A shared archive for your family

Keep photos, home videos and written memories in a private family archive. Find them by date or person, and invite relatives to add the names and stories they remember.

Start your family archive

Free to start · No credit card required

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Start with the photographs you have.

Add photos and home videos from your device, keeping the original files. See the Carter family’s photographs together in Memrial.

The Carter family photograph library in Memrial, with wedding, Easter and holiday memories.
Your family photographsThe Carter family archive

Photos with their names, dates and stories

Add exact or approximate dates, tag the people in a photograph and write what you remember. Group photographs and videos in albums, then find them again by year, person or place.

Invite relatives to contribute

The archive owner chooses who joins and what they can do. Relatives can add photographs, reply with a remembered detail and help identify a face. Memory requests, event contribution links and story prompts help you ask for something specific. Tool availability varies by plan.

Connect your family across generations

Add parents, partners, children and extended family in Family Tree. Open a person to see their profile and the photographs and videos they appear in. Family Tree is included on every plan.

Watch home videos together

Start a watch party so family can watch the same home video from different places, with text and voice chat. Keep favourites in Keepsakes or record family dates. Storybooks let you arrange photographs and written memories in a book, private to you, with a PDF export to print. Check the plans for tool availability and allowances.

Private access and original files

Your archive has no public feed or advertising. You choose who can join. Original files stay untouched and available to download. Keep a separate backup too; a complete export of dates, comments and timeline structure is not currently available.

Related guides

How to create a digital family archive

A practical seven-evening plan, with a small first collection.

Compare family archive apps

See where Google Photos, iCloud, FamilyAlbum and Memrial each fit.

Free family archive starter kit

Download the metadata sheet and use the printable checklist.

Start with one memory

Add a photograph or home video, give it the best date you know and invite someone who remembers it.

Start your family archive

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