More than a family tree
Keep the context, not only the dates.
Record relationships, places, work, notes, photographs, and the small details that make each person recognizable.
What a tree usually leaves out
A family is not a chart. The archive should remember accordingly.
Built to move with you
Bring an archive in. Take a copy out.
Import GEDCOM records, export a complete backup, or create a calendar of family dates without locking your history to one service.
Share deliberately
Make a copy when you choose.
Nothing becomes public by accident. Prepare a private, read-only family copy and decide exactly how it leaves your browser.
Private by architecture
Your browser is the archive room.
Rootstory stores the working archive locally. There is no account to create and no family data sent to a server in the background. Export a backup whenever you want another copy.
Where your archive lives
A deliberately short path
Your familyThis browserYour backup
Begin with one person. Let the stories branch from there.
Open the workspace, explore the sample family, and shape an archive that feels like yours.
Open the family archive