someone dies, their phone can feel like a small, sealed room that still contains their voice. It might hold the last photo they took, the contact list you suddenly...

Digital Loot and Probate: Do Game Skins, Items, and Virtual Currency Have Estate Value? - Funeral.com, Inc.

Digital Loot and Probate: Do Game Skins, Items, and Virtual Currency Have Estate Value?

In a practical sense, a loved one’s “stuff” is no longer limited to what fits in a home. A phone can hold photo albums, bank accounts, subscriptions, and an entire...