Our Story Vault Our Story Vault
Past · Present · Forever

Every family has a story.This is yours.

Our Story Vault is a private digital archive where a family keeps its photos, film, documents and recorded stories together — across generations, and shared only with the people it invites.

A single home for the ancestors who came before, the milestones happening now, and every new arrival still to come — gathered so your family can reach them from anywhere in the world.

Private by invitation Free to begin Family worldwide
Family photo
Grandparents, 1952
Family photo
The whole clan
Family photo
Wedding day
Family photo
Many generations · one vault
Private & encrypted
Everything in one archive
Everyone contributes
Built to last generations
Everything, together

Your family's memories are scattered — and slowly disappearing.

A few photos in a WhatsApp group. More lost in an old phone. A shoebox of prints at your mother's house. Grandad's stories that only live in his memory. Nothing is in one place — and every year, a little more of it slips away.


“When the person goes, the stories go with them.”

Scattered everywhere

WhatsApp, email, phones, laptops, drawers. No one place holds it all.

Lost when phones die

A cracked screen or a full iCloud, and years of photos are simply gone.

Stories die untold

The names in old photos, the family lore — gone the moment we stop asking.

One place, forever

Every photo, film, letter and document in a single archive that outlives phones, laptops and clouds.

Everyone contributes

Relatives around the world log in and add their own memories — it grows on every side of the family.

Photos, film & voice

Images, video, audio recordings, letters and certificates — most formats welcome.

Private & secure

Invite-only. You decide exactly who joins and what each person can see.

Ancestors & newborns

Great-grandparents and this year's new baby, side by side in one living family story.

A living timeline

Watch your family unfold decade by decade — moments, milestones, holidays.

How it works

Three simple steps.

Set up in minutes. Grow it forever.

Create your vault

Set up your family's private space and give it your family name. Takes a few minutes.

Invite the family

Bring in parents, children, cousins and relatives across the world — each with their own login.

Add & relive

Everyone uploads photos, film, documents and stories. Your archive grows richer forever.

The moments that matter

The moments a family is made of.

Weddings and first steps, Christmas and holidays, the ones who came before and the ones just arriving — every one worth keeping, every one in your vault.

  • Tag who's in every photo, across generations
  • Record the stories behind the pictures
  • Build the family tree as you go
Family moment
Founding families

Loved by the families using it.

★★★★★
Everyone's photos finally live in one place. My aunt in Australia added pictures none of us had ever seen.
HThe Hancox Family3 generations, 2 continents
★★★★★
My father recorded the stories behind his old photographs before he passed. My children will always have his voice.
BThe Byrne FamilyDublin, Ireland
★★★★★
Christmas, holidays, the new baby — it all just goes into the vault now. It's become our family's home.
WThe Walsh FamilyAcross the UK & US

Less than a coffee a month
to keep your family forever.

Start free. Upgrade as your archive grows. Cancel any time — your memories are always yours to keep.

Before you join

Questions people ask when they are ready to start

If you are wondering whether this is for your family — for the people who came before you, and the ones still to come — start here. Straight answers, said out loud.

What is Our Story Vault, in plain English?
It is one private home for your family's whole story, from the ancestors who came before you, through the life you are living now, to the generations still to come. Photos, film, documents, voice notes and the stories behind them, kept together so they are never scattered, never forgotten, and never left on a phone that gets wiped, old photos and videos getting lost. A vault you open when you want to remember, and that your children's children can open too.
Who can see our memories?
Only the people you invite. You choose who joins your vault and what they can do. Nothing here is for strangers, search engines, or advertisers. This is your family's space, private by design, so the old stories stay in the family, where they belong.
What can we actually put in the vault?
Everything that makes a family feel like a family across time: old albums and today's photos, video and reels of film, letters and certificates, someone's voice telling the story behind a face, and written memories tied to people and dates. As you add family members, from newborns back to your ancient ancestors, the vault builds your family tree with them. On higher plans you also get anniversary reminders emailed weekly, informing you of all the anniversaries coming up this week (birthdays, marriages, deaths etc), and text search inside documents, so those old papers finally give up their secrets.
We are spread across different countries. Will this still work?
Yes. That is exactly who it is for. One cousin uploads Christmas from Dublin; another adds christening film from Sydney; a grandparent in the US records the story behind a photograph of their ancestors. Everyone you invite opens the same vault, from wherever they are, so the people who came before you, and the people living far away now, finally live in one place.
How do we start — and what if we are not sure yet?
Start with a free trial. Invite your family. Upload the first album, the first voice note, the first story you refuse to let disappear. Change plan later as the archive grows. Cancel any time, your memories stay yours to keep and export. If you want to talk it through first, use the contact form and a real person will reply. The only thing you risk by waiting is another year of family stories that never get written down.
Get in touch

Still want to talk it through?

Whether you're gathering a hundred years of family history or just this year's photos, we're glad to help you start. A real person replies.

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