verbally....i have told certain people what they can have or already have given to them so that i won't have to worry so much now of what goes to who....But i should write up a will, u know shoulda, coulda, woulda ain't going to make itself write on a peice of paper! LOL..my quilts/sew machine/farm land/jewerly and the family receipe's is about all i care about who gets them..everything else is up for grabs!