It's Never Too Late ... With TheLate.com

No one wants to think about the end of life, or the death of a loved one but dying is one of life's certainties. Creating an Archive For Life with newly launched web-based service theLate.com enables people to leave information for others when they die. Another example of how new technology is beginning to have a place in every corner of life ... and death.

(PRWEB) September 25, 2006 -- It's never too late for people with an Archive For Life with theLate.com, a newly launched brand and online service. At theLate.com, as well as being able to place a death notice online and open a Book of Condolence & Remembrance, visitors can also leave important information for their nearest and dearest when they die.

Jane Spencer-Rolfe, founder of theLate.com said, "During our research we found that many people have that shoebox at the bottom of the wardrobe, or envelope in a drawer somewhere, setting out their wishes for when they die. However, we also heard how on many occasions such documents and information had not been found in time - and how funeral and even burial wishes had sadly not been followed."

TheLate.com brings a process to something people are doing, but often in a haphazard way, which is making plans for when they die. A Will is often not considered until after the funeral, and whilst funeral plans are becoming more popular, they tend to be focused towards getting the provider organized, and the payment sorted.

An Archive For Life can be with a person throughout their lifetime, always accessible via an Internet connection. Inevitably circumstances change as life progresses, but it is easy to keep an Archive For Life current, with the information you would like to make sure gets passed on. It can include a Family History Archive, which lets people leave articles and photos; genealogy records, listing family members and their relationships; as well as the private archive area, which is then released to the archive holder's nominated family and friends when they die. It can also include 'closed messages', which is like making sure a letter is sent to someone, after you die - so it need never be too late.

Jane Spencer-Rolfe adds, "Offering to publish death announcements was almost an afterthought, but it made sense to add that service to theLate.com. A newspaper notice is all well and good, but it only lasts for one day so having a follow up web reference means that you can be sure family and friends the world-over can find out about the death of a loved one, the funeral arrangements, and even add their message of condolence online, which is particularly helpful for those people unable to get to a funeral, or living overseas. Whilst cost is not likely to be a priority consideration at such times, we are starting out by offering the announcements service free."

TheLate.com is another example of how new technology is beginning to have a place in every corner of life ... and death.

###