I think it is a wonderful idea that we write our own obit and put it in several places, including your safe deposit box. You might want to give copies to your children. I fully intend to write a very long obit giving as much history as I can. On sharing this intent with my husband, his reply was "That will cost a fortune." My reply, "Take it out of my life insurance." All joking aside, it is a great idea. My uncle's wife, put his birth place as the county where they married and they had been married for over fifty years. There is lots of stress at this time and people are going to make mistakes, unless they are family historians and have memorized all the dates and places. When I attended the funeral of my uncle, I was asked where he was born and told the children and wife. Darlene