Every photo and video

Photos and videos from every phone, computer and old print, grouped by the month they were taken.

Scrolling through the Library on a computer, month by month.

The days the family meets

An event gathers everyone’s photos from it into one album while it happens.

Events: Lake Week happening now, and the weeks before it, each with its album.

Ask the archive

Hearthkeep Home only

The Archivist is an AI helper inside your archive. It answers questions about it and shows the sources it used.

The Archivist answering a question, with the sources it read beside the answer.

What goes in

  • Every kind of familyMove across the tree and open anyone. Parents, partners, adoption, marriages that ended and kin at a distance each have their own line.
  • Voice recordingsRecord a story and it is typed up beside the recording.
  • Stories on photosWrite the story behind a photo, and it stays beside it.
  • Recipes from a cardHearthkeep Home onlyPhotograph a recipe card and it is typed up, ingredients and all.
  • Dates as you know themA date can be exact, a month, a year, or “about”.

Yours to keep

  • Yours to takeYour whole archive is one file and one folder, and you can take it any time.
  • An encrypted backupA copy at a relative’s house that they cannot read.
  • Private to your familyYour family sees it. Nobody else does.

Questions

How do I start a family archive?

Start with the photos on your phone and a few old prints. Name the faces Hearthkeep finds, then add the stories and recipes as the family tells them.

Who can add to it?

Everyone in your family. One person pays. Everyone in your family signs in free.

Where is the archive kept?

On a computer at home with Hearthkeep Home, or on ours with Hearthkeep Cloud. Take it home any time, free.

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