The latest note · Facebook and online pages
Alternatives to a Facebook memorial page in 2026
A feed was built for the passing moment. Remembering someone asks for the opposite.
Guidance
Notes on remembering.
Short, plain notes for families keeping the memory of someone they love. What to write on their page. What happens to their Facebook account. How to choose a place for their photographs and their story. Take what helps, and leave the rest.
Six notes · three to five minutes each
The words are allowed to be small. Missing someone is made of small things: the cards, the Sunday kitchen, the seat you still leave open.
All the notes
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Choosing a memorial site
A free memorial website that never deletes pages
The internet forgets by default. Keeping a page is a decision someone has to make on purpose, and keep making.
Choosing a memorial site
A memorial website without a subscription (2026)
A subscription assumes someone will always be there to pay it. A memorial should not have to make that assumption.
Writing
What to write on a memorial page, when there are no words
You do not need the perfect words. You need one true sentence, and the rest will follow it.
Facebook and online pages
When Facebook memorializes an account: what happens next
The word Remembering appears above their name, and the account you knew becomes something else — held, but not quite yours.
Keepsakes
A guide to QR code memorials: plaques, benches, and headstones
A small square of code on a plaque, and suddenly a headstone can hold more than a name and two dates.
The words are allowed to be small. Missing someone is made of small things: the cards, the Sunday kitchen, the seat you still leave open.
Free tools
Help with the words.
Three free tools for the pieces families are asked to write and print: the obituary, the memorial card and the funeral program.
Obituary Writer
Answer a few gentle questions and review a complete draft line by line, in your own words.
Memorial Card Maker
A front-and-back card with their photo, a verse or a poem, and the dates.
Funeral Program Maker
Fill in the service details once, see it laid out, and download it ready to print.
