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Founder鈥檚 Journey

Cocktail napkins, scraps of paper, and yellow legal pads 鈥� that鈥檚 how Executorium began.

But the first spark was lit when estate executor George Compton searched for resources to understand the job 鈥� and found nothing. Meanwhile, those scraps of paper and 鈥渆-mails to self鈥� accumulated.

鈥淎n executor ought to know鈥�Wish I鈥檇 known that鈥�Where was this when I was executor?鈥�

Communicating, educating, and disseminating information were already my professional skills, since I was then the Executive Director of an association of construction professionals. My personal experience as an executor and professional background converged, and Executorium began to take form.

I knew it had to be executor-facing, and it had to be simple. Most of all, it had to provide a view of the landscape, so executors could get their heads around the job at hand.

鈥淚 felt like the new guy.聽 It was a lot of responsibility. Lots of unfamiliar, disparate tasks in a new environment. It was an emotional time, and it can take hundreds of hours.鈥�

鈥淓xecutors walk away from the graveside with a briefcase and a life to unravel. Poof! You鈥檙e the executor. Good luck!鈥�

Hence, Executorium.com!

Executorium鈥檚 Mission

The mission of Executorium is to be a Resource for Executors and Estates. How?

• Stand in an executor鈥檚 shoes
• Assume no prior estate knowledge
• Provide visibility of resources: local, state, and national 鈥� both private and government
• Flatten the learning curve
• Provide context and experience.

seeks to clarify many of the real-time experiences an executor may face. It shines a light on the work within an estate, the responsibilities of an executor, and the challenges of estate administration and settlement.

An Open Resource for Executors and Estates

We鈥檙e a resource for Executors and Administrators, as well as 鈥淧ersonal Representatives.鈥�

Executorium.com is open access.聽 No login, no paywall, no registration!

Our website includes:

• Articles addressing common estate issues and learning opportunities.
• References to vital estate information.
• Directories of local estate service providers and government pages (federal, state, and county), laying out essential government probate and estate resources.

We strive to make the executor鈥檚 duties more familiar, because awareness and information visibility is key to a successful estate administration.

Poof! You鈥檙e an Executor鈥�

Now what?聽 Well, every estate is different. 聽Every family is different.聽 And every state is different.

鈥淕ive me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.鈥�

• Abraham Lincoln

But we know executors are busy enough jumping from task to task to spend much time learning the job.聽So, we relay fundamentals, practical information, and context quickly and efficiently.聽 It is designed so a browse through the site provides exposure to estate administration鈥檚 many new experiences.

Executorium.com is organized into four sections:

• 鈥� Articles across the scope of estate administration, from guest authors and the publishers of Executorium.
• 鈥� Resources and references across the estate administration environment.
• 鈥� Professionals that service the needs of executors and estates, organized by profession, state, and county.
• 鈥� Selected federal, state, and local resources to guide and assist executors.

Executorium even features advertisers with purpose: those whose products and services attend to the needs of an estate. Our ads put resources on executors鈥� radars 鈥� and pay the bills.聽Two birds; one stone!

Finally, our social media channels curate and share executor-facing content.

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Provide a View of the Landscape

One of my hardest executor鈥檚 lessons was that after it was over, I realized, 鈥淗uh. If I ever had to do that again, I鈥檇 be a lot better at it.鈥� I had made mistakes. I had missed stuff. Now I had all this experience, but that was it 鈥� never again. But I wasn鈥檛 the new guy anymore.

Because of this realization, we endeavor to help executors see what鈥檚 out there. It does not matter if it鈥檚 on Executorium or elsewhere 鈥� as long as the executor has it on their radar.

For example, there are some very good 鈥楪uidelines for Executors鈥� out there. Don鈥檛 miss them.

Read them. Sharpen that axe!

• 肠辞尘鈥檚
• The American Bar Association –聽
• EstateExec:

These guides are symbolic of Executorium鈥檚 mission: showing executors where the help is 鈥� wherever it is, on-site or off 鈥� and sharing it openly to help estates move forward!

Executors Execute

An executor鈥檚 tasks involve the estate, probate, family, and legacy. Executorium endeavors to educate across many estate-related topics, and offer routes to solutions.聽We鈥檙e especially focused on shining light on those resources which may be unknown to executors, and which solve practical estate challenges or make the job easier. Some examples are:

• 鈥淲hat do I do with all these photos?鈥�

: The Photo Managers

• 鈥淲e have a lot of used medical equipment.聽 Can I donate?鈥�

• 鈥淢y dad owned many guns. I don鈥檛 know a thing about guns.鈥�

• 鈥淭he thought of cleaning out everything is blowing my mind!鈥�

• 鈥淲hat should I do with all the old books?鈥�

• 鈥淚鈥檓 struggling with my grief.聽 This is harder than I thought.鈥�

Please note the Learning Section, Articles, and Directories are constantly updated and revised. New content is added frequently.聽 Executorium is a constantly growing resource.

Conclusion

Executor of the Estate, Administrator, Personal Representative鈥�while these terms sound fancy, they usually mean an individual that just lost a parent or other loved one 鈥� and the one who will clean out their dresser. They鈥檒l spend hours and hours going through drawers, boxes, and memories. They鈥檒l be working through paperwork, forms and records. And that鈥檚 just some parts of the job. There鈥檚 nothing fancy about estate administration and probate!

Executorium.com is a hub. At its center is the executor, endeavoring to navigate estate administration and probate. We just figured that job does not need to be harder 鈥� it needs to be easier. If Executorium can arrange resources and information around the hub that helps the executor move the estate forward, with less pain and frustration 鈥� we have accomplished our mission.

George Compton is the Publisher of Executorium.com.聽 He is on a mission to improve communication and visibility in the estate administration environment for executors and personal representatives.