Place these in disaster-proof storage:

• Automobile insurance card(s) and policy(s)

• Certificates of birth or death

• Marriage licenses

• Car registration(s) and title(s)

• Bank account numbers

• Deeds

• Copy of driver’s license

• Homeowner’s policy

• Life insurance policy

• Investment records

• Mailing list of family and friends

• Insurance cards and polices

• Medical history

• Military records

• Pin numbers

• Residency letter (a letter from the state sent to you at current address to prove you reside there)

• Social security cards

• Tax records

• Will/living will or advance directive or Durable Powers of Attorney for Health Care

• Cemetery plot deeds

• Photo negatives and one wedding and baby photo

• Papers or records that prove ownership (such as real estate deeds, automobile titles, and stock and bond certificates)

• Legal papers (such as divorce decrees and property settlement papers)