Every family has a story.
This is where yours lives.
Family tree and photos in one place — finally
Faces stop being strangers when the people in the pictures are linked to your tree.
Connect your tree and photos — free
Why trees and albums usually live apart
Genealogy sites hold names and dates. Phone galleries hold pictures. Neither alone answers “who is that in the back row?” A family archive that grows the tree as you add people puts photos and relationships in the same private home.
How it comes together here
As you add relatives — from newborns back to ancestors — the vault links them. Attach photographs to those people. Old albums and today's milestones sit on one timeline the family you invite can browse together.
Stories make the tree human
A name on a chart is thin. A photo with a voice note — who they were, how they met, why the farm mattered — turns the tree into something grandchildren can feel. Keep that in the vault, not only in a spreadsheet.
Start simple
- Create your family's vault.
- Add the people you know, then invite relatives who know the rest.
- Upload photos and attach them to the right faces as you go.
Questions about tree + photos together
Can I keep a family tree and photos in one place?
Yes. As you add people — from newborns back to ancestors — the vault links them, so faces in photographs connect to the tree instead of living as mystery files.
Do I need Ancestry or a separate tree site?
You can research elsewhere if you like; Our Story Vault is where the living archive — photos, stories and people — stays together for the family you invite.
What if we only have names, not photos yet?
Add the people first. When scans and camera-roll photos arrive later, attach them to the right relatives so the tree and the pictures grow together.
Can relatives on different branches contribute?
Invite each side of the family. Cousins and grandparents add their albums and people to the same private vault.
Connect your tree and photos — free
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