How it works

Fill it in at your own pace. Keep it safe. Let your family in when it counts.

KinLogs is one encrypted file on a memory stick. You fill it in on your own computer, keep a second copy somewhere safe, and make a read-only copy for the people who will need it.

Mary's KinLogs overview, 18 of 22 sections done — Demonstration file. Every name, number and reference is made up.

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The whole of KinLogs in under three minutes

A walk through KinLogs, KinLogs+ and KinLogs Sync. Subtitles are available from the player's menu.

Fill in what's relevant to you

22 guided sections. Each one explains what executors and attorneys will need. Skip anything that doesn't apply.

Keep it on two sticks

Use one at home and keep the second with your will or solicitor. KinLogs reminds you when the second stick is out of date.

Make a family copy

Choose what your family can see and print their access card. Their copy is read-only and opens with its own code.

Step 1

Guided, one section at a time.

You don't need to sit down and do it all at once. Start with the people your family should call, then work through the rest when you have time.

Plain guidance in every section. What matters and why, such as joint accounts, policies written in trust and bank bereavement teams.
A getting-started route. Nine short steps that cover what families most often struggle to find.
Documents inside the file. Add scans of policies, deeds and certificates to the document library. They are encrypted with everything else.
Review reminders. KinLogs shows which sections haven't been checked for a year.

Bank accounts section with guidance and two Nationwide accounts — Demonstration file. Every name, number and reference is made up.

Probate readiness

Know what your executors will be missing.

KinLogs looks at what you've recorded and tells you whether probate is likely to be needed, and which details your executors would still have to hunt for. It's a guide, not legal advice: every estate is different.

Step 2

One stick to use. One kept safe.

Fill in the stick at home. Keep the second one with your will, in a safe, or with your solicitor. Your recovery key and the family access card can go with it.

Reminders to update the second stick. When you have made changes, KinLogs tells you how many and offers to update the backup.
Nothing to install. The file opens in an ordinary browser on Windows or Mac.
On an iPad or phone? The KinLogs Reader opens shared copies only, showing just the sections you chose. Your full KinLogs only opens with the app on your stick.
Rather not swap sticks? KinLogs Sync keeps every stick matched automatically.

One KinLogs stick at home, one kept safe with the will

Overview with a reminder that the backup stick is out of date — The reminder you see when your second stick needs updating.

Family access page: choose sections, access code and seal code — Demonstration file. Every name, number and reference is made up.

Step 3

Make a family copy.

Tick the sections your family should see. KinLogs makes a separate read-only copy with its own access code, and prints an access card to keep with the second stick.

You choose what's shared. Leave out passwords or anything private.
Their code never opens your file. Only your password does that.
It becomes a plan. See what your family sees.

What's inside

22 sections. Everything an executor or attorney asks for.

Fill in what applies to you. Sections you mark as not applicable drop out of the family copy.

People

Start here: your note and first instructions
About me
Key people

Money

Bank accounts
Savings and investments
Pensions
Insurance
Debts and loans
Gifts made
Bills and subscriptions

Home

Property
Utilities and household
Vehicles
Pets
Where documents are

Digital life

Online accounts
Phones and computers

Wishes and legal

Will and legal
Estate and probate
Funeral wishes
Business
Anything else

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