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Post by maryland on May 27, 2015 12:35:15 GMT
In a tightly sealed Tupperware container in the freezer. I am not going to worry about anyone looking in there for our papers and chances are that the metal box that helps insulate the freezer isn't going to burn up in a fire. Great idea! I could probably put a big bag of money right inside the front door, clearly visible from the street. If a person chose to break into our house, they would trip over all the "crap" my kids leave in the entry way. Our house can be pretty dangerous that way!
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Post by Deleted on May 27, 2015 12:39:18 GMT
I have them in my files. Everything is easily replaced, so I don't bother with safes or bank boxes. They're not particularly valuable. Any legal docs are with the lawyer, insurance papers online, and SS cards and birth certificates are easily replaced. I can put my hands on them quickly, but I don't worry about them being stolen. Much bigger chance of losing my wallet than that stuff.
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Post by coaliesquirrel on May 27, 2015 12:42:55 GMT
If you don't have a safe, this is definitely the way to go (says my firefighter DH). We have a safe inside our safe room (concrete walls & ceiling, steel door) where our essential documents are kept. Important but not essential things, like career-related certifications, are kept in a briefcase also in the safe room. We use the freezer trick for extra cash we want to keep handy but don't necessarily want sitting around in the open when workers, babysitters, etc. are in the house.
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Post by pastlifepea on May 27, 2015 14:06:40 GMT
Timely post...we are a military family and move every couple of years. Just recently, a friend of mine who is also a military spouse, taught a class on how to organize your life with binders. We previously had things in a hanging file storage box. I've pulled everything out, purged what we no longer needed, and put everything else into page protectors and into binders. Our binder with birth certificates, marriage certificates, passports, etc. can now just be loaded in the car to be hand carried to our next destination. Previously, I had been taking the whole file box but I guess I really don't NEED the directions and warranty info to my margarita machine to be hand carried, though I do consider these "important documents."
My friend, does binders for everything. Each family member has a medical/dental one. There is one for the pets veterinary records. She even uses them for meal planning and home cleaning/maintenance.
So now I am kind of obsessed with binders. Costco has the sheet protectors for about $11 for I think 250 of them. I've already gone through two boxes.
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Post by eebud on May 27, 2015 14:13:46 GMT
I have a specific file where I keep some things and other stuff is kept in a safe deposit box. The items that I think of as harder to replace like our original marriage license stays in the safe deposit box. Plus, I almost never need it. I keep passports and birth certificates at home. I will put the passports in the safe deposit box if I am fairly certain I won't need them for a while but most of the time they stay home. And, this reminds me that I need to renew my passport. It expires in a few months and I have a trip planned later this year. LOL Birth Certificates can be replaced fairly easy. I keep those at home too but I should probably put them in the safe deposit box since I rarely need them.
For those that have a safe, if you are using a smaller safe, you should make sure you have it bolted to something that can't be moved easily like the foundation of your house. You don't want a home safe that someone can easily pick up and steal.
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Post by craftsbycarolyn on May 27, 2015 14:17:52 GMT
I don't keep any of them in our home. They are all in our safe deposit box. I do keep scanned copies encrypted on my computer. I personally think it's too risky to keep them in the home, especially all of them together. If someone steals a home safe, you will have a terrible time getting replacements and the thief would have everything they need to completely take over your life. The risk of fire, theft (especially) or flood is too great. Those things are *possible* in a bank branch, of course, but those vaults are a whole lot stronger and more secure than anything we could have in home. Our safe is about 4 foot tall, I doubt anyone is going to steal it anytime soon, it weighs so much that we set it where it is and have never moved it, don't know if we could. That is where we keep our papers, jewerly, guns and it is fire safe, too!
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Post by ~Susan~ on May 27, 2015 14:44:13 GMT
We keep important papers in a fire proof safe that is kept hidden in our home.
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Post by tduby1 on May 27, 2015 14:47:15 GMT
We have a two drawer filing cabinet. It holds all our appliance and electronic manuals-receipts-warranties, title paperwork, deed paperwork and a file for birth certificates etc. Everyone has their own envelope within the file with birth certificate, ss card and shot record for the kids. My husband's and my stuff are together, along with our marriage certificate.
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