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

Next clue

What could unlock the next piece?

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.

Map overlays
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.

Photographs

People, places, pets and friends. Known faces can be suggested from previously confirmed identifications.

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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.

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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.

ObservationContextInferenceJudgement

Ask the Family

What would you like to know?

Archive contribution

Add something to the family archive

Drop photographs hereor click to choose filesMultiple JPG, PNG, HEIC and WebP images can be added.

Get to know them

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