Before a move checklist
__ Collect cardboard boxes and other containers for moving.
__ Discard items that you will not be moving. 
__ Find a moving company, get an estimate. Ask for referrals. Call your local and state Better Business Bureau to check them out. 
__ Have draperies and/or carpets cleaned before you move and then pack them for protection. 
__ Inform your company of the address change for their mailings - ESPECIALLY your W-2 Form.  
__ Notify the following companies, agencies, and/or people of your move. establish contacts in new area...  
__ Request a transcript of your children's school records. Contact the new school. 

Address Change
__ Charge accounts, credit cards 
__ Give forwarding address to Post Office four to six weeks in advance. 
__ Friends, relatives, and business contacts 
__ Subscriptions- book clubs, magazine, newspaper, record clubs 
__  Workplace

Auto
__ Drivers License 
__ Insurance

Banking
__ Accountant 
__ Stock Broker 
__ Transfer funds 
__ Obtain credit references

Government Agencies
__ Federal and State taxes 
__ Social Security (if receiving benefits) 
__ Veterans administration

Medical, Dental
__ Ask for referrals 
__ Birth records 
__ Insurance- life, health 
__ Medical records 
__ Pet records 
__ Prescription histories 
__ Transfer optical, prescriptions, X-ray

Utilities
__ Cable 
__ Electric 
__ Gas 
__ Telephone - Keep your phone service on through moving day...You may need it!! 
__ Water

When you get to your new home checklist
__ Call a locksmith to change EVERY "access lock"!! (alarms, sheds, mailboxes too.) 
__ Check the pilot lights in your stove, furnace, hot water heater. 
__ Check the telephone, gas, electricity, water. 
__ Go through your check list above - make sure each item has been completed. 
__ Purchase a new city or village sticker for your car. 
__ Register to vote. 
__ Register your car with a new state & get a new driver's license within 14 days. 

Final notes
NOTE: Keep track of your moving expenses, some may be tax deductible!! 
The BUSIEST moving season is the summer.
Most people move on the first and last days of the month.