Guides
Practical guides
Each guide is written and signed by a real person, with sources.
Verses for Memorial Cards
Verses and lines for memorial cards, organized by faith and by feeling.
Average Funeral Cost
What a funeral actually costs, from national median data, updated yearly and cited.
Funeral Costs in California (2026)
California funeral costs against the national median, with the state's own rules on embalming, home burial, and direct cremation.
Funeral Costs in Texas (2026)
Texas funeral costs and rules — medians, direct cremation, and what the state requires.
Funeral Costs in Florida (2026)
Florida funeral costs and rules, with the state's medians and legal notes.
Funeral Costs in New York (2026)
New York funeral costs and rules, with the state's medians and legal notes.
Funeral Costs in Pennsylvania (2026)
Pennsylvania funeral costs and rules, with the state's medians and legal notes.
Funeral Costs in Illinois (2026)
Illinois funeral costs and rules, with the state's medians and legal notes.
Funeral Costs in Georgia (2026)
Georgia funeral costs and rules, with the state's medians and legal notes.
Funeral Costs in Ohio (2026)
Ohio funeral costs and rules — regional medians, embalming law, home burial, and the Funeral Rule.
Funeral Costs in North Carolina (2026)
North Carolina funeral costs and rules, with the region's medians and the state's own laws on embalming and water cremation.
Funeral Costs in Michigan (2026)
Michigan funeral costs and rules — regional medians, the 48-hour embalming rule, and private burial grounds.
Funeral Costs in New Jersey (2026)
New Jersey funeral costs and rules, with the region's medians and the state's own consumer protections for cremation.
Funeral Costs in Virginia (2026)
Virginia funeral costs and rules, with the region's medians and the state's embalming-consent law.
Funeral Costs in Washington (2026)
Washington funeral costs and rules — regional medians, refrigeration in place of embalming, and water cremation.
Funeral Costs in Arizona (2026)
Arizona funeral costs and rules, with the Mountain division's medians and the state's burial-permit paperwork.
Funeral Costs in Tennessee (2026)
Tennessee funeral costs and rules, with the region's medians and legal notes.
Funeral Costs in Massachusetts (2026)
Massachusetts funeral costs — the country's most expensive region, itemized, with the state's own rules.
Funeral Costs in Indiana (2026)
Indiana funeral costs and rules, with the region's medians and legal notes.
When someone passes · a kit for the first days
The first hours, the first two weeks, words for the hard calls, and a one-page sheet for the service — in order, so nothing is carried alone.
Restoring Old Family Photos
What restoration can truly recover, what it cannot, and how to scan a printed photo well with just a phone.
Non-Religious Funeral Readings
Secular readings organized by feeling, with a printable pack for the service.
How to Make a Memorial Website
How to make a memorial website, step by step: the page, the words, the photos, and the one link that brings everyone — free, in about ten minutes.
A Memorial Slideshow for the Service
Two honest ways to put their photos on a screen at the service — a finished video, or their tribute page played on the TV — and how to set up either one.
An Online Guest Book for a Funeral
What an online funeral guest book is, what it should hold, and how a memory wall the family approves does the same work and stays.
Publish an Obituary Online, Free
Where an obituary can be published online without paying, what newspapers charge, and how to put the full obituary at one link anyone can open.
What Happens to Memorial Sites
What happens to an online memorial when the company closes or the subscription lapses — the honest patterns, three questions to ask any provider, and our answer in writing.
A Virtual Memorial Service
How to hold a virtual or hybrid memorial service: the call, the page that holds the details and the RSVPs, and what to do with the recording after.
How to Save a Voicemail From Someone Who Died
How to save a voicemail from someone who died, on iPhone or Android: gentle, step-by-step ways to keep their voice, back it up, and hear it again.
How to Save Text Messages From Someone Who Died
How to save text messages from someone who died, on iPhone or Android: stop them from deleting, back them up, export the conversation, and keep it for good.
How to Digitize VHS and Camcorder Home Movies
Save family home movies from VHS, VHS-C, Hi8 and MiniDV: when to use a lab, what to ask for, how to name and back up the files, and how to store the tapes.
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