How to identify unknown people in old family photos
Use album clues, photo dates, family records, and face grouping to identify unknown people in old family photos, without turning a guess into fact.
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Notes on capturing a life while you can, and on remembering well after a loss. Written plainly, for families.
What to put on an online memorial page, and what can wait
What to include on an online memorial page, from the first photograph and one personal detail to privacy choices and prompts that get family to reply.
Sending someone home to Mexico, and what it really costs
The consular permit is free, the Mexican government may pay part of the cost, and cremation is 50 to 70 percent cheaper and officially preferred. What a funeral home may not tell you.
How to write an obituary that sounds like the person
What a newspaper obituary actually costs, with real rates from four papers, what to leave out for your family's safety, and how to write one that sounds like the person.
What to do in the first 48 hours after a death
When someone dies, a few things have to happen right away and a long list can wait. A plain, calm walkthrough of the first two days and what to leave for later.
The questions an obituary never asks
An obituary gives you two dates and a paragraph. Here are the questions that hold a life, and why they're worth asking while you still can.
What happens to your online accounts after you die
The phone number is the master key, Apple's access expires after three years, and closing an account too early destroys the photos for good. What to set up now, and the two mistakes you cannot undo.
What a funeral costs in Texas, plainly
A clear look at funeral and cremation costs in Texas, what the line items mean, which ones you can skip, and the rights that protect you from overpaying.
What to say to someone who's grieving (and what not to)
Sympathy cards taught us to avoid the word died, and it shows. What bereaved people say actually helped, what stung, and the losses nobody writes about.
How to interview a parent about their life
How to record your mom or dad's story with the phone you already have. The session length tested by 645,000 interviews, the ages memory is densest, and twenty questions that work.