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Whose stories will you keep?

Start with someone you love, a shared milestone, or your own life. Record one memory now, invite other voices later, and let the family archive grow from there.

The people in your life

An adult daughter listening as her father tells a story in their family kitchen.

A gift for your parents

Give your mum or dad an easy way to tell you about the years before you knew them: childhood, how they met, and the stories behind the family you grew up in. They talk, and Storykept keeps their voice.

A grandmother and teenage grandchild looking through an old family album together.

Grandparents, to the grandkids

Help the grandchildren know the person behind the photographs. Record where the family came from, how everyday life used to feel, and the details only a grandparent would remember.

A parent sitting on the floor and listening as their small child talks.

Your child, as they grow

Capture first words, strange little theories, and the funny things they say before those details slip away. Keep the stories for your child to hear when they are older.

A man in his sixties sitting beside a window and reflecting over coffee.

Your own life, in your own words

Take your life one chapter at a time. There is nothing to write and no need to tell it perfectly. Storykept asks questions and helps you shape what you remember.

Three adult siblings sorting old family photographs around a dining table.

Brothers and sisters

Compare the same childhood from different angles: the house, the parents, the holidays, and the stories you still disagree about. Storykept keeps each voice clear while weaving the memories together.

Several generations of a family sharing stories over a relaxed lunch at home.

The whole family, together

Invite everyone to tell the part they remember. The jokes, small corrections, and different points of view build a fuller family story than any one person could tell alone.

For the moments worth keeping

A birthday, a goodbye, a reunion, or a place about to change hands can get you started. The stories are what stay with you.

A woman in her sixties laughing with family after a birthday lunch at home.

A milestone birthday

For a 50th, 60th, or 70th, invite the people who know them best to record one story from the years they shared. Storykept brings those voices into one attributed account of a life.

A small group of colleagues sharing memories with a retiring coworker in a warm office.

When someone is leaving

For a retirement, promotion, or goodbye, colleagues and friends can each record the memory they still laugh about or the lesson they carried with them.

Two old friends talking over tea on a lived-in city balcony.

Old friends, years later

Before the reunion, ask everyone for one ‘remember when’. School days, first jobs, and the turns life took become a shared account, with every voice still recognisable.

A couple sitting among travel photographs and talking about a long journey.

A couple's journey

Record a long trip, a sabbatical, or a year abroad from both sides. Keep the wrong turns, people you met, private jokes, and the ways the experience changed you.

Four friends retelling stories around a kitchen table after a trip.

Friends after the adventure

A road trip, festival, long walk, or weekend away will sound different depending on who tells it. Invite everyone to add the part only they noticed.

An older couple holding hands beside a photograph from their wedding day.

An anniversary, in both their voices

Ask how they met, what the early years were really like, and what they built together. The couple can tell it themselves, with family and friends adding the chapters they witnessed.

An older relative telling a family story to several generations gathered at home.

Where the family came from

Record the village, the leaving, the arrival, and the experience of raising children between cultures. Storykept asks questions in the language the person is actually speaking.

A mother and adult daughter cooking a family recipe together in a home kitchen.

The recipes, and the stories behind them

Keep more than the ingredients. Record how the dish should look, the little adjustments made by feel, the holiday it belongs to, and the story that makes it part of your family.

Three adult siblings remembering their childhood in a family home being packed up.

The family home, before it is sold

Before the keys change hands, walk through the rooms and record what happened in them: holidays, neighbours, ordinary afternoons, and the marks that are still on the wall.

A new mother cradling her baby in a quiet sunlit room.

The first year

Keep the first words, sleepless nights, and tiny routines that photographs cannot explain. Record them while they are fresh, for your child to hear when they are grown.

An older member of a small community club telling a story in the local hall.

A club or community's living history

A choir, village football club, or volunteer group holds years of shared history. Ask the people who remember the early days to tell their part, then bring the accounts together.

Two parents and their child looking through a small family album on the sofa.

How our family came together

Adoptive, blended, and stepfamilies each have a beginning worth telling. Record how the parents met, the day a child arrived, and the everyday moments that made you a family.

An older man telling an invented story from a comfortable armchair.

The stories you make up

Record the bedtime tales, strange characters, and family jokes that exist nowhere else. Keep the storyteller's voice with the story so everyone can return to it later.

Whatever the occasion, the stories are worth keeping.

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Ways to Keep Family Stories for Every Occasion — Storykept