Planning your own estate
Write down what you have, what you owe, who you would like to receive what, and how you would like to be remembered — in one place, kept on your own computer.
What you can record
The details that are hardest for someone else to piece together, kept where they can be found.
Assets
Property, investments and belongings.
Debts
What is owed, and to whom.
Distributions
Who receives what.
Accounts
Logins for email and paid services.
Beneficiaries
The people who inherit.
Contacts
Everyone the estate involves.
Files
Documents, kept with the estate.
Funeral
Funeral wishes, written down.
At your own pace
Nearly every field is optional. Fill in what you know today and come back to the rest whenever you like — a few accounts this week, the funeral wishes another time. The Overview shows what is filled in so far.
Your funeral wishes can be saved as a printable PDF. Anything left blank prints as an empty line, so a paper copy can be finished by hand and kept with your other papers.
Cairn's Funeral page: the service, music and readings, with a button to save it as a PDF.
Kept on your computer
Your estate information is stored on your computer and never sent to us. Stored account passwords can be encrypted with a passphrase only you know. How it works
A record, not a will
Cairn keeps a record of your wishes; it is not a will and does not replace one. It does not give legal, tax or financial advice. A lawyer or notary where you live can tell you what a valid will needs.