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When you need to read your deceased spouse's private emails

I keep getting emails meant for my dead husband and some of them are important financial documents but opening his mail feels like trespassing even though I am his widow.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Death creates practical necessities that can feel like violations of privacy and intimacy.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Digital legacy — your online presence after death?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.