How to recover a gmail account when a family member dies

This is tricky. If you decide to pursue it, be prepared for some lengthy paperwork. Also, expect that it will take from anywhere between 1 to 2 months.

1. You need to get your documents in order; a copy of your passport or driver's license, copy of the proof of death [death certificate] and a copy of a probate or court order that clearly identifies you as the legal representative of the deceased.

2. You will also need to take some prints of a few emails sent from the deceased to you [the full headers of the emails need to be included in the print].

3. Finally, write a letter [attach your passport photograph] explaining the situation, include the deceased person's email ID and all your contact information [including postal address, phone numbers and email IDs].

4. Take all the documents and ship them to Google at the following address:

Google Inc.
Attention: Gmail User Support-Decedent's Accounts
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
USA

CREDIT: Times of India

Woow.,..its really too lengthly..

Yea I saw this in our newspaper

Well i feel its better to have a back up then its lengthly procedures...but still thanx 4 sharing it....

What do you mean? -.-

In simple way...u should have a extra copy all ur important data i.e email...

What a dead body would do with email? This process is for investigation agencies in the case of murder etc

Hmmm.....sorry i was thinking...sumthng else...

No problem
This is the case this is used

heha
yes! i read it..they say that we need to show a copy of death certificate and all..

well that's helpful if you are dead and was a huge businessman

Yeah helpful to solve mysterious mystery ....:-D

btw google's address is so cool and in expensive place

but we can contact the, on phone or by mail or maybe video chat

Pretty nice tutorial I'm hoping I'm not going to have to use this any time soon tho I hate deaths.

Very interesting tutorial... Hope I don't need to use this for a long time but i'll keep this in mind