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How to handle a deceased parent's email account

I keep my dad's email account active by paying for it even though he died five years ago because I cannot bear to lose all his old messages but I also cannot read them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Maintaining digital artifacts of the dead can become both a comfort and a burden without clear resolution.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Social media memorialization?”

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