Every family has a story.
This is where yours lives.
When the person goes, the stories go with them — unless you record them
Voice, photos and the tales behind them — kept for children not yet born.
Start recording your family's stories — free
The stories only they know
Who is in the faded photograph? Why did the family leave that town? What was Grandad like at twenty? Those answers live in one person's memory until they do not. Recording them is not nostalgia — it is the difference between a name on a tree and a voice your grandchildren can still hear.
Record voice and attach it to photos and people
In Our Story Vault you keep the picture and the story together. Record a voice note, link it to the person and the photo, and the memory stops floating as a file nobody will open in twenty years.
Prompts to get started
Sit with a parent or grandparent and ask:
- Who is in this photo — and what was happening the day it was taken?
- What is the earliest memory you can still see clearly?
- How did you and Grandad/Gran meet — and what almost went wrong?
- What did your parents or grandparents teach you that you still live by?
- What do you hope your grandchildren never forget about our family?
Kept forever, heard by grandchildren not yet born
A private vault means these recordings are for the family you invite — not a public feed. Keep the archive going and the voices stay with the photographs for the generations still to come.
Questions about recording family stories
Do I need special equipment to record stories?
No. Use your phone or computer to record voice notes and attach them to photos and people in the vault.
What if Mum or Grandad is not technical?
Someone in the family can create the vault and invite them. They only need to open a link and speak — you can help with the first few recordings.
Who can hear the recordings?
Only people invited to your vault. Stories stay in the family, not on public platforms.
Can grandchildren not yet born hear these later?
That is the point. Keep the vault going and the voices stay with the photos for the generations still to come.