- Funeral Consumers Alliance - http://www.funerals.org/
Funeral industry watchdog group that includes consumer warnings about specific organizations, things to watch for, and tools and information on planning a funeral.
- Funerals: A Consumer Guide - http://www.ftc.gov/bcp/conline/pubs/services/funeral.htm
Pre-planning and financial advice and guidance. Includes a list of consumer resources, a glossary and a planning checklist.
- Funeral Planning - http://www.funeralplan.com/
Information on funeral planning, financing funerals, online planning tools, grief support materials, ask the experts panel, and funeral home locator guide.
- Monument Builders of North America - http://www.monumentbuilders.org/
An association of manufacturers of memorials, tombstones, and markers. Site includes consumer information on purchasing memorials and consumer and legistlative news.
- Cooperative Funeral Fund - http://www.cffinc.com/index.htm
High-level funeral planning guide, with information on financing funerals, pre-need insurance and other funding options, and details on veterans' benefits.
- Funeral Planning Workbook - http://www.funeralplanning1.com/
Basic information on the benefits of pre-planning a funeral; offers a low-cost workbook to help make decisions and plan the event. Developed by a 30-year veteran of funeral service.
- Crash Course in Wills & Trusts - http://www.mtpalermo.com/HTTOC.HTM
Detailed overview on wills and how they work, including how to write one, what qualifies a will as a will, how probate works, and what trusts are and how they work. Great top-level overview developed by an attorney.
- UK Funeral Planning, Arranging, and Services - http://www.funeralsuk.com/index.htm
Detailed information on everything from finding a funeral service provider to paying for funerals to alternative methods of disposition (e.g., body donation, burial at sea). Also includes counseling resources.
- Organ and Whole Body Donation - http://galenpress.com/extras/extra4.htm
Includes downloadable and printable organ and whole body donation cards, articles on death and what happens to dead bodies (including stages of decay), funeral industry glossary, and books and reference materials on the medical aspects of death.
- UK Funerals On Line - http://www.uk-funerals.co.uk
Independent consumer guide to funerals lists UK funeral directors and monumental masons; includes information about sending funeral and sympathy flowers and floral tributes.
- Profits of Death - http://www.profitsofdeath.com/
A veteran of the death care business, reveals the rip-offs and shows people how to cut funeral costs.
- California Consumer Guide to Funerals - http://www.ashesonthesea.com/consumerguide.htm
Consumer guide for California residents, including how FTC regulations and California law impact such practices as burial at sea, which the sponsoring company offers.
- Kern Memorial Society - http://www.funerals.org/kms
A non-profit consumers' alliance dedicated to the consumer's right to choose a simple, economical, meaningful, dignified funeral or memorial service.
- Funeral Preplanning Kit 4 Burials or Cremation - http://www.deni.net/preplanning_kit.html
Consumer guide to end of life planning, includes articles on grief support and coping with imminent death as well as funeral and memorial planning tools.
- Final Arrangements Network - http://www.finalarrangementsnetwork.com/
Online self-prepare programs with guidance and instructions for preplanning final arrangements. Includes product and service guide, cemetery lot listings, and advice on topics such as eldercare, retirement, and bereavement.
- Body Donation - Sciencecare Anatomical - http://www.sciencecare.org
ScienceCare serves as a link between individual donors and medical researchers and educators. Cremation is provided at no cost to ScienceCare donors.
- AARP: Grief & Loss, Practical Matters - http://www.aarp.org/griefandloss/practical.html
Overview of funeral planning, estate and other legal questions, and other funeral and memorial questions.
- Funeral Goods and Services - http://www.osa.state.mn.us/mainTmp.lasso?page==pagCemMain&-nothing
Consumer protection information from the Minnesota Office of the State Auditor. Includes legal information, glossary, information on veterans' benefits, consumer guide, links to resources.
- US Funerals Online - http://www.us-funerals.com/
Guide and directory about funerals and death in the USA.
- The Funeral Help Program - http://www.funeral-help.com/
A consumer's guide to funeral arrangement. Provides an overview of options that need to be considered.
- Memorial Service Planning - http://www.memorialserviceplanning.com/
A resource for finding poems, songs and music, and other creative ideas for personalizing funeral and memorial services. Also includes tips on how to write a eulogy, and preplanning advise.
- funerarybox.com - http://www.funerarybox.com/
Pre-planning and planning resources for funerals, memorial services, cremation.
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