How to Create an Online Memorial Tribute

When someone you love passes away, the grief can sometimes be unbearable. Having a memorial place to visit with your love one can keep their memory alive and be a great source of comfort for family. In this day and age for economic reasons, most families don't live close by and it may not be practical to visit a love one's grave site very often. You can create a online memorial that you and other family members and friends can visit anytime you want. An online site allows you to create a beautiful memorial site that all family members can view and add content to. To get started, click on the "Create a Online Memorial" link under the Resources section of this article.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Computer with internet access
• Obituary of loved one
• photos, videos, audio of loved one

1. 
    

   Create a Family Album of your love one with pictures showing their life.

2. Upload audio and video clips of your love one to the memorial site.

3. Light a memorial candle with a love expression message each year for birthday, anniversary of death, holidays, etc for your loved one.

4. Compile a family tree on the memorial site showing the family history.

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   Invite friends, co-workers, etc to visit your memorial site and they will be able to add tributes and condolences. They can also light a candle.

6. Enter your love one's obituary and capture their timeline, marriage, things they liked to do, etc.

7. Send in a memorial to the newspaper on death anniversary and reference your memorial website.

Tips & Warnings

• You can create a beautiful and lasting memorial that can be passed on to generations on a site that is easy to navigate, setup and update.
• You have to make a donation to the site to keep your memorial as a permanent site.

Resources

• Create a online Memorial

[ringgold]

on 8/22/2009 This is such a good idea !!! I actually was able to post my condolences and comments on a friends memorial page recently !!! Then the family can keep the page if desired or have it printed into a book !!! Nice touch !!!

[chrisanimelo444]

on 8/19/2009 Great advice! I'm going to try it.

[dorigillman]

on 5/21/2009 what a nice idea.

[geekmommy4]

on 5/20/2009 Great article on create an online memorial tribute. This is a really nice way to honor someone you have loved and lost.

[grove]

on 5/19/2009 These are great ideas. I am working on a video tribute right now for a family member who died late last year.