Guides
Guides for family memories and genealogy research
Keep a loved one’s stories, make sense of the research you already have, or give the next person an archive they can use. Start with the task in front of you.
Keep the stories behind the photographs
Start with one conversation or a photograph whose story you want to remember.
Free worksheet
Identify an old family photograph
Write down what you can see, gather relatives’ recollections and keep uncertain names and dates clearly marked.
Free interview planner
Find a question worth asking
Choose from 30 family-history questions. Copy or download a short plan for a conversation with someone who remembers.
Turn research into a family archive
Bring existing tree data, keep sources understandable and give the family a way in.
Local file checker
Check a GEDCOM before importing
Check a file in your browser without uploading it. Understand what Our Story can import and which sources and photos need separate attention.
Worked evidence example
Keep memories and evidence distinct
See how to preserve an original record, a relative’s recollection and an unresolved question without turning uncertainty into a fact.
Make the archive useful for the next person
Help relatives or clients understand what you kept and look after their own copy.
For professional genealogists
Prepare a client handoff
Review the research, agree ownership and check acceptance. A sent link is only the beginning of a usable delivery.
Backup checklist
Keep an independent archive copy
Know what an export contains, check the original files and keep a readable copy alongside your family tree.
A place for what your family wants to keep.
For families
Remember someone you miss
Gather the photographs, familiar voices and little stories that keep them close. Invite the people who knew them to add their memories.
For genealogists
Give your research a family home
Bring people, original records and source details together. Create an archive that relatives or clients can understand and keep adding to.
Start with someone who matters.
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