Online Condolence Book

[Windywuss]

Has anyone used one of these before? I've looked at a few but some look a bit unprofessional and I don't want to set anything up I can't manage appropriately.

It's not a family member but a member of a community I'm involved in, online and in person. I don't want to say too much because it's identifying and there are many people who have not yet been informed. I'm in a position of responsibility so just thinking about how I can help members who won't be able to come to the funeral, honour our friend.

He was very young and involved in online communities. It's very sad.

We used one for my Dad but only 2 people used it. However my Dad was in his 70s and wasn’t on social media etc. all his friends were of the same age and not into it. I think it would work much better for a younger person.

@Mepop thanks for posting. Which one did you use? It is for a lot of young people and many so not live nearby so won't be at the funeral.

Much loved

Someone I know just did this when her sister died from cancer. The photos, details about her life and her family were copied from there by strangers and a 'go fund me' was set up using the photos and information and then links were sent to people on my friends sister's facebook page as well as contacts of her contacts which is how I found out about it.

People then contributed to this go fund me. The whole situation was terrible for my friend who had to tackle getting this page shit down and apologising to people who were upset and people who had donated.

@SunflowerJones thank you. I was a bit bothered about the security of it looking at some sites. I'm sorry for the person you know. Sounds horrible.

I may look at doing something another way.

Although I asked the family if they would like this and they said yes, I am thinking perhaps a whole formal one isn't quite what we need. We want one just for our community and then to pass it on to family.