You need to include ALL account names and passwords for accessing the computer itself, any monies accounts, data and etc. I have helped way to many widowed persons access their deceased spouse's data that was passworded. Hacking is not always fun, but in cases like tis it is needed to be done.
Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus == -----Original Message----- From: JLB [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 5:55 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] What to do with genealogical files after death of compi ler Having also written User Guides called READ ME files, about a dozen to cover everything computer related, including Legacy and the ancestors of course, there's another essential part to this. That's the cover letter that you actually print and put somewhere easily accessible. (In my case, in an envelope tacked to my bulletin board and addressed to my executor.) All READ ME's and cover letter updated on a regular basis as my computer/finances/etc. change. If you're counting on someone actually turning your computer on to see what's in there ... well, they might not. And if they do, chances are they could use some clear direction. Or as the Chinese say, One who's all over the map is no less lost than one without a map. --- JL Beeken JLog - simple computer technology for genealogists http://www.jgen.ws/jlog/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
