The library
Written to be given away.
Guides to the practical side of loss, written plainly and given away whole: no signup, no locked chapters, nothing held back. Print them, share them, pass them on.
Guide · Free · Printable
What to do when someone dies
The first hours, the first days, and the first weeks, laid out in order: what must happen now, what can safely wait, what to be careful about, and a first-week checklist with room for a pen.
Read the guideUpdated July 2026
Reference · Free · Printable
The estate glossary
Twenty-six terms you'll meet in the paperwork, from probate to small-estate affidavit, each explained in plain English, with why it matters to you.
Open the glossaryUpdated July 2026
The library is young and being written now, guide by guide. Everything added here will be free and whole, like these.
Why give it away?
Because the first thing a family needs after a death is not software. It is someone to say, plainly, what happens now. Pastwell begins there for everyone, whether or not they ever create an account.
If a printed checklist on the refrigerator is all you need from us, take it with our sympathy. And if the estate itself needs settling, that is the work Pastwell was built for.
Whenever you’re ready.
Begin with a few gentle questions, at your own pace. Free to start, and no card to enter.
Begin for freeYou don’t have to do this alone.