Family oral history

An oral history collection for the family stories genealogy misses.

Names and dates matter, but they do not preserve voice, recipes, places, sayings, and context. Autograph helps collect the living story.

Autograph helps you record the voices and memories around a real occasion, then turns them into a private story archive you can relive and export. Walter, Autograph's AI biographer, makes the collection easier by guiding people with warm prompts and follow-up questions.

Walter helps people talk

Contributors do not have to write a polished essay. Walter helps them answer naturally with voice-led prompts and follow-up questions.

No app for guests

People can answer from their phone with a voice memory or written story, without installing anything.

Help when it matters

Milestone and Era include support with invite language, prompt selection, and reminder planning.

Launch guarantee

Start the collection with a 30-day money-back guarantee. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

What this replaces

Most family reunion memory gifts leave the best stories scattered.

The old way

People share short messages in the easiest available place.

The gesture is real, but the memory is hard to find or too thin to revisit.

Autograph turns names, dates, documents, and side conversations that never become an archive into voice-led family stories organized with contributor context and downloadable files.

The old way

The organizer has to chase, compile, and clean up everything.

The emotional idea turns into project management.

Autograph gives contributors a guided place to record memories, then returns organized responses.

The old way

The story data usually ends up trapped in a single format.

That makes the buyer guess what the family will actually value.

Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

Sample oral-history invite

Capture the context genealogy cannot hold by itself.

We are collecting family stories to preserve alongside the genealogy work. Share a voice note, place, recipe, saying, migration story, or memory.

Migration story

Audio with names, place context, and how one branch moved.

Family saying

Written memory explaining who said it and why it stuck.

Archive index

Contributor, prompt, transcript, and response type organized for future work.

What you get

Everything you need to collect the stories, not chase them.

Invite contributors by link

Send one private invitation link where contributors can share a voice memory, write a story, or let Walter guide them through the prompt.

No app required

Contributors can respond from a phone with voice notes or written answers, without installing anything.

Private story library

Collected memories stay organized for the family historian or genealogy keeper instead of scattering across texts, forms, and inboxes.

Downloadable story package

Receive audio files, written responses, transcripts, contributor details, and export-ready story data. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

Why people answer

Built for context, exports, and future family work.

Walter prompt

Which place still explains this family?

Why people respond

The ask is specific, private, and guided by Walter when contributors need help finding the story.

Export-ready data

Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

Choose a package

Start with collection. Leave with export-ready story data.

The project package includes collection, organization, reminders, support, and a downloadable archive. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

Why Era fits

Era is the default for family historians because oral-history projects usually involve multiple branches, longer collection, and archive planning.

Private by design

This is not a public guestbook or social wall. The buyer controls who is invited, what comes in, and how the story data is used.

Launch guarantee

The launch offer is protected by a 30-day money-back guarantee. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

Focused

Moment

$179

One honoree, one chapter, or a small contributor circle.

  • Up to 12 contributors
  • Two weeks of collection
  • Private story library
  • Downloadable story package
Start Moment
Broad circle

Milestone

$499

A complete event collection with broader interviews and setup support.

  • Up to 150 contributors
  • Six weeks of collection
  • Invite and reminder support
  • Downloadable archive included
  • Export-ready story data included
Start Milestone
Recommended

Era

$1,499

Many voices, larger circles, and a larger preserved library.

  • Up to 300 contributors
  • Three months of collection
  • Human setup support
  • Expanded archive planning
Start Era

Once you start

You will not have to invent the process.

  • Choose Era and add the family reunion details.
  • Add contributors or start with the recommended invite list.
  • Open the private invite link and let Autograph guide collection, reminders, and organization.
  • Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

family reunion questions

Questions families ask before they start.

Can exports support future archive work?

Yes. The downloadable package includes files, written responses, transcripts, prompt context, and contributor details.

Can prompts be customized?

Yes. Milestone and Era include setup help for prompt selection and structure.

Can multiple branches be organized?

Yes. Era is best for larger branch and generation mapping.

Can relatives contribute remotely?

Yes. The private link works from anywhere.

Family oral history

An oral history collection for the family stories genealogy misses.

Era is the default for family historians because oral-history projects usually involve multiple branches, longer collection, and archive planning.

From private link to archive

Family Oral History Collection means private invites, Walter-guided prompts, organized responses, and a downloadable archive. Export that data as an audiobook, slideshow, digital encyclopedia, and coming soon, premium printed book.

Start the family oral history