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Family stories

Before it’s forgotten.

Next to your tree, your family gets a private place for its stories: voice recordings, videos, written memories and the old photographs that go with them. Each time we lose someone from the older generation, their stories go with them. Record them while you can.

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Four older women around a kitchen table, one holding up a phone to record. Generated image.
Generated image. Sisters recording their memories at a kitchen table.

Voice and video

Record on a phone or computer, or upload recordings you already have. Part of the Family plan.

Old photographs

Tap a face to say who it is, and add when and where it was taken. We remove the hidden location data that phones add to photos.

Questions for the family

Ask the family one question. Relatives in Durban, London or Sydney answer from their phones. Part of the Family plan.

A keepsake book

Every story and photo laid out as a book you can print or save as a PDF. Part of the Family plan.

Private to the family

Only the people in your family can see its stories, once they sign in. Nothing is public.

The speaker says yes first

Before a recording is saved, you confirm that everyone speaking agreed. Anyone can ask for their story to come down at any time.

What it costs

Written stories, up to 100 photos and the timeline are free. The Family plan is R199 a year for the whole family. It adds voice and video, questions, the keepsake book, 1 GB of space and our certificate reader (20 pages a year).

Delete, for real

When you delete a story or photo, the file is removed from the server. It isn’t just hidden.