You're Helping Your Aging Parents Get Organized. What About Your Own Family?

If you've started asking your parents where their important papers are, who handles their finances, what insurance they have, or who should be called in an emergency, you're doing something important for them—and for your family.

But somewhere along the way, another thought may occur to you:

Would my own family know these things about me?

It's an easy question to overlook.

Most of us know where our important information is. We know which bank we use, where the insurance policies are, who our doctor is, where the will is kept, and who we would call if something happened.

The problem is that the people we love may not know any of it.

Think about what you're asking your parents

There's a reason you're asking these questions now.

You're trying to make sure that if your parents ever need help, you won't have to start from scratch—searching through drawers, looking through old statements, making phone calls, and trying to figure out what exists.

Now turn that around.

Would your spouse know where to look?

Would your children know which people to contact?

Would they know what accounts, insurance policies, important papers, or other arrangements exist?

They don't need your passwords. They don't need every account number. And they certainly don't need access to everything today.

They need a map.

They need to know what exists, where to find it, and who to contact.

That's one of the reasons we created MyRegistr.

Don't wait for your children to ask you.

Your MyRegistr Family Book gives you a simple place to organize the information your family may someday need—and makes it easy to share that information with the people you trust.

You don't have to sit down and organize your entire life.

Start with the information your family needs. Like emergency contacts and who should be called first. Record where a few important papers are kept.

Your Family Book will begin taking shape in just a few minutes.

Then add more when you're ready.

As things change, keep it current. And when you're ready, share it with the people you trust so they aren't left wondering where to begin.

You may be helping your parents get organized today.

This might be the perfect time to do the same thing for your own family.