Acclaim

In an easy-to-follow format, Carroll and Romano explain the challenges of the digital afterlife, and provide workable strategies for safeguarding your digital assets. This book is the perfect first step toward securing your digital legacy. 

-Fred Stutzman, PhD, co-founder, ClaimID.com

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Tools for archiving social websites

Many of the social websites you use probably have your content locked up in some way. These products and services can help you manage and/or archive your content so you can back it up properly. We don’t endorse these tools so use at your own risk.

Multiple Accounts

Backupify
Socialware Sync

Blogs

BlogBackupr

Facebook

Facebook Download
Facebook allows you to download your profile information, Wall posts, photos, videos and messages in a zipped archive. All you have to do is visit your Account Settings and click “Download Your Information.” This is a great way to archive your account or the account of a loved one who has passed away.

1000Memories (app page on Facebook)
ArchiveFacebook
SocialSafe

Flickr

Downloadr
FlickrEdit
Flickr Backup

Twitter

It’s worth noting that Twitter has a policy for deceased users that allows your next-of-kin to obtain an archived copy of your public tweets upon providing proper documentation of your passing.

BackupMyTweets
Tweetake
TweetBackup
Tweetscan

LinkedIn

You can use the built-in LinkedIn functionality to export your contacts.