Meaningful ways to use your memorial QR code

Every Memory Keep memorial comes with a high-resolution QR code — a small square that, when scanned with any smartphone, takes the viewer directly to your loved one's memorial. It is generated at around 1,900 × 1,900 pixels, large enough for engraving, professional printing, or framing. Here are some of the most meaningful ways families have chosen to use theirs.

Funeral and memorial service programmes

Printing the QR code on the order of service is one of the simplest and most impactful uses. Guests who have travelled from far away, or who are unable to attend at all, can scan the code and visit the memorial from wherever they are. For those who are there in person, it gives them a way to find the memorial again after the day — when they are ready to look through the photographs quietly, in their own time.

A short line of text beside the code is all that is needed: "Scan to visit [Name]'s memorial." Most people will understand immediately.

Headstones and grave markers

An increasing number of stonemasons offer QR code engraving as a standard service. Carved or laser-etched into stone, the code becomes a permanent part of the memorial — a bridge between the physical place of remembrance and the photographs, videos, and tributes held online.

Someone visiting the grave for the first time, perhaps a grandchild who never met the person, can scan the code and see who they were. A childhood friend returning after many years can scan it and find photographs they have never seen. The grave becomes not just a place to stand, but a doorway into a life.

When planning engraving, download the QR code from your dashboard and share it directly with your stonemason. The high resolution ensures it will scan cleanly at any size above roughly 2 cm square.

Memorial benches and tribute objects

If a memorial bench, tree, or named dedication has been arranged in a public space — a park, a garden, a seafront — a small weatherproof plaque carrying the QR code can be added alongside it. Visitors who pause there can learn about the person the bench was placed for, and leave a message if the memorial allows it.

Memorial cards and keepsakes

Memorial cards — small enough to fit in a wallet — are often given out at services or sent to those who could not attend. The QR code fits naturally on the back. Many families choose to include a photograph on the front and the code on the reverse with a brief dedication.

The same format works well for bookmarks, small framed prints, or any keepsake that will sit in a home for years. Each one becomes a gentle, permanent invitation to visit the memorial whenever the person is missed.

Printed obituaries and death notices

Whether a notice is placed in a local newspaper or printed in a community newsletter, adding the QR code alongside it extends the reach of the tribute. Readers who knew the person — perhaps from a chapter of life the immediate family knows little about — can visit the memorial and, if messages are enabled, add their own piece of the story.

Framing the code itself

Some families choose to frame the QR code — printed cleanly on white card, perhaps alongside a favourite photograph — and hang it in the home. Anyone who visits and scans it goes directly to the memorial. It is an understated way of keeping the memorial present in everyday life, without being heavy or intrusive.

A simple design works best: the person's name, the QR code, and their dates. The memorial holds everything else.

Celebration of life events

For a celebration of life held weeks or months after the funeral — perhaps when distant family have been able to travel, or when the immediate weight of grief has lifted enough for something warmer — the QR code can be displayed on a card at each table, printed on the event programme, or projected briefly as part of a presentation.

Guests who upload their own photographs through the memorial in the days after the event add to it collectively, and the memorial grows into something richer than any one person could have built alone.

Downloading your QR code

Your QR code is available from the QR Code tab in your memorial dashboard at my.memorykeep.online. It downloads as a high-resolution PNG, alongside an engraving-ready vector SVG for stonemasons and professional printers.

If you are planning to have yours engraved, our guide on adding a QR code to a headstone or memorial marker walks through the process step by step — from choosing the right file format to working with a stonemason and making sure it scans cleanly for years to come.