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　　After Death, Some Choose to Continue TheirOnline Lives

　　What happens to our images on social media or theinternet after we die?

　　Evan Carroll is someone who thinks a lot about thisquestion. Carroll co-wrote a book called, "Your DigitalAfterlife."

　　He says there are companies that will collect your passwords and online information. Thesebusinesses then provide all the important details to your family so they can make sure youraccounts are settled after you die.

　　Carroll said some online businesses will put together the digital story of your life -- to keep yourmemory alive long after you die. Some companies will even send out messages for you to yourfriends and family members after your death.

　　There are some concerns, however. Carroll said one problem is that it is normal to put offdealing with death. Many people hope and believe death is far off into the future.

　　Another problem is that companies sometimes go out of business. In other words, they mightnot be around when you die to send along your messages and passwords.

　　Your Post-Death Facebook Page

　　Facebook says it has 1.71 billion monthly users worldwide, making it the largest social mediawebsite.

　　Carroll said people are not happy getting messages on their Facebook Page about birthdays forfriends who died.

　　Now, Facebook will let a friend or relative "memorialize" a Facebook friend's page, as long asthey can provide proof of the death. That can be a copy of a death notice.

　　In 2015, Facebook set up another program. It lets a person choose a family member or friendwho can supervise the individual's Facebook account after they die.

　　That person can write information about a memorial service, or share a special message ormemory, Facebook said.

　　Digital Memories Created at Museum

　　One group working to create digital memories is the Hereafter Institute at the Los AngelesCounty Museum of Art in California.

　　Started a year ago, the institute offers people the chance to learn how they can plan theirdigital afterlife.

　　People who visit Hereafter learn how personal information and video images can be placed into apiece of jewelry as a future memorial.

　　The founder of the institute is Gabriel Barcia-Colombo. He used old audio, pictures and videosto create a lasting video about his grandfather.

　　Video lets people think about how friends and family members "moved, or reacted to jokes orhow they laughed," he said.

　　Watching the images of his grandfather was important to him, Barcia-Colombo said. "To be ableto see him walking again...was very moving to me."

　　People who visit the institute get a body scan. They can then watch as an image of that bodyscan walks into the distance.

　　Carolina Miranda is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times newspaper. She recently spent timeat the Institute.

　　She said the image works as a memorial, although it is not exactly a perfect copy.

　　"I don't think it would ever be in danger of becoming something that you could almost growattached to because it's a replacement of that person," Miranda said.

　　Barcia-Colombo said the goal of his institute is to make people think about what is possible andwhat they might want to do with their online memories after they die.