Write a memory

From the person’s memory page, choose Add a memory. This keeps the memory linked to them. If you accepted a contributor invitation, it opens this page directly.

Owners and editors can also open Add in the top bar, then choose Write a memory, or use Memories → Add a memory. On a phone, use Add in the navigation.

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   Step 1. Choose Write a memory. Need a starting question? offers gentle prompts if the page is blank.

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   Step 2. Give it a Title (optional) and write in Your memory. Keep the words as they were told; the archive keeps every version if you correct it later.

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   Step 3. Choose Save memory. Saved to your archive confirms it, with Link people right there for who it is about.

   

   

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Return to the person’s memory page, or open Memories to find material you can see. Owners and editors can use Link people and Who can see this? to manage context and audience. Contributors can add new memories of the invited person; ask a family editor to correct or remove a saved contribution.

I do not know where to start

Open Need a starting question? in the composer. Try one detail: What did their kitchen smell like? What phrase did they always use?

I need to stop before saving

On your own device, turn on Keep a recovery draft on this device. It keeps text in this browser for up to seven days. Leave this off on a shared computer.

I cannot save

Check your connection and any error shown beside the form. Keep a copy of your words before leaving the page. Saving requires editor access or an active invitation to contribute to this person, plus an active trial or plan for the archive.