Photographs
People, places, pets and friends. Known faces can be suggested from previously confirmed identifications.
Family research
What do you want to discover today?
Ask about your family, tell me something you remember, or let the research assistant suggest the next useful question.
I know where the gaps are. Ask me a question, or tell me something new.
Current family view
Your family
Choose a living family member from Viewing as, or select any person in the tree to centre the family around them.
Family view
Family around Neil
Closest family is in front; earlier generations sit behind. Select any person to make them the focus and traverse their linked family.
People and relationships
Family
Formal names are used here. Familiar names, honorary relationships, godparents, close friends and pets are recorded separately and never confused with biological kinship.
Reasoned family stories
Play back a branch
Select a branch to hear or read the current evidence-led account. Facts, memory and judgement stay distinct.
Explore together
Ask. Remember. Discover.
Start with a question or tell the family assistant something you know. The tree, evidence and next research step update as you contribute.
Add a memory, photo or detail
How it works
Family memories remain attributed. Records add evidence. Confidence changes only when the evidence justifies it.
Timeline
Family through time
Records, homes, work and memories shown together without treating them as the same kind of evidence.
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Places
Homes, work and journeys
Places help connect people, dates, photographs, occupations and family memories.
HomeWorkTravelApproximate pins where exact location is not yet known
Stories
Family stories
Accounts can combine records and memory, provided the source of each claim remains clear.
Archive
Photographs, voices and records
Original material is kept separate from transcription, identification and interpretation.
Voices
Original recordings retain accents, humour, pauses and differences in recollection.
Letters and records
Documents can be linked to people, places, dates, events and claims.
Unidentified
Unknown people and places can be reviewed by the family and compared with contextual evidence.
Photo identification
How a suggested identity is assessed
Face similarity is considered with date, place, age, household, relationships, other people in the image and known pets. A suggestion can be strengthened, weakened or ruled out by context.
Observation→Context→Inference→Judgement