If something isn’t clear from her words, the story says so. Facts only enter your tree when you confirm them.
The best time was yesterday. The next best is now.
Send your grandmother a question on WhatsApp. She answers by voice, in her own words and her own language. Treename keeps the recording, writes down her story, and answer by answer your family history takes shape: a tree, a map and a book.
or leaf through a sample book →How did you and Grandpa meet?
“It was the summer of ’58, in Brighton. Arthur worked on the pier, and I brought my father his lunch every day. One day he carried my basket all the way to the end, and after that he was waiting for me every afternoon.”
How it works
We suggest what to ask: childhood, how they met, moving away, the hard years. Or write your own.
The link opens a simple page with one big button. No app, no password. She can also type.
Treename transcribes the recording, writes it up without inventing anything, and suggests names, places and dates for your tree.
Then invite your brother, your aunt, your cousins abroad. Everyone adds what only they remember.
What you’ll have
These are real Treename screens, shown with one example family.
Couples side by side, children below their parents. Tap anyone to read their stories.
Each surname gets its own emblem. We draw the first one from the line’s places and stories; then it’s yours to change.
All the stories by chapter, with the tree and a code on every page that plays the real voice. Print it or save it as PDF.
Margaret was nineteen that summer. Every day at noon she carried her father’s lunch to the pier, where a young man called Arthur was painting the railings…
Towns and years on a map, with the names of who lived there.
What Treename won’t do
If something isn’t clear from her words, the story says so. Facts only enter your tree when you confirm them.
Everything is private to the people you invite. Living relatives are never public.
Your recordings and stories are used for your family, and for nothing else.
Download everything, recordings included, at any time. If you stop paying, the archive stays readable.
Pricing
You give a year of questions. Mum or Dad answer by voice whenever they like, and at the end of the year there is a book of their stories, with codes that play their voice.
Ask your family while they’re still alive. We’ll help with the first question: it takes two minutes, and the answer stays with your family for good.
Ask the first question